Cam Caps

[2turboZ]

I finally got my other engine that had low compression torn apart. Found that the head was the cause. No problem, I have an entire motor that has been machined and "built" so I can just bolt the head on there. Somehow in all of my shuffling around and moving I seem to have lost the cam caps for the head. I understand they are line bored in the factory. Does anyone have any suggestions? I know the odds of an easy solution are slim but wondering if anyone has had a similar experience.

So far my only option is to swap everything into the bad head and have it remachined...provided it can even be done.

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[Quin]

Install the caps and check the clearances, it's possible they might fit decently well.

 

[2turboZ]

Already went there...the guy said they would work but without machining them to match i risk breaking the cam. Some local guys have turned me on to a good machine shop that they said can do it. I am going to look into that.

 

[Quin]

I don't see how you could break a cam if your clearances are good and you torque it down correctly. Sorry, sounds like BS to me

 

[cuel]

Take the cams, head, and caps to the machine shop, and get it assembled there. Tell them exactly what's going on, and they can fix it. I have seen cams snapped because the caps where in the wrong place, installed backwards, or not torqued correctly.

Better safe than sorry....

 

[Nick M]

I have seen two broken cams. One courtesy of Dean Marcum on his old webpage, the other an Audi A8 with the 4.2. It actually snapped in two.

There is a head on ebay right now for $50.00. At that low of a price, I wouldn't feel bad if he is lying. Well I would, but it isn't like your out hundreds of dollars.