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Re: Cam swap - Intake cam on exhaust side
« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2015, 07:48:21 PM »
Topic revival blast from the past:

I have just had both inlet and exhaust cams measured from a ~95 M42 using a cmm machine here at work.

They are identical.

No quick and crafty inlet to exhaust swap to be done there.

Will post part numbers later for reference

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Re: Cam swap - Intake cam on exhaust side
« Reply #16 on: May 19, 2015, 08:44:45 PM »
I'll chime in as well, I just sent my late intake to delta cams for a re-grind. They said it was 200deg at .050". From what I read on Catcams site it should be 207deg. So I swapped Both late cams into my early running M42 and noticed a significant difference in torque and a minor loss in top end. I attribute this to two possibilities. 1: I may have changed the cam timing enough to make a big difference. Now, I've played with cam timing before on other engines and haven't felt anything this significant and I was pretty careful when changing them out.  2: the other possibility is that the late cams  are milder. (different part numbers I suspect designed around a different intake manifold but that's pure conjecture). The early intake is at delta now and they will tell me the orig specs before grinding to either confirm or dispel this which is why I have hesitated so far to post about my change in drive ability. IF there are any differences I think it would be more likely on the exh side. I suppose I'll blow the dust off my degree wheel and see if there is a difference. I will post Delta's findings as well. It will be interesting to see the results.

Edit: early cam at Delta
« Last Edit: May 30, 2015, 10:02:39 AM by benz-tech »
Pi is apparently the multiplier for your engine swap budget as well.

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Re: Cam swap - Intake cam on exhaust side
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2015, 12:54:03 AM »
Delta cam is regrinding your cams!!!!  I sent mine to them 2 months ago after asking them 3 times if they could grind them and them telling me yes.  Only for them to get my cams and  tell me they couldn't then wait 3 weeks before they sent them back!  I hope your experience is better than mine.  Let me know how they turn out.  I really wanted mine reground but all of the other shops were 3-4 times more than delta.  Good luck.

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Re: Cam swap - Intake cam on exhaust side
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2015, 07:29:31 AM »
Ronan,

I called Delta not too long ago as well. They won't touch the M42 cam!! They had issues with them braking, like snapping!

Benz-tech....You'd better call them again and tell them you have M42 cams and see what they say ::)


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Re: Cam swap - Intake cam on exhaust side
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2015, 09:55:45 AM »
My experience with them is not going well. It's been months. They will not weld but will re-grind which is limited obviously and since I'm not going for anything too big it will be fine.  ANYTHING at all would be nice at this point since this is holding up the entire project.

I had good dealings with Isky in the past. I'm kinda wishing I had called them instead.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2015, 10:03:44 AM by benz-tech »
Pi is apparently the multiplier for your engine swap budget as well.