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Cam regrind?

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 3:59 am
by sideways
Hey fellas. 

I've done quite a bit of searching on the matter and found a few people have had F5a/F8b cams reground but no one says who by. 

I'm looking at doing some more performance mods to the F10a in my LJ80. From what I can tell, the F10a head has the same ports, valves and cam profile as its 3 cylinder cousins. I've measured the cam duration as 182@0.050" with 7.6mm of lift at the valve. That duration makes it one of the tamest cams ever fitted to anything and obviously gives very little room for scavenging. I know there were aftermarket cams available for these back in the day but I can't find any information on who ground them or what their specs where. 

I've emailed all the cam regrinders/manufactures I can think of in Australia and they all seem to have no experience with these and say they can increase duration by "approximately 10 degrees". Whilst I understand it's hard to say what improvements can be made without seeing the cam, it's not worth it for such a mild increase. I'd like something more in the realm of 205-215@0.050. I know I could run into rocker geometry issues but I'm willing to play with things. 

Does anyone know who has reground cams for these and what specs they ended up with? 

Re: Cam regrind?

Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:41 am
by Brayden
Good question. The popularity of cam grinding for these motors is bugger all, I suspect because it doesn't offer much bang for buck.
I do have a reground F8B cam here that was bought 2nd hand (without specs) - I'll see if I can measure it up. There wasn't much difference when I eyeballed it against a stock cam.

Re: Cam regrind?

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:18 am
by KEVIN
Clive Cams,    Ferntree Gully,   Victoria.