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Oct 2, 2004 | 11:55 AM

Powergod

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Camshaft question

I just took my motor apart due to some problems I had. The truck already had this built up motor in it when I bought it. I took out the cam to see what brand and style and size it was but I could only find 196j on the end. Anyone have any idea what cam this is, or how I could find out. Thanks!

Oct 2, 2004 | 06:24 PM

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does anyone have any ideas at all on what 196J means?

Oct 3, 2004 | 12:45 PM

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any ideas on how to find the size of a cam? anything at all.

Oct 3, 2004 | 05:42 PM

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Sorry - no magic decoder ring for "196j". Not sure how far apart your motor is, but the only suggestion I can offer is to reinstall it, and using a degree wheel, dial indicator & piston stop figure out the cam's spec.s for yourself -- "degreeing" the cam. I won't claim to be an expert at this, not enough to explain it here anyhow. Comp cams has a pretty good online instruction guide for those not familiar:

http://www.compcams.com/Technical/Instructions/

Just click on "camshaft installation and degreeing instructions" - the first instruction link at the top of the page. . .