One more thing, just to clarify the record, I used a new series V pump
with a series III gear ! Smitty and I made the oil pickup tube and drilled
the pump mounting holes out to accept the original bolts from the III. Do
not use a series V cam without changing the oil pump gear . To Jeff
Howard...the pistons are flat tops, so no problem with the
compression...should be about 9.2 or so. I agree with Jarrid about it being
the cam for the cast iron engine.. Bob
>Kurt ! This is the first I've heard of your frustrations........sounds like
>to me that the cam I gave to Schneider to regrind could have been the wrong
>one! When I picked up the car the engine was in pieces, there were a
couple
>of cast iron heads from some other rootes engine that had different style
>valves, must have been the cam for whatever rootes engine that is, with a
>different firing order? I'm sure if you don't use a series I-IV cam you
>will have to change the gear on the oil pump because they are different. I
>have another cam here that may be the original one from the engine. I
>suggest getting a new cam from Sunbeam Specialties the Hi Performance one.
>Let me look in the garage and see if there's another cam there that might
be
>the original one from the engine? I showed all the cams I had to Smitty
>before I took one to Schneider and we measured the lobes to find the best
>one for regrind...without ever imagining that I had a cam for the other
>rootes engine mixed in.
>
>Don't feel bad...this sort of thing happens to Ford people too who try to
>put a 351 cam in a 260/289/302 as the 351 has a different firing order.
>
>Call me....Bob
>
>
>
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Well after spending an entire weekend trying to get my Alpine started for
>>the first time I decided to punt. I had it put on a flatbed and brought to
>a
>>local shop with a good reputation for knowing British cars. I hated doing
>>this but I am on the road for my job almost continuously and I have
reached
>>the point where I JUST WANT TO DRIVE THE DAMNED THING! That was two weeks
>>ago. I finally heard back from them today. Great news...I have the wrong
>>cam. It will fire on 1 and 4 and blows out through the carbs on 2 and 3.
>>Even better news...That will be $500.00 please. Now I am out the $500, my
>>car still won't run and I have to find the correct cam. Oh yeah I forgot,
>>they fried my Pertronics ignition system when they tried to hook up the
>>"rest of my electronic ignition system". They thought the Pertronics
needed
>>a controller so they tried to connect a unit out of another car to my
>>Pertronics so I am back to points and condenser.
>>
>>So here's the deal, it's a Series III with a Series V Holbay head. Did
they
>>change the valve order between the III and the V or did Schneider screw up
>>grinding the cam? If they changed the valve order am I going to be OK if I
>>put a Series V cam in or do I have to bag the Holbay head and sink even
>more
>>money into rebuilding me S III head.
>>
>>The other option of course is to sell the whole pile of crap in the garage
>>and buy the BMW M3 that I have been drooling over. :)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Kurt
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>>Kurt Eckert
>>Sales Consultant
>>Terascape Software
>>Office: (888) 276-7972 x118
>>Mobile: (781) 929-0020
>>keckert(at)terascape.com
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