Carrera Four Cam Engine, Post Pictures Please Options

[McMark]

I've been looking for carerra four cam engine pictures for awhile now and haven't found any good ones. Please post any pictures you digital pack rats have saved. Thanks a ton!

[Jake Raby]

Pics are on the way....

If you notice some engines have distributors on the upper cam boxes, others have then crank driven. The early engines had roller bearings on the crank and are even harder to work with. These are the engines that have the dizzys on the rocker boxes.

The later engines (starting in 59) had "Plain bearings" like a normal engine. These engines have the dizzys that are driven off the crankshaft.

Either engine is a bitch to set up, even the timing. On the dash of 4 cam cars you will find 2 push/pull switches. These switches disable/enable each distributor. When setting timing you must ensure each dizzy has the exact same curve, as well as initial and full advance. When the dizzy starts to wear this is near impossible.

While the engine is running the distributors are disabled one at a time and the timing is set independantly. This must be done a few times to get the engine to the point that you can disable the dizzys and the idle doesn't drop any noticeable amount on the tach (about 50 RPM)

Sometime in the Spring I plan on visiting Mr. Bill Doyle in Wyoming. He is the modern day expert on these engines and a super nice guy to boot. He has agreed to let me come learn even more about these engines, since he is almost ready to retire. I'm looking forward to it!