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Old 05-21-2008, 11:42 PM
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CAM JOURNAL SCRATCH

Will this create any problem down the road,I have a used lunatti voodoo cam that will be installed in my 355, question, will a small scratch on 2 of the journals hurt, I took some 1500 wet or dry paper and made shure to eliminate any high spot being careful not to get carried away, tnx xyZman
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Re: CAM JOURNAL SCRATCH

i installed this cam into my engine:



so long as it is a roller cam, we all agreed that it would be fine.
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Re: CAM JOURNAL SCRATCH

As long as there are no high spots it should be fine.
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Agreed.

By the way, those are "lobes", not journals. The journals are round and ride in the cam bearings.
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