[Fot] Cam Bearing wear

[Duncan Charlton]

Don,

Does your engine by any chance have a threaded port that leads to the cam bearing oil gallery?  If so it might be interesting to note the hot oil pressure there.

Duncan

> On Sep 5, 2018, at 7:56 PM, don--- via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> All, 
> I have a 1296cc Spitfire motor with maybe 25 hours on it.
> 2 race weekends for sure and some tuning hours.
> Anyway, for other reasons I had to tear it down and I noticed
> the fresh cam bearings had grooves worn on the six o’clock area. 
> 
> Seems a bit of premature wear to me. 
> What might cause this?
> Spring Pressures too high?
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> Don
> 
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