muppetman342
Having too much fun
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2012
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA
I installed this cam about 7-8,000 miles ago and reshimmed it with some shims I had around which got me to about .45 mm all around. I realize this is out of the Volvo spec of .35mm-.40mm but I had read here
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=245687
among other threads that suggested that being on the looser end wasn't a bad thing, and was in fact recommended by some.
Some guys were even suggesting 0.50mm
Tonight I popped my Valve cover off to recheck everything after getting some miles on the new cam and I noticed an oddity on the tops of the lobes, notice the marks coming in from the sides on the lobe second from the right:
More pictures: here
Is this just a part of the initial wear of the cam? Is mine wearing too quickly, possibly because of the overly loose lash? What kinds of clearance are you guys running on the ipd Turbo Cam?
*Also, I broke in the cam with the ol' 20 minutes at 2K right after the install.
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=245687
among other threads that suggested that being on the looser end wasn't a bad thing, and was in fact recommended by some.
Some guys were even suggesting 0.50mm
Tonight I popped my Valve cover off to recheck everything after getting some miles on the new cam and I noticed an oddity on the tops of the lobes, notice the marks coming in from the sides on the lobe second from the right:
More pictures: here
Is this just a part of the initial wear of the cam? Is mine wearing too quickly, possibly because of the overly loose lash? What kinds of clearance are you guys running on the ipd Turbo Cam?
*Also, I broke in the cam with the ol' 20 minutes at 2K right after the install.