Please take a look at this cam wear

[87 WE2]

I have this stock cam pulled from a running engine with no issues other then the wear pictured below. Looking to reuse it, anyone see any issues with using it that I am not? I'm debating weather to bother my engine builder about it or not.

 

[Nick Micale]

Does not look good. :frown:

What does the block mating surface look like?

 

[toomanymodz]

Look at the bottoms of the lifters. They should be slightly convex. Personally, I never re-use a cam. If you decide to re-use it, be sure that each lifter goes back onto the lobe from which it came from.

 

[bison]

The cam thrust can easily be faced off in a lathe. I'd be more concerned about the front of the block since it's softer than the cam

 

[87 WE2]

Block surface had minor wear but it's not going back in that motor. This car its going into is just a stock street/show car no need for anything more then a stock cam since it will never see the track. Lobes and lifters are perfect, all lifters bagged and labeled when I removed it. I guess I'll take it to the machine shop and see if he is willing to turn it for me if not I'll go to a 206/206

Here's the pics of the block this cam came out of

 

[joey316g]

Looks like the thrust surface on the cam is cut a little untrue....use it...it wont hurt anything. Like already stated, put the lifters back on the lobes they came from or use new lifters.