<VV> CORVAIR CAM GEARs

[Bryan Blackwell]

I know that spinning the cam gear is a well known failure in racing circles, there are a couple fixes for the problem.  Higher RPM and stiffer valve springs make the problem worse, so likely most of the failures are in stick shift cars with higher output engines.

--Bryan

On Sep 21, 2010, at 2:32 PM, N2VZD at aol.com wrote:

> i dont think i ever had a bad gear before , but i have heard that a few  
> failed where they are pressed on the cam?  probably from motors without  
> enough oil changes ...more someday.