It is a measure, in thousandths, of how far the cam lobe lifts the valve open, off of the seat.
That is called the lift
the valve oerlop increase
Indy cars do not use camshafts. They use electric solenids to open and close the valves.
there should be a number stamped on the front of the camshaft. provided you know the manufactorer, go to their website, type the number in and you will see whats called a Cam Spec Card with all duration, lift, and lobe seperation.
there should be a number stamped on the front of the camshaft. provided you know the manufactorer, go to their website, type the number in and you will see whats called a Cam Spec Card with all duration, lift, and lobe seperation.
A cam lobe, is an eccentric. The heel of the lobe, would be the non active, flat part of the lobe. Non active, as it is the non active portion, of the cycle.
New camshaft, they are machined whole so there are no parts that you can replace
The rocker arm ratio (whether they be stock or roller rockers) has to do with the offset of the rocker fulcrum. The stock rocker ratio on the small block Chevy is 1.5:1. This is important because it effects your valve lift. For example, a camshaft with .300 lobe lift will yield a .450 valve lift with the stock 1.5 ratio rockers. Multiply the lobe lift times the rocker ratio to get your valve lift. Now, that same camshaft will yield .480 lift with a 1.6 ratio rocker arm and .510 lift with a 1.7 ratio rocker arm. More lift is good as long as your valve springs can handle the extra lift and you don't run into valve/piston interference problems. You are more likely to run into coil bind with the valve springs than an interference problem though. When in doubt, make sure to check just to make sure there will be no problems.
look on the internet you fool.
if it is a small block chevy cam it should be .422 intake lift .442 ex lift .050 duration 204 on intake 214 on exh on a 110 lobe center hope that helps
push rod or tap its. It would be a cam lobe that moves the lifter.