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12-06-2023, 02:21 PM | #1 |
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measuring cams
going thru a pile of old SBC cams. I put a known cam in my lathe, which I knew the specs [a std. hyd. 350, 390" x 410"] . I originally thought the base 180 from the nose would be 0. but found, in order to get that lift #, I had to set 0 on the closing flank after max. lift. having no experience doing this...your thoughts.
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12-06-2023, 02:44 PM | #2 |
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Re: measuring cams
While I have never done it in a lathe, I always use a block and solid lift. I also believe that you should zero the dial indicator on the base 180 from the nose. What were you getting instead of 0.260 or 0.2733?
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12-13-2023, 01:25 AM | #3 |
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Re: measuring cams
I always zero it at lowest reading usually but not always 180 from
max lift as I recall on the big cams.
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