found drivers side cam busted on 1989 ea 82 xt I just bought.

Pulled cam box bolts out and saw obvious heat discolorization. S'pose need to pull motor and do a set of head gaskets.

Will cam from ea82 spfi work ok? Lobes way different or close enough to for general service?

rick

w michigan.

You should be able to use SPFI cams but you should probably use SPFI cams on top of both head not just the broken side. Also If your XT is a turbo you maybe able to use Carb cams. For 85 and 86 the turbo EA82 used the same Cam as the Carb version

tnx alot for the help. will indeed swap both sides now that motor is on garage floor. btw xt is non turbo and putting in spfi cams.

rick