What is the most cost effective cam and rocker arm prep on rebuild? Options

[tornik550]

I am rebuild my /6 2.7l. Everything is either brand new or freshly machined except for the rocker arms and camshafts. I have E cans and I found that there is pitting on one lobe on one cam. I have already spent a fairly massive amount of money. I'm not interested in spending a launch more. I realize the importance of proper cam break in and such.

From what I can see, cam regrind is about $350-400 which I do not believe includes repairing the pitted lobe. Rocker arm reconditioning seems to be around $400. So I would be at somewhere over $800.

What are the most cost effective solutions for having my cam repaired, properly prepared (regrind...), and rocker arm refinishing?

[Mark Henry]

The big cost on rockers is rebushing all of them, if they are in spec you don't have to do this. The contact area is what can wear, if they are worn you will definitely see/feel a wear ridge from were the pad rides on the cam lobe, then they must be reground. If they are totally in spec you can get away with polishing the contact patches.

I think you are just a tad low on the cam regrind price. I know it's expensive, but you've gone this far and the cams is not a place you want to cheap out on.