Is this right?

Read a conversation on Facebook about swapping a 87'-95' 4.0L camshaft into a 96'-05' 4.0L is suppose to gain you a bit of power and such?? I know swapping a 4.2L cam can give you a poor mans stroker but I've never heard of this before, figured I'd ask as I trust naxja over Facebook lol

Why bother?

And CAMS don't make strokers. Crankshafts and rods do.

dino's page is probably the best place to go looking for camshaft specs
http://www.jeep4.0performance.4mg.com/tech_specs.html

cruiser54 said:

Why bother?

And CAMS don't make strokers. Crankshafts and rods do.

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Ya you're right, got that info mixed up. I didnt know about the cams being better during certain years or if it was true so I figured I'd ask and see

Swapping a stock cam for another stock cam is not worth it. You will need new lifters and a new head gasket as well. A lot of work for very little gain.

Yikes, I read some links attached to one of the posts regarding camshaft specs.

91-95 camshaft with a valve sep angle of 112 but an intake centerline of 120...... Wow.... That's not really screaming to low end torque!!!!!
But probably accounts for the table top torque curve!

Almost makes me wanna go out and get that stock cam outta there...... Other half of me says trust mother mopar, I just can't see how that cam can build any kind of power tq or hp at any reasonable RPM range!