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Larger diameter cam cores are used to reduce flex and produce better valvetrain stability, especially in engines with splayed or canted valve heads. They are widely used, even in Super Stock. Cam tunnels are used primarily to reduce windage on the rotating assembly. You're right about one thing, though. NASCAR is very different from NHRA Stock Eliminator. The point, however, is that if a 750-850 HP, 358 CID, canted valve, flat tappet engine in a Cup car can run 500 miles at over 9000 rpm with a stock diameter solid lifter, then it's hard to imagine why it can't be done in a stocker that doesn't anywhere near that RPM and is raced a quarter-mile at a time.
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You're correct about their ability to properly check Cam Duration and shame on the N.H.R.A. for that. Greg Xakellis had a great team then and it was not a D1 issue and I doubt it was a D3 or D4 issue either as they also had great teams as well. But the Valve Springs? Come on man, anybody can check spring pressure.
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Put the "stock" back in "stock".... good start would be Pressure on valve springs.
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The point, however, is that if a 750-850 HP, 358 CID, canted valve, flat tappet engine in a Cup car can run 500 miles at over 9000 rpm with a stock diameter solid lifter, then it's hard to imagine why it can't be done in a stocker that doesn't anywhere near that RPM and is raced a quarter-mile at a time.
You're still comparing apples to grapes... The technology used to make a NASCAR engine live is so for advanced it makes a SS engine look like a high school mechanics class project. |
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As regards to camshafts, the cores are billet and treated. The camshafts are not broken in th engine. Every camshaft is broken-in by installing the cam in a specific machine the simulates the lifter contact and load, and different RPM levels and temperatures, being sprayed with engine oil during the operation. After the camshaft was broken in, then it would go into the assigned engine. The choice of hardened steel solid lifters made by either Trend, PPPC, Isky and Crower. The other key for making power in NASCAR is sealing the engine, spending lots of time testing hone finishes and piston ring materials and configurations. All the torque plates we had in the shop, were custom made. The thickness of the torque plates mirrored the height of the actual cylinder head, with all the fasteners and hardware having the same length and diameter as the ones used in the engine. They were not the normal thickness of torque plates used by most shops, and many of the torque plates had provisions for hot honing. There is more to building a fast engine than putting a big cam and stiffer valve springs. Last edited by SSDiv6; 01-05-2022 at 10:56 PM. |
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