how to determine valve overlap with comp

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04-03-2006, 05:28 PM

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how to determine valve overlap with comp

I have a comp cam and on the cam card all the Ve's are measured at .006".Im not sure how to figure it out with that .Just want my overlap.

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04-03-2006, 11:01 PM

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You don't need VE's to measure overlap. Take your .050" duration and plug them into this equation: Intake duration + Exaust duration divided by 4 - LSA = overlap at .050"

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04-03-2006, 11:31 PM

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You don't need VE's to measure overlap. Take your .050" duration and plug them into this equation: Intake duration + Exaust duration divided by 4 - LSA = overlap at .050"

Almost, you just forgot to multiply the result x 2. So Intake plus exhaust duration at .050" divided by four. Then subtract the lsa, and multiply by 2.

So for my cam, 233+239=472...472/4=118...118-112=6...6*2=12...so my cam has 12 degrees of overlap at .050"

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