Cam break-in?
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Cam break-in? Any special break-in proceedure to follow for a new cam? Hotcam getting installed tomorrow. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Re: Cam break-in? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Jason99T/A:
<strong>Just heat cycle your springs a few times and you are good to go. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What method do you suggest? Please be specific as to temperature, times and reasons for doing it.
<strong>Just heat cycle your springs a few times and you are good to go. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What method do you suggest? Please be specific as to temperature, times and reasons for doing it.
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Re: Cam break-in? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Old SStroker:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Jason99T/A:
<strong>Just heat cycle your springs a few times and you are good to go. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What method do you suggest? Please be specific as to temperature, times and reasons for doing it.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here is what I do and it has worked great many times:
On intial startup --
-Start the car and let idle until it reaches full operating temperature.
-Change oil and let the car cool completely.
-Go drive the car until it gets up to operating temps and then park it until it cools again.
After this, go see how the new cam feels at 6600rpms. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Jason99T/A:
<strong>Just heat cycle your springs a few times and you are good to go. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What method do you suggest? Please be specific as to temperature, times and reasons for doing it.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here is what I do and it has worked great many times:
On intial startup --
-Start the car and let idle until it reaches full operating temperature.
-Change oil and let the car cool completely.
-Go drive the car until it gets up to operating temps and then park it until it cools again.
After this, go see how the new cam feels at 6600rpms. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
