fordkiller
Member
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2005
Bought an engine and trying to figure out which cam is in there. I bought a Comp Cams degree wheel and have been trying to figure out the whole procedure. I used a dial indicator on the #1 piston to set TDC on the degree wheel and wire attached to the block. I noticed the You Tube "degreeing the cam" videos and most of them use the cam manufacturer's card to reference when the different intake and exhaust events occur. I don't have a cam card to reference though.
I took 2 different readings and here's what I came up with:
Got the engine at TDC and setup a dial indicator with the dial riding the outer edge of the #1 intake lifter with the cam installed. Rotated the engine clockwise and I counted 374 degrees (just over one full turn) on the dial before the dial indicator was at .050
Put the engine at TDC and counted the degrees on the degree wheel from the time the intake lifter started to rise to where it leveled-out (112 degrees) and then counted the degrees from the point where it leveled out to where it ramped down (113 degrees). I saw somewhere you can get your duration by adding the two?
Any and all help would be appreciated! I know something feels mucked-up here...
FK
I took 2 different readings and here's what I came up with:
Got the engine at TDC and setup a dial indicator with the dial riding the outer edge of the #1 intake lifter with the cam installed. Rotated the engine clockwise and I counted 374 degrees (just over one full turn) on the dial before the dial indicator was at .050
Put the engine at TDC and counted the degrees on the degree wheel from the time the intake lifter started to rise to where it leveled-out (112 degrees) and then counted the degrees from the point where it leveled out to where it ramped down (113 degrees). I saw somewhere you can get your duration by adding the two?
Any and all help would be appreciated! I know something feels mucked-up here...
FK