[Mike]

"""cam gears do not have a profile or duration.

and it's duration at 0.050" of lift.
but unless you understand cam profiling and how different durations and different lifts will alter the powerband/powerdelivery, these numbers mean nothing."""



yeah sorry typo on my part , i ment cams ... duhhh of course cam gears have no profile or duration , i ment cams .... and yes you can look at numbers and figure out how they relate to where power is going to be and how it is going to come on when you are ont he gas, for instance the zetec IMHO , has quite the problem with its stock cams and the exhaust side of the engine , i feel that the engine is really held back by this , the intake side not so much. If you take a look at build ups of this engine , the first thing that people start with when they just get cam gears is working on the exhaust side of the engine, then later they start building the intake side , but first for mild work in my opinion only the exhaust side needs to work well.

Nick , i would seriously recommend that if you are going to spend all of this money on cams and cam gears , and perhaps a header, see if you can get a head package. Perhaps this way you can get a head with cam gears and cams already on it and one that is ported and polished for better flow. It might be a little more money but all in all it would be totally worth it and it saves from doing the work later. Also this allows you to take the head off and check the enigne out a little , see how its doing and replacing a head gasket is always a good idea when your engine has some k's on it . Its not difficult to do , you need a new gasket and a torque wrench. Also the exhaust is coming off and the intake has to come off as well. So if your thinking about getting headers it might be an idea since they have to come off , so you would get your head package including the cams, timing gears, and header and bolt em all on at the same time , then head to somone for tuning.

My long 2 cents worth lol