21-08-2024, 11:09 AM
Here's the reprint:
--1016489--Re: Cam followers
When I finally got my first Chummy on the road in 1989, I was staggered by the performance. It had a big valve block and modified cam followers among other mods. A few years later, I removed the cam followers to use in another engine, and I'm sorry to say that I'm only building that engine up now!
Anyhow, the point is that without the magic cam followers, the engine lost all its sparkle and ran very poorly. Here is a pic of the offending items, I reckon they're flat on the bottom!
Roger French subsequently pointed out that they were very similar to the ones supplied by his father and they were not to be used with a modified camshaft!
I can report that I finished building up the replacement engine for the Chummy some time ago and it is a quick motor, especially coupled with a 5.375 axle.
Thanks, Tim Reynolds
--1016489--Re: Cam followers
When I finally got my first Chummy on the road in 1989, I was staggered by the performance. It had a big valve block and modified cam followers among other mods. A few years later, I removed the cam followers to use in another engine, and I'm sorry to say that I'm only building that engine up now!
Anyhow, the point is that without the magic cam followers, the engine lost all its sparkle and ran very poorly. Here is a pic of the offending items, I reckon they're flat on the bottom!
Roger French subsequently pointed out that they were very similar to the ones supplied by his father and they were not to be used with a modified camshaft!
I can report that I finished building up the replacement engine for the Chummy some time ago and it is a quick motor, especially coupled with a 5.375 axle.
Thanks, Tim Reynolds