Bill,
You might give some
thought as to WHY the
cam has developed 3 bad lobes.
Here is a good article
about how "OIL IS KILLING OUR CARS!!!!!".
Personnally, I think
this is a plot by the EPA to get old cars off the roads
quicker, by removing the ZDDP from our oils.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at
6:43 PM, Bill Parker wrote:
Hello
all, I tore into the '60 Saratoga engine today, an RB 383,
and as I suspected from the symptoms, it has a wiped
camshaft. One lobe is just a little nubbin', and two others
are clearly half what they should be. Seems like a simple
cam swap is in order except of course for the small matter
of early B/RB lifters and pushrods being different
dimensions from the later ('66 and later?) stuff. From a
previous experience with putting a cam and lifter kit into a
'65 engine, I think I recall that the late lifters are
taller, and must use the late pushrods to compensate. I
could have it backwards, but in any case, I think the
solution to using a late cam and lifter kit is using the
late pushrods too. I have several core 440 engines and I'm
thinking, make a cam selection, buy the late style lifters
with it, and use a set of the 440 pushrods (being that both
my '60 383 and the 440's are RB engines with the same deck
height). Comments/cautions/suggestions? This is not my hot
rod and I plan to go with a pretty mild cam.
Bill & Kathi
Parker, South Central Indiana, harboring of bunch of old and
newer Mopars
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