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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 03:41 PM
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I Was Thinking About Buying A 2002 Ss. The Owner Siad He Did A Cam Job But I Cant Hear It At All! He Siad It Is A Sleeper Cam. It Still Has Stock Manifold And The Heads Look Normal Too, Is There Any Way To Check Before I Consider Buying The Car?
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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Not really. If it's a mild cam, it would be really hard to detect especially with stock manifolds.


Is it a PITA to capitalize every word you type? I would get tired of hitting the shift key.
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 04:13 PM
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If you can get the valve cover off, a dial gauge will measure the lift fairly accurately.

With the lifters still pumped, you can get a good idea of what the cam lobe
is doing.

All you need is a method to rotate the crank by hand.
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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In short, it's not easy to tell for sure. Does the owner have any timeslips or dyno printouts from it?
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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the easy way would be to take it to a dyno for a few bucks... and see if he is lying!!!

if its 300-315rwhp he's a damn lier!!!! if it had ANY cam it should be around 330-340rwhp.....
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