Just a quick question today. When doing a cam install on a LS2 would the lifters need to come out?? If that being the case I would have to remove the heads to get access to them right?

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Just a quick question today. When doing a cam install on a LS2 would the lifters need to come out?? If that being the case I would have to remove the heads to get access to them right?

:cheers:


The answers are yes and yes.

I don't remember removing the lifters on my LS1 cam swaps and I never pulled the heads. I haven't done an LS2, but I don't know anyone with an LS2 or LS3 who pulled the heads to swap the cam. The biggest hassle seems to be the steering rack.

There are ways to that don't require you to remove the heads but it would be easier job with the heads removed. Then you can access the lifters and either remove them or secure them up. Either way you get the lifters to stay up and not fall down is the trick. Might not be a bad idea to replace the lifters while you are doing the cam job. 2 birds 1 stone.

Heads have to come off to access the lifters, but, it is not neccessary to pull the heads to swap out a cam only

Here's some reading

http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=1

http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=23

Just a quick question today. When doing a cam install on a LS2 would the lifters need to come out?? If that being the case I would have to remove the heads to get access to them right?

:cheers:


If you can come up with a way of holding the lifters up, you can change the cam without pulling the heads off. The problem is they're slippery little suckers. However if a lifter slides down into it's bore, that can create a lot of grief

If you can come up with a way of holding the lifters up, you can change the cam without pulling the heads off. The problem is they're slippery little suckers. However if a lifter slides down into it's bore, that can create a lot of grief

Rotate the cam, raise the lifters, insert rods on either side of the cam and remove the cam.

Rotate the cam, raise the lifters, insert rods on either side of the cam and remove the cam.+1, look into some wooden dowels to hold the lifters up, this will avoid any chance of scoring a lifter...