orangeapeel

iTrader: (18)

Are they solid center or hollow like the LS1 cam? I never thought to look, and someone has asked me and I wasn't going to pass on wrong info without actually knowing.

Help me out guys!

Mighty Whitey

lt1 cams are as solid as a rock... just like any other SBC cam.

orangeapeel

iTrader: (18)

That was what I thought. I think that he found something on ebay and it was hollow. I thought that I would double check.

I guess a dead giveaway would be the drive gear on it for the distributor.

the_merv

iTrader: (88)

You mean the Oil Pump drive.., or the Water Pump Gear?

Dragframe

iTrader: (14)

he is saying that since a SBC has a distributer on it... that would give away that its not a LT1 cam

Mighty Whitey

actually... that wouldn't mean anything. LT1 cams still have the "distributor gear" on the back of the cam like any SBC cam, although they don't have a distributor in the back, the gear is still in the block that drives the oil pump, but nothing going to a distributor.

an LT1 cam can be run in well, any year SBC... the only complicated part would be a timing set that would work with a cam button and still have to small bolt pattern for the "OE style" roller cam.

FWIW, my truck is about to receive a Comp #501 cam that came straight out of my car...

the_merv

iTrader: (88)

Exactly.. we put the LT4 Hot Cam in a old El Camino, it worked very well..

TAEnvy

iTrader: (2)

COuld you get an LT1 cam with a hollow center. Would there be any benefits to that?

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

less rotating weight...

Ls1Bait

Not as strong, I have seen a cam break in half on a 3100 pontiac v6.

The cam bearings seized, and this cam was hollow.

Formula350

iTrader: (3)

The LT1 cam I bought off eBay was CNC milled, not cast like every other cam I've seen. I was very surprised. So I would say it's solid, besides the fact it was heavy like every other cam