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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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I have a pro comp cam, And I really do not know what type i have. It sounds mild, but hey! i do not know!

But in the overall of it, What are the differences in the types of pro comp cams?

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Old May 19, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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never even heard of pro comp cams.

are you sure you dont just mean comp cams?
Old May 19, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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Yeah, it's Comp Cams, not Pro Comp.

The only way to really tell what you have is to use a dial gauge and degree wheel and check the valve event timing.
Old May 19, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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Sorry for the wrong name. I will try to do that. Thanks Starfury
Old May 19, 2009 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by racin66coupe
never even heard of pro comp cams.

are you sure you dont just mean comp cams?
Give it time ... they (PROCOMP) has already knocked off just about every other part on the market.
Old May 20, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by mstg007
Sorry for the wrong name. I will try to do that. Thanks Starfury
It's not exactly what I'd call easy, and dial gauges tend to be expensive unless you know you'll use them more than once. I'd just live with it until you're ready to upgrade.
Old May 20, 2009 | 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Starfury
It's not exactly what I'd call easy, and dial gauges tend to be expensive unless you know you'll use them more than once. I'd just live with it until you're ready to upgrade.
just in case you have a dialgauge and mount. you can use that together with your balancer to see when the intake and exhaust valves open/close. That shouldn't be too hard to do. You can check as well on the pushrod on how far it actually lifts (intake/exhaust). Maybe that will give you good info on what cam it is.
I never tried but those two values shouldn't be too hard to establish. The lift itself .you have to measure on pushrod as most cams have lift just under or over 0.5", so you can't measure at the valve as this would be 0.8" lift and most dial gauges don't measure more than half inch max

If you have the tools give it a try, but I wouldn't buy them for the sake of playing around
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