Thread: Pulled bad cam out.

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Finally started taking motor apart to change bad cam, haven't changed one in along time..
Started pulling cam out and forgot to take fuel pump off..
Didn't know what parts were in the motor, bought the Vette and never got any info about the motor, well I thought it was a solid/mechanical flat tappet, it's a solid/mechanical roller...
Two lobes and two roller lifters are bad, the parts are Comp cams.
The cam that's in her is 300A-R10, when I did a search on Comp site, it came up as a Ford 429/460 cam :roll-eyes I don't think so, not in SBC. I'll call Comp in the morning.
http://www.compcams.com/Cam_Specs/Ca...csid=1024&sb=2

Heres some pic's
Wiped lobe.....
and one more going....

I'm thinking of putting a not so radical cam back in, the problem is with my Brodix heads, the Brodix intake range is 4000 to 8000..
I do have a Weiand Stealth range is 1500 to 6700 I'll have to see if it will fit.
Any suggestions:huh:

looks like a iron core cam they are ok for hyd roller .but not for a solid cam hi lbs and any hi rpm use i would of never used it on the street with a rev kit steel core hyd roller yes. low rpm hi lbs springs and bad oil + a iron core cam is what did it in ?? or mis match parts for street use. i would go steel core and solid ? if that what you want or hyd roller cam with a steel core if you want the hi rpm .iron cores work good if you can keep the spring lbs down there many cams that can work .with the iron running thru the engine you are going to wash it and rebuild it i hope ? looks like 2and 4 intake ports were not sealed very good ? you have to watch your oil if you to rich on your fuel /air mix and wash your oil down and wear out parts

Also it looks like someone tried to paint the lifter valley red? Maybe not the end of the world but it appears to be flaking off and if so would be contaminating your oil. Another reason possibly to rinse it out throroughly (and get that paint out of there).

In super high perfromance apps some folks polish the valley to minimize it holding oil especially at high rpms. BBC's are said to be prone to holding oil up there but not SBC's on the street. I have seen some that were coated with a very tough epoxy resin but that requires mucho cleanliness on the surface first.

Kitz