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Degreeing stock cams - info needed ASAP

Old 06-27-2011, 10:50 PM
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Default Degreeing stock cams - info needed ASAP

Does anybody have the settings for degreeing stock cams on a Mach 1 4.6 4v?

Thanks
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Old 06-29-2011, 04:11 PM
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Do you mean installing the timing chains--if so here's the procedure.

"Degreeing" a cam is a whole different thing here in the States, it is the checking, verifying, and if possible adjusting the exact timing of the valve opening and closing. On our cars, with stock cams and without adjustable cam sprockets, it is an interesting but largely irrelevant exercise.
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Old 06-30-2011, 10:11 AM
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Irrelevant my ***..... Cam degree will make or break a car.... And the spec ford oks leaves room for decent gains

Why do u think some cars go 14.3 stock vs sone goin 13.7 stock?
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Old 06-30-2011, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by dimebag
Irrelevant my ***..... Cam degree will make or break a car.... And the spec ford oks leaves room for decent gains

Why do u think some cars go 14.3 stock vs sone goin 13.7 stock?
1.Cecil County is only 1250 feet and downhill.

2. Some people can't drive.


3. because racecar.
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Old 06-30-2011, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dimebag
Irrelevant my ***..... Cam degree will make or break a car.... And the spec ford oks leaves room for decent gains

Why do u think some cars go 14.3 stock vs sone goin 13.7 stock?
I never said that "degreeing" cams was irrelevant. What I said was that since with the stock components there is no mechanism to adjust cam timing, going through the motions with the stock components is an "interesting but largely irrelevant exercise."

You need to improve your reading comprehension skills...
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Old 07-01-2011, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by cliffyk
I never said that "degreeing" cams was irrelevant. What I said was that since with the stock components there is no mechanism to adjust cam timing, going through the motions with the stock components is an "interesting but largely irrelevant exercise."

You need to improve your reading comprehension skills...
And u need to improve on your holier then thou and real life skills.... Get out from behind that computer and get ur hands dirty once in a while, its good for you

And I didnt just mean mine, at cecil....i meant in general..... Ive ran other ppls cars at cecil, and they went slower


It is a pita to do it w stock ****, but its doable, and worth it if your willing to put out the effort
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Old 07-01-2011, 09:25 AM
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I would love to see someone degree a stock cam, with stock sprockets.
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Originally Posted by dimebag
And u need to improve on your holier then thou and real life skills.... Get out from behind that computer and get ur hands dirty once in a while, its good for you

And I didnt just mean mine, at cecil....i meant in general..... Ive ran other ppls cars at cecil, and they went slower


It is a pita to do it w stock ****, but its doable, and worth it if your willing to put out the effort
Originally Posted by dimebag
Irrelevant my ***.....
You started the "attitude", I just finished it up...

And as Bmitchell373 said quite eloquently "I would love to see someone degree a stock cam, with stock sprockets."
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Old 07-01-2011, 09:51 AM
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Its very doable.... Id start with a matched pair, and get the file out....its not the "right" way, but its been done countless times, and does work
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Umm, I'll just leave this here maybe it'll help



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