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Topic: cam degreeing?
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thumpin cat
Gearhead Posts: 339
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Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-19-2003 02:26 AM
  
how important is it to degree a camshaft?
what is the easiest way to degree a cam?
please let me know thanks.
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Red65
Gearhead Posts: 112
From: Northglenn, CO, USA
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 03-19-2003 12:18 PM
There was a recent article in one of the Mustang mags where they didn't degree the cam, and came up short when they dyno'd it. The tore it back down, and found out that they were more than a couple degrees off, even though they installed it straight up and per the instructions.If its a stock cam, then you probably won't notice it, but if you want that last bit of HP, and you've gone to all the time and expense, then what's a few more minutes putting a degree wheel and dial indicator on and checking it? I degreed mine just to learn how, and for peace of mind. Found out its a tad off, but am going to run it anyways. At least I now know where to look if I don't meet my expected numbers and want to do some tweaking.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 7226
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-20-2003 10:46 PM
Good advice from Red,CompCams has the easiest directions for degreeing a cam. If you buy a degree wheel kit it'll come with directions too. SteveW
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D&S Induction Systems
Gearhead Posts: 118
From: Columbia Heights Mn U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 03-21-2003 02:45 AM
You should always degree the cam and check piston to valve clearnce when installing a cam with greater lif/dur. than you already have. Even more so, when you're dealing with an "off brand" cam. I've found cams that were ground incorrectly and didn't use them.
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