So this 2.0/6 case is torn down and we are looking at the rings....ummm, they don't match the book for "T" pistons.....keep looking and they turn out to be "S" pistons.....good/bad. Good is higher compression and more grunt....

Bad because the engine was partially incomplete and the cams I have are "T" cams....ya can't match them.....

Anyone BTDT on rewelding cams to "S" or Solex profiles to work with "S" pistons?

IIRC, the Cap'n built the 2.4/6 in the ThunderBus with E cams & S pistons. Ran on regular unleaded & kicked ass.

Why not get some Web cams? Fairly inexpensive when you're in that game... Good score on the pistons!

http://www.drcamshafts.com/

nothing wrong with T cams/ totally depends on desired usage.

T cams will work with S pistons but S cams wont work with T pistons.

Isnt this a concour type resto ?

I may know a guy who has a set...I think they are reground S cams, never used.

He had them at Hershey, they did not sell.

Rich

Call, he does not do email.

G. N. Engineering
Owner: George Nelson,
1238 Canton Ave., Milton, MA.
Tel: 617-333-0275

Tell him I sent you.

Rich

I'd get some Mod S cams from Dougherty cams, they're not very expensive, fill out his form and he'll tell you what you need. He's really very good at camshafts.
BTW, Z, the check is in the mail.

OK...for what? Was this that day that I did a black out on?

Bzzzttt, oh THAT check....just got a paypal....

Thanks....

Yes it's a concour resto but a little oomph wouldn't kill it. As to T cams, they don't mix with "S" pistons due to the higher dome and such....at least that's what I'm told. I've never been in a small bore 6 motor before...

Thanks....I'll call tomorrow.

Hmmmmmmmm...

Tell me what ya really think Eric....doan make me post the Italian Cleavage...

Looks like I had it backwards....T cams will work with S pistons but S cams wont work with T pistons. I should read ALL the posts.

So....what do I give up by using T cams? What do I gain going to E spec, or Solex...is that a E spec, or use a reground/welded S?

S cams are supposed to be real peaky and not so streetable....I had an early S engine in "Manfred" but that was a gutted race body with a lot of glass parts....ran like a scalded Italian Mother In Law....

T's are very "streetable". You would gain a bit of bottom end torque "I would imagine". I say that because I've never experienced it before. A mild cam in a high compression engine? Maybe Jeff can weigh-in -or- contact Bruce Anderson and see what he would think about the combo. I did "very" well at the local PCA autocross with my 2.2T spec motor because I could basically leave it in second and drive.

My preference for a streetable engine would be Solex - E or even S-Cams. I think S-cams are fine for the street if you keep your ports within limits. I wouldn't blast past 36mm and they should be fine. I'm building a 3.0 with MFI and S-Cams for the street. 36mm will be my max. for intake ports.

The lower you go (from S to E to Solex to T) the less top end power and the smoother your torque curve will be... me thinks. There are others here that know way more about this than I though.

Taken out of context...

Is this a general statement???



Rich

We did a whole big cam thread just a few weeks ago...

The bigger the engine the more it tends to 'level out' the peaks. So a 3,0 with an early S cam is a far different thing than a 2,0S with the same cam.

I ran E cams in my 2,0 /6 and liked it a lot. Smooth idle, good transition region (the right carb parts helps here - previously posted...) enough power for 140 at the end of Riverside's L-O-N-G (Can-Am) straight.

That would be a general fact. About "everything".

I built my 2.4T with 2.2S p/c and E Cams. Runs good. Got the combo out of Bruce Anderson's book. Tip: check your valve clearance during assembly to confirm the timing. Good reliable street set up. Good Luck - Ted

Towle's buddy called....5 minutes before the alram went off. He thought 805 was in Maine...not the west coast...anyways...still working on cams. At this point I'm getting prices on a weld up and regrind....

I called him back...voice mail....arrrgh...

George is a 356 shop.
He is very cool, but does not answer the phone to often..
Try again, he may be out in his shop working like he is supposed to be doing...just keep trying and give him your cell so when he has time he can call you.

I think you will be happy with the price/product.

Rich

Mike, I still have for sale the cams I offered up on another thread. They are Webcam 158R which is a kind of a Solex/E+ cam

$300+shipping from new yawk.

That's a bargain.

...and a 1/2

Tim...you have a PM and an offer....

Thanks

Z