.390 lift cam

mtnbikepoacher · Post by **mtnbikepoacher** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:32 am

Hi all,
I took the measurements off a cam i was taking down to have duplicated. It came it at a .390 lift. The only designator was KCF1 and a large 3 on one end.
Anyone recognize it?

The other one I was having done was measured out at .360 and had a 17 stamped on the end. I assume it's an R17

Thanks
Alan

benwick3 · Post by **benwick3** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:48 pm

Al,

Don't know the KCF 1 designation but a single 3 on the end usually indicates a R23 but that has 360 lift.

Pete Richards

mtnbikepoacher · Post by **mtnbikepoacher** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:46 pm

That may be the case. This one has had a good bit of it ground off the back, at points, into the shaft itself. It will surely require very large shims.

I'll see what the cam shop thinks today.

Thanks
Al

mtnbikepoacher · Post by **mtnbikepoacher** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:48 pm

It turned out to be a .410 lift! It appears some one ground the backside off to get the lift with out needing to go to a new carrier.
The cam shop is going to make a template of it then compair it to other templates off of cars liek Lotus and such. It suprised them to see it!
Al

ImpManiac · Post by **ImpManiac** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:55 pm

One of my colleagues recounts a tale of a guy in circuit racing who competed in his Lotus Elan. He built his own engine. He worked for a company that produced/designed camshafts. After applying modern design principles to camshafts for his Lotus, he got approximately 250 bhp from his Elan - 1558cc!!

I have wondered how much one could extract from an Imp engine using this principle...

IM