does this cam look bent to you?

[vintagebriggs5hp]

Thought it was my crank causing a bind but took the came out and put the sidecover on and it spun freely. I took a close look at the cam and it looks slightly bent. I dont know take a look and let me know what you think

 

[vintagebriggs5hp]

I got it straitened out. not sure how long it will last since the metal has been compromised but why not run it till it breaks right?

 

[kibble]

It does look bent. What about heating it up with a torch in the part where it bent? Wouldn't that help harden the metal a bit?

 

[vintagebriggs5hp]

yeah I suppose it would but my torch took a dump. I was concerned about the valves. on compression stroke the intake valve stayed slightly open up until about 1" from TDC but I did the compression test by briggs standards and the flywheel bounces back on compression so the valve but be closing ok or it wouldnt have any compression right?

 

[jr dragster T]

Good thing you fixed it, might not hold though. Although I gotta say I still own the most bent cam award.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

whats that from? it looks pretty wimpy.

 

[vintagebriggs5hp]

yah, not really the award id be prowd to display.

 

[jr dragster T]

Pretty wimpy? I guess you have no clue about racing cams. Its a BILLET racing cam from COMP cams from my blown up blockzilla 3 with around .410" lift. Howcome video and picture embedding doesnt work anymore?

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Pretty wimpy? I guess you have no clue about racing cams. Its a BILLET racing cam from COMP cams from my blown up blockzilla 3 with around .410" lift. Howcome video and picture embedding doesnt work anymore?



Sorry i cant afford to spend hundreds of dollars on billet racing parts, not everyone is spoiled...I was just comparing it to the old cam out of my dirtbike, and it was like half the diameter.

 

[jr dragster T]

Yeah well same with my dirtbike, The cam is very thick. Its 2 different worlds.