<VV> Shredded Cam Lobe

[Ryan Counterman]

Sounds like a shredded cam lobe to me, same thing
happend on my V8Vair, found out I had the wrong valve
springs in it, and they were too stiff...

Ryan Counterman


--- "Geoffrey A. Johnson" <geoffj@unm.edu> wrote:

> Anything else could cause this beside a dead lobe? 
> Car has a bad miss and 
> trouble accellerating and backfiring.  So I pull the
> valve covers and start 
> it.   Number 1 intake is moving maybe 2 millimeters.
>  Compression test is 
> fine ~120 on all.  Motor has about 8,000 miles on it
> after a rebuild.  It 
> has never sounded right, always has had a funny
> sound from the valve train. 
> OT20 reground cam and new lifters when it was built.
>   I pulled the rocker 
> and started it and held the end of the pushrod,
> again it is only moving 
> just a touch.  All the others are moving fine.  New
> rockers, balls and 
> springs  were also put in at the same time.  This is
> on my sisters evil 61 
> sedan.  Will pull the lifters tommorrow when it is
> light and take a further 
> look.
> 
> -Geoff Johnson
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