fot
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: RE: RE 6 Cylinder Cam Number

To: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>, "'Robert M. Lang'"
Subject: Re: RE: RE 6 Cylinder Cam Number
From: <kaskas@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:42:52 -0400
Good advice.  Seems I've heard that before. Some book?
> 
> From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
> Date: 2005/04/20 Wed PM 06:01:02 EDT
> To: "'Robert M. Lang'" <lang@isis.mit.edu>, 
>         Dan Forgey
>   <dan.forgey@pinnacol.com>
> CC: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: RE 6 Cylinder Cam Number
> 
> Actually...
> 
> I found it's really useful to graph the cam and take a good look at what
> it's doing. It worked really well for that cam I had for Peyote that I
> couldn't get specs for. You can even pretty much figure out what the likely
> clearance spec is by looking at the clearance ramp. If you like a sample of
> a cam graph I can send you one. You just hook up a degree wheel and dial
> indicator and record lift at every five or ten degree increment.   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of Robert M. Lang
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:57 PM
> To: Dan Forgey
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: RE 6 Cylinder Cam Number
> 
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Dan Forgey wrote:
> 
> > Contact Richard Petty....
> 
> Bwahahahaha....
> 
> Sheesh.
> 
> Unfortunately, if you don't know the cam grinder and you don't have a cam
> sheet, everything is guesswork anyway.
> 
> I'd use it as a core unless I could nail down the other info.
> 
> rml
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> Bob Lang              Room N42-140Q            |  This space for rent
> Consultant            MIT unix-linux-help      |
> Voice:617-253-7438    FAX: 617-258-9535        |  Cell: xxx-xxx-xxxx
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>