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Re: [Healeys] Removing cam in situ

Subject: Re: [Healeys] Removing cam in situ
From: HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:27:52 -0400
Cc: healeylist <healeys@autox.team.net>
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Wouldn't worn cam lobes on a 100K motor be normal wear and tear?  From
everything I remember about 50s and 60s cars, they were pretty much done by
that kind of mileage. And, as Kees pointed out, reground cams are not
usually hardened to the same specification as a factory cam.


On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>   I don't know what could have caused this, because I have always fed
> good, clean 20W-50 oil to this engine (it has about 100K since rebuild).
>  It's possible it's been this way since rebuild, as I always had lower
> compression on a couple cylinders (why a reputable cam grinder would screw
> up a re-grind is unknowable, but possible I suppose).
>
>
>
> Bob
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