$160 for a good condition used cam posted, with lifters is a fair price I say. You can get new cams for the 170 mark but they don't come with tappets.

I would just use it but if it's an expensive rebuild, its up to you if want to enquire about it, maybe you can contact the original owner of the camshaft.

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Andy I agree - it is always better to discuss things like adults.

The man asked for an opinion which Jmac and I gave based on the photo provided.
The cam may be OK but it also may not be. End of story until it can be physically examined.

Disagree if you want but let’s hear some FACTS rather than cheap insults.

Larry

Yea probably best to finish this thread, I have all the information I need. Thankyou very much.

TO be honest, I had absolutely no idea who he bought the cam off, and made my response based purely on the pic provided. Considering the cost/downtime in having to pluck the motor back out and re-fit a second cam, seal it all up and re-fit the motor - I think the advice still stands.

I absolutely wasn't suggesting someone had ripped him off. Based on the location of the chip, it's a reasonable chance that it happened when it was being removed from the engine, or fitted to it, and it's gone slightly angular and that edge has hit the lip of the hole in teh block where the cam bearings are. But that's not the only way it could happen. It's not a huge chip, and it's possible that it just wasn't noticed somewhere along the way. I'll say this - and I'm sure of it - no way in hell would DatsAndy have known it was dodgy and sold it on the sly, he's honest when it comes to that sort of thing, take it to the bank. SO either it slipped by un-noticed or maybe happened in transit or during an early mock up assembly to check clearances etc.



Having said all that, just to prove there's no hard feelings and animosity - I bought a cam off another member here some time ago but haven't managed to find time to pick it up. It's a fairly decent grind (up into rally motor territory) and is for the rear mounted distributor engine blocks. If your block can take this cam, you can have it for free.

I'll dig up the specs but it's somewhere around .445" lift at teh valves and 40 74 74 41 seat timing - around 290-295 seat duration.

This _is_ a big cam for an a12, and would want decent carburettion and head work. It might not be ideal for you combination - but if it happens to be suitable, you're welcome to it.

AndyM1 if this came is no good and you're looking for another one that happens to be an early model, i have one here, has been freshly reground to a mild spec by wade cams in melb. I brought a late model block and had this done to go into it then realising it the cam was early model and block was late, so different dizzy positions...
cheers

Both good offers there. Good one fellas and I think this shows deceny folk in this club, Andy too. Amount of time you helpful fatt a$$. Don't let this get to you man. Get that wagon rolling raw hide

Thanks very much for your offers guys very generous, I have got another cam sorted now.
Thanks.
Andy

I'm sure of it - no way in hell would DatsAndy have known it was dodgy and sold it on the sly, he's honest when it comes to that sort of thing, take it to the bank.

^^^^this Andy is a top dato seller

yeah ive never heard a bad word about datsandy, its possible he even gave me some free parts a few years ago, BUT i could be wrong, some nice fellow on here did... haha

I'm dumb founded as to how it got in that state. It could have happened while in my posession or dare i say possibly in your posession. What would you like to do Andy ?