hi, and thank you for letting me into this forum. I have a 1982 dodge ram d150 with a slant 6. I just got my hands on an industrial slant six that seems to be in great shape. this industrial has been rebored 0.060 over. I plan to switch the cam from my truck into this industrial engine. Is that going to improve the engines horse power? or should I go with another camshaft? This truck has heavy duty manual trans, and a heavy duty 3.5 rear.
My plan is tto makethis truck as sporty as possible without losing its "truck" factor. I already put in a double barrel intake and plan to install a qjet.
thank you very much.

What year is the industrial?

The industrial most likely has a mechanical camshaft in it. The 82 would be hydraulic.

Do a search on converting to hydraulic lifters. Every valve train part must be changed over to run the hydraulic cam in a mechanical engine.

From a performance standpoint, there are many more options available for the mechanical valve train engine.

Guido

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I don't know the year of the industrial. I found it in a forklift at a scap-metal yard. But it has spark plug tubes, so I think it's pre-74. It does have mechanical cam, and i guess it would be cheaper to just buy a new cam than to try to turn it into a hydrolic. problem is i know nothing about lift and duration and i am afraid to buy the wrong cam for my purpose.

We can help. Do you want to wind up with a hydraulic or a mechanical setup?

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Well, I have a full working hydraulic slant 6 in my truck that will be coming out when I install the industrial. Can I transfer the hydraulic system from that engine without having to spend too much on adapter parts? If I can't, cost vs performance would be the determining factor for mechanical or hydraulic.

You can convert the industrial slant six to a hydraulic lifter camshaft by swapping the rocker arms, pushrods, camshaft, and lifters from your current truck motor to the industrial motor. If you do this, be sure to label what lobe each lifter came off of so you can install the lifters back on their original lobe.

The hydraulic camshaft is a fairly low-performance piece. You would likely get better performance out of the mechanical camshaft already in the industrial motor. The greatest virtues of the hydraulic camshaft are how quiet it is and that you no longer have to adjust valves.

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Well,With that said, I guess I will just keep the cam in the industrial. Like I said, my goal is to get as much performance out of this motor without losing the truck factor. I would still like to load the truck up if needed and not be afraid to do so. This truck is going to be a birthday gift for my son when he turns 18 (in 5 years) and I will let him decide if he wants to take it any further

So far the basic RV cam seems to make good torque, if you have it in the budget, I'd have one cam or the other reground for solid lifters with a profile about 244-252 advertised, 108 lobe separation and no more than .435 of lift....a little time spent on cleaning up the ports in the head will also help this cam along and you will feel a difference and be able to "haul" some stuff.

-D.Idiot

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