Cam identification?
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Cam identification?
So I had the transmission (C6) rebuilt a couple of weeks back (it shifts awesome now, $1,148.00 later).
The dude at the shop asked, "So, what cam do you have in the engine?"
I said, "I don't really know, I thought it was stock, but it does have kind of a lope to the idle doesn't it?"
He said, "There something in there, and it's definatly not stock."
I wasn't really surprised, a while back I found out the engine is a 390... all along I though it was a 360. The VIN indicates 360, I measured the stroke and it's 3.75".
Anyway, does a cam have indentifiying stamps or something. Would it have to come out to see it?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Sam
The dude at the shop asked, "So, what cam do you have in the engine?"
I said, "I don't really know, I thought it was stock, but it does have kind of a lope to the idle doesn't it?"
He said, "There something in there, and it's definatly not stock."
I wasn't really surprised, a while back I found out the engine is a 390... all along I though it was a 360. The VIN indicates 360, I measured the stroke and it's 3.75".
Anyway, does a cam have indentifiying stamps or something. Would it have to come out to see it?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Sam
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Most are stamped with an ID on the rear of the cam. But you have to pull it to find out. Not a fun job to do, just to find out. You could by a dial indicator and a degree wheel and figure out the specs, without completely diassembling the motor ( but you'd still need to pull the timing and valve covers to do so.
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