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Old 07-20-2017, 02:59 AM
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53r 110+3
2870h
Old 07-20-2017, 09:28 AM
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Anyone?
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Well, it's a Comp Cam, but I can't find that lobe profile anywhere in their (online) master catalog. http://www.compcams.com/Technical/Ca...terCatalog.pdf If you scroll down to the last pages of the catalog, they have all their lobes listed in a lobe index. Yours (2870) should be listed on page 162, but isn't. I do know (for a fact) that they have lobe profiles that aren't listed in their catalog. I'd give them a call, I'm sure they'll be able to help you.

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Thanks bud I'm gonna give them a call
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Just called and they assured me that it's not there cam
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And now we have a mystery on our hands.....
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If it's in good shape and you intend to use it or sell it the best bet is to send it to someone for a Cam Dr report.

Are there any other markings on it at all?

I googled pretty heavy and didn't come up with anything but this thread
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No that's all the markings .. but if you soon in you can kind of see some faded numbers on the bottom of it .I can't make them out.
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Originally Posted by MAG1C
Just called and they assured me that it's not there cam
I stand corrected.......good thing I'm not a betting man,
I would have lost money on that one. I hope you figure out what it is, now I'm curious.
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here's an idea, grab a sheet of tracing paper and put over that area of the cam and use a piece of black chalk and trace over the areas that are scribed on the cam and see if if you're able to get more lettering out of it.

edit-do it top and bottom because I barely see some lettering on the bottom portion of the cam.
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from what I can see the top portion of the cam says 53R 110+3 then the 2nd line below it says 2870H
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If I had to guess. I'm going 240/240 .588/.588. 2870h seems to be the core I've seen it from many cam vendors and the only Ls hydraulic roller lobe comp offers that ends with 53 is the specs I just listed.
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Fst100-Thanks for the help fellas ..bit no luck on the paper and black chalk.

Fst100-Yes I can read the top letter in but the bottom it has numbers that I can't even identify. So that's what I was asking for help on.

Tug686spd-im gonna just find a place here in Houston to get it measured .
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Bump!!!
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I would send it to Cam Dr.
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X2 on Cam Dr. unless you have the tools to be able to measure and read the cam profile.



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