Thanks for the info...this car was sitting in a field for quite a few
years, the paint under some of the parts was still shiny, the cylinders
had never been machined, and neither had the crank, which was in good
enough condition that they are not going to grind it, so I imagine
nothing was ever done to the engine, and therefore it has the original
cam! Was that one sentence? yow! No bearings fell out when I removed
the cam anyway, so even though it is a big assumption, I am assuming it
never had bearings... That's certainly something to look out for
though.
adrian
Bill Eastman wrote:
> I don't get into these technical discussions as much now that I am on
> the
> digest :-( but, as the DPO of a 76 Spit*re, I can add some (probably
> redundant) clarification to this subject.
>
> The 1500 engine used in the "Spitfidget" does not use cam bearings.
> However, the holes in the block are the same size as the holes in
> earlier
> versions of the engine which did use cam bearings and, as such, cam
> bearings can be installed IF you install the cam from an earlier
> version of
> the engine. It is common to see the line "using this cam with the
> 1500
> requires the installation of cam bearings" in the specs for Spit
> performance cams.
>
> So your 1500 may indeed have cam bearings even though they were not
> stock.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Eastman
> 61 MGA
> Recovering TrI**ph owner
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