[Fot] Cam Bearing wear

Greg Blake gblake58tr3 at icloud.com
Thu Sep 6 20:03:24 MDT 2018


Don,

Any chance you had a low oil pressure condition on startup or on track. 

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> On Sep 6, 2018, at 11:34 AM, Rick Parent via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I've had every other problem but not that one, what is the open and closed pressures?
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> On Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:28 PM, don--- via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> All, 
> I have a 1296cc Spitfire motor with maybe 25 hours on it.
> 2 race weekends for sure and some tuning hours.
> Anyway, for other reasons I had to tear it down and I noticed
> the fresh cam bearings had grooves worn on the six o’clock area. 
> 
> Seems a bit of premature wear to me. 
> What might cause this?
> Spring Pressures too high?
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> Don
> 
> 
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