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RE: TR6: Indexing a Piper270 cam

To: Rob Christopher <robc@cisco.com>, Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: TR6: Indexing a Piper270 cam
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:50:30 -0700
Rob Christopher wrote :
>
> Am I being too picky about this?  Is 0.005" or 1degree within reason?
> Does the asymmetry of this cam mean I cannot do Method 2 to begin with?

Rob, IMO 1 degree is plenty close.  The chain will stretch that much in
operation, and unless you've got a special sprocket or offset bushings, you
can't set it that close anyway.

I don't know if the Piper 270 is asymmetrical, but many modern cam profiles
are.

Randall

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