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[3p141592654]

I think you will be wasting your money if you buy replacement stock cams. The only thing that wears is the bearing caps. Plastigauge the bearings and if they are over .0037" then lap the bearing caps to get back in spec. All the wear is in the caps because the valve springs push the cam upwards.

 

[3p141592654]

Yours are the only ones I have seen that look unusable. I can see deep gouges in the metal. Look at mine, these are more typical, the gouges are only in the soft babbit material

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16390

Do your cams look anything like these?
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19332
People here tell me these cams are ok to re-install them. They're scored up pretty bad, and I'm having my doubts. The journals are pretty rough. You can feel the grooves pretty bad.

 

[whenmunkysfly]

they look more like the first set the second set just looks like the metal rubbed around the first looks like mine do

 

[whenmunkysfly]

and id rather change the cams now rather then later when i've lost the head too

 

[Insidious Surmiser]

post pictures. i don't think i've seen a set of 7M cams that WEREN'T scored up. i still re-used mine, my oil pressure didn't suffer at all, i have no problems at all with them. heh, i'm thinking that mid-winter when i'm doing bodywork, that i should pick up a set of 272's.

-shaeff

my cams look almost new (18k original miles) but you're prolly talkin about 100+k miles

 

[whenmunkysfly]

my cams look almost new (18k original miles) but you're prolly talkin about 100+k miles

yes actually my car has 180k miles but there was an engine swap somewhere in there before i bought the car. lol