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What sort of profiles do i want on a cam suited for a T28? What sort of results have people had and from which cams?
Where can i get one??

hey im totaly for building my own cars too, but im not mad keen about dialing in my own camshaft,if i get that done in a workshop im kinda in a grey area!!!lol

... me for like and hour!!! If you look at the old forum I was always very forthcoming with information about my car. The only thing I never told was Camshaft Specs. No my engine isnt a stroked engine, used the standard crank and rods and ACL Pistons. If you dont believe me about the engine, why dont ...

... me for like and hour!!! If you look at the old forum I was always very forthcoming with information about my car. The only thing I never told was Camshaft Specs. No my engine isnt a stroked engine, used the standard crank and rods and ACL Pistons. If you dont believe me about the engine, why dont ...

... me for like and hour!!! If you look at the old forum I was always very forthcoming with information about my car. The only thing I never told was Camshaft Specs. No my engine isnt a stroked engine, used the standard crank and rods and ACL Pistons. If you dont believe me about the engine, why dont ...

... with a MA09ERT basically a MA????T engine is a engine from same era as E15ET and CA18ET, a transversially mounted R4 with one belt driven overhead camshaft and electric MPI. catalytic converter was on some models.

kid nismo wrote:the regrind cam moves freely up until i tighten up the 4 bolts to the camshaft face plate.

any ideas?

there should be a thickish (is that a word?) paper seal between that and the head.

don't use just sealant.

the regrind cam moves freely up until i tighten up the 4 bolts to the camshaft face plate.

any ideas?

... all other tuning parameters to suit your cam. This is where the fundamental mistake begins. The very first choice in building an engine is the camshaft profile. The rest of the engine build revolves and is decided by the cam choice. Not the other way around. Most guys start messing with this ...

Basically setting the camshaft timing up to match the specifications sheet.

I've bought myself a dial indicator and magnetic base. I'm going to find true TDC and see how far out the cam is. Then dial it in. I don't have an adjustable cam wheel yet but i'll see how close i can get it. I might try Damo's method of drilling some extra holes for the dowel. I'll let you know how...

... is uniform. Then just move onto the next tappet. Sometimes, the heel circumference of the cam is not ground uniform with the rotating axis of the camshaft and you get a variation of tappet clearance depending on where the cam lobe is in relation to the follower. This is common enough, especially ...

Try here
http://www.camshafts.co.nz/

Specifically here
http://www.camshafts.co.nz/Nissan.aspx

They state up to a stage 6 camshaft for the E15 is available! Looks to be very reasonable pricing too

Hi Damo, That is quite an agressive camshaft, do you have problems achieving good vacuum at idle? Darren Sort of depends on waht you consider good vacuum. With the stock cam, was happy around 17-18 inhg. With the big cam it will sit at around ...

My camshaft profile isnt too far off, actually exhaust is quite similar Cam specs: cam lift duration duration @ 50 valve lift intake 283 272 218 0.4421 exhaust 283 272 218 0.44 timing advance timing @ 50 open close open close ...