Solid roller cam question.......

[Cheeseburger]

I am curious as to how many have ordered a solid roller cam and got it with an unmachined nose?
Just curious if that is common practice.
Here is a picture.

 

[Cheeseburger]

Might as well delete this thread, picture might be usefull for someone's future referance though.
Thanks.

 

[750H.P.V6]

Mike,

The one on the left is machined for a Duttweiler type thrust plate.

Neal

Might as well delete this thread, picture might be usefull for someone's future referance though.
Thanks.

 

[Cheeseburger]

Mike,

The one on the left is machined for a Duttweiler type thrust plate.

Neal

Thanks Neil, i own both of them....
The one on the left came out of my motor, the one on the right is a brand new turbo cam for stage II heads.
I had to take it to a couple machine shops to get it turned down.
Its a good thing i had the old one to copy!

 

[BLACK MAGIC RACING]

Mike, the cam on the right is the same one that came with my engine when i first bought it, it came from weber that way. After having some cam gear issues, Dan set me up with a system that looked similar to the one on the left.

 

[Cheeseburger]

Fred, you must have had issues because the cam needs to be machined down.
The snout is raw, the way the blanks are from comp.
I guess the point of this thread could be to make sure you get your billet cam ready to install and not unmachined to avoid headachs and running around.

 

[Cheeseburger]

Fred, you must have had issues because the cam needs to be machined down.
The snout is raw, the way the blanks are from comp.
I guess the point of this thread could be to make sure you order your billet cam ready to install and not unmachined to avoid headachs and running around..

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[BadAssGN]

How bout some Pics of What you are working on for us Poor Folk that can't play with the Big dogs

 

[Otto J]

There are a few different front end setups for Roller cams,each has its own way to be machined.

 

[gnxtc2]

The one on the left has an odd fire nose. It is used in conjunction with a Danny Bee Retention plate. There should a small notch in it to oil the retention plate.

Billy T.
gnxtc2@aol.com

 

[V6gofast]

The one on the left has an odd fire nose. It is used in conjunction with a Danny Bee Retention plate. There should a small notch in it to oil the retention plate.

Billy T.
gnxtc2@aol.com

It is not machined for a DB plate the o.d. on the DB is 1.374 which means
it would have a step. It has a roller thrust assembly that was used on the
Busch engines which I believe what Mike is working with.

 

[Lee Thompson]

Imo

You need all your pieces--cam gear--fuel pump eccentric--timing chain gear before any machining is done. The snout comes long and must be machined the exact length so the stack up is loaded by the front bolt. All I have seen come unmachined .

 

[tnttimber]

Im working on my cam setup right now. The normally aspirated cam that was in my motor when I got it has been machined to accept a thrust washer but its just a washer no bearing. Is the thrust waser sufficient or do I need something else? I am using a double roller chain. Thanks and good thread.

 

[steveX]

Here is my solid roller cam set-up.

We had to use the billet roller cam from the buick 3800. Then i had my friend shaun grind it to the TR spec (.620 valve lift).

You should contact shaun tiede, He is a camshaft professional. You can do a search on this forum for his PM/e-mail addres

stiede@austin.rr.com , his e-mail address.

T.A. performance sells all the hardware to complete the cam installation.

 

[GARY HARVEY]

For Reference: Gear Drive Configuration.

Someone have a picture of a gear drive cam snout?
To cover another option.

 

[Alky V6]

Someone have a picture of a gear drive cam snout?
To cover another option.

The camshaft on the right in the first post would be the one used with a geardrive. I think I machined the OD lip of that large flange down a bit for some assembly ease.