Have you ever seen this on a Camshaft Before?
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Have you ever seen this on a Camshaft Before?
I bought a spare MSM head about a month ago. I recently started tearing it down for cleanup, and noticed the pin on front of the intake cam that fits into the slot on the gear is borked. It almost looks like someone intentionally put a flathead to it and whacked it with a BFH. It's bent in a way that could give the cam some slight advance.
Is this a known practice? (seems a little too backwoodsy, even for me) Should I even consider running this cam? It still seems to lock up with the cam gear fine. I have an extra BP5A cam installed my car at the moment, but I was hoping to keep the original with this new head. Plus these things are worth a hundred dollar bill used.
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Is this a known practice? (seems a little too backwoodsy, even for me) Should I even consider running this cam? It still seems to lock up with the cam gear fine. I have an extra BP5A cam installed my car at the moment, but I was hoping to keep the original with this new head. Plus these things are worth a hundred dollar bill used.
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Thanks a lot for the quick responses guys.
Considering I've seen a total of 5 miata camshafts in real life, I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for on the lobes. There is definitely wear present, but it doesn't seem any worse than the BP4A cam I pulled out of my other head, or the other BP5A I replaced it with.
I tried to get a second opinion, but my help fell asleep:
I just won't plan on running the ghettofab cam, but that probably means more downtime for the car. It's starting to look like I'm going to put all this off until winter, hopefully I can source a shortblock so I can piece together an entire new motor on a stand and keep downtime to a minimum.
Considering I've seen a total of 5 miata camshafts in real life, I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for on the lobes. There is definitely wear present, but it doesn't seem any worse than the BP4A cam I pulled out of my other head, or the other BP5A I replaced it with.
I tried to get a second opinion, but my help fell asleep:
I just won't plan on running the ghettofab cam, but that probably means more downtime for the car. It's starting to look like I'm going to put all this off until winter, hopefully I can source a shortblock so I can piece together an entire new motor on a stand and keep downtime to a minimum.
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Im willing to bet that the damage to the pin occurred while removing the cam sprocket..It is easy to remove with a pair of vise grips. Give it a twist and pull. it will come out. if I remember correctly, it is a 5mm dia.. mcmastercarr has them. I used their .001 oversize so that it would fit nice and snug. They come in packs of 20 I believe. I could also send you a couple if you want. I think I have 19 extra.
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