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<DIV>I'm building a motor for a club member and am having some difficulty with cam timing specs. It's an APT</DIV>
<DIV>cam and the spec sheet they provided is not only nonsensical but it has some of the data crossed out and </DIV>
<DIV>some of the numbers hand written in. No real usable data on timing it for it's best performance. At best it's really </DIV>
<DIV>more of a fast road cam. I didn't spec the cam or buy it. It has 108 degree lobe centers, .280 lobe lift and a </DIV>
<DIV>duration of 270 degrees at .020 lift. The data sheet says Time to ATDC 103 - 104 degrees and it's supposed to have</DIV>
<DIV>.071 lift at TDC. This cam won't do both.</DIV>
<DIV>When I time it to 104 degrees ATDC at full lift I get 9 degrees BTDC at .071, which also translates to 20 degrees BTDC at .050 lift</DIV>
<DIV>which to me sounds more reasonable. I've contacted APT twice now and the first answer was a lot of jibberish and they </DIV>
<DIV>haven't answered the second inquiry yet regarding the math that will not work.</DIV>
<DIV>What I don't want to do is inadvertently RETARD the cam. I'm used to working with .050 for valve opening but APT doesn't consider </DIV>
<DIV>.050 an open valve. </DIV>
<DIV>Any advice would be more than welcome.</DIV>
<DIV>jim g</DIV></div></body></html>