Gen 3 Coyote Camshaft Install Question

[Kristang]

I am having a difficult time finding info about installing Cams (Comp Cams PN 433430). I followed a video on YouTube that was very well done but it left me with a few questions which I hopefully can get cleared up here. When installing the cams on the drivers side, there is a specific position both cams need to be in order for the phaser and cam sprocket to align. The exhaust cam sits in that position when it is in it's "rested location" (no cam lobe/spring pressure). However, the intake in it's rested position leaves the cam 180 degrees from the position it is supposed to be to install the gears. Am I to install the intake cam in its rested position, torque the caps and then rotate the cam to install the phaser and cam gears?

Also, when I disassembled, the crank key was to be at the 5 o'clock position, which I did, to remove the chain on the drivers side. No mention in the video about not moving the crank beyond that position, which I did as was making a fixture to turn the crank, I rotated it. Does it matter as long as it is in the proper position when setting up the cams for timing or do I need to have number 1 on TDC?

Thank you in advance!

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[Cobra Jet]

I am having a difficult time finding info about installing Cams (Comp Cams PN 433430). I followed a video on YouTube that was very well done but it left me with a few questions which I hopefully can get cleared up here. When installing the cams on the drivers side, there is a specific position both cams need to be in order for the phaser and cam sprocket to align. The exhaust cam sits in that position when it is in it's "rested location" (no cam lobe/spring pressure). However, the intake in it's rested position leaves the cam 180 degrees from the position it is supposed to be to install the gears. Am I to install the intake cam in its rested position, torque the caps and then rotate the cam to install the phaser and cam gears?

Also, when I disassembled, the crank key was to be at the 5 o'clock position, which I did, to remove the chain on the drivers side. No mention in the video about not moving the crank beyond that position, which I did as was making a fixture to turn the crank, I rotated it. Does it matter as long as it is in the proper position when setting up the cams for timing or do I need to have number 1 on TDC?

Thank you in advance!

Did you happen to see this Motor Trend article doing a cam install in a Gen3 2018 Coyote? I don't know if there's anything in it that will help, but there's quite a bit of info.
https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/ford-coyote-update-new-stage-3-cams-dyno-592-hp/amp/

HP Tuners thread discussing Gen 3 Comp Cams:
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthread.php?86630-Gen-3-coyote-comp-cams

 

[EFI]

Did you happen to see this Motor Trend article doing a cam install in a Gen3 2018 Coyote? I don't know if there's anything in it that will help, but there's quite a bit of info.
https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/ford-coyote-update-new-stage-3-cams-dyno-592-hp/amp/

Sorry for the off topic, but that's an interesting article and dyno graph. It shows the CJ doesn't make that much power over the stock 18 manifold even on a cammed engine. It only really shines by pushing the power curve past 7500rpm, but up until then it barely edges out the stock manifold.

 

[Cobra Jet]

Sorry for the off topic, but that's an interesting article and dyno graph. It shows the CJ doesn't make that much power over the stock 18 manifold even on a cammed engine. It only really shines by pushing the power curve past 7500rpm, but up until then it barely edges out the stock manifold.

Not sure if you ever saw this thread I posted a while back with the Coyote intake shootout results:
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/hot-rod’s-coyote-manifold-shootout.155476/

 

[Kristang]

Did you happen to see this Motor Trend article doing a cam install in a Gen3 2018 Coyote? I don't know if there's anything in it that will help, but there's quite a bit of info.
https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/ford-coyote-update-new-stage-3-cams-dyno-592-hp/amp/

HP Tuners thread discussing Gen 3 Comp Cams:
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthread.php?86630-Gen-3-coyote-comp-cams

That's good info! Thank you. Funny they are nearly using the identical components I am in my FBO!

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