Please never stop doing these videos for us. I rebuilt my sbc just with watching all of your sbc rebuilt, cleaning & stuff videos. Runs like a charm since 05/2018. Thank you for your videos and sharing all your knowledge with us!
You might be able to export just the audio from your editing software, then upload that audio file on CZcams to replace the one in this video. This saves you from uploaded the same video twice.
Had you for engines class at UTI in 2014 and learned 10x more in your class than the 3 others I have taken throughout my schooling! Thanks for letting us pick your brain and showing the correct way to do things! I'll be staying tuned in with you to see what crazy builds your doing!
The clarity with which you explain what you are doing, how to do it and why is second to none here on YT, at least that i have seen. It is really awesome.
It was still a great video for cams !!!!!! When you exhaust the info on cams, move on to springs and what is needed to be known about them to select the right ones !!!!! Thanks for all you provide for us !!!!!!!
Even English isn't my native, I can almost totally get a ton out of this tutorial, and this has got to be the best, most direct and obvious cam instruction on YT!
Hi I just wanted to say you are THE BEST on CZcams. Your cam video was so useful and so are your others. Thank you so much. I’m 23 and building a Chevelle, it’s nice to have these videos available for help without having to ask questions old times may think are stupid.
This video really helped me. Most cam degreeing videos are very vague and don’t describe in exact detail the ins and outs of everything. Thank you. Subscribed!
Great stuff. I had a Pontiac 400 built years ago and the builder must have put a much larger cam than what he thought it was. When I started having issues, I put a degree wheel on it and found that it was 236/244 @ .050 110 .560 lift. All with stock 6x-4 heads and springs!!! No wonder I found crushed valve stems seal rings ... in the top of the head.
Killer vid mate! It's great to see a proper grassroots bloke simplifying and making easy for others to understand the complexities of how stuff works! You got a fan here mate, look forward to more of your content 💪😎👌
My first cam install was a Triumph 650, in the 1970s. Separate intake and exhaust, new cams to replace badly worn originals [no hardening]. After messing with degree wheels for a couple of days I called Norris... they opined that maybe they hadn't ground those cams to spec after all, but 'it should work if you time the exhaust to the intake spec'. It never ran right... now new hardened stock cams are going in the old girl, and this video will be a big help.
I build my engine just looking at your channel. You're so detail in what you do it's easy to follow much appreciated. I'm getting ready to rebuild my 5.7 Gen3 hemi .030 overbore. Using your channel will help me out alot
@@Myvintageiron7512 looking for to it. I was wondering what cam to put in it and clarify it for me I'm doing a daily driver but thinking of porting the ports of the heads in increase the flow as of now I'm using the stock 5.7 eagle heads
Very good explanation , I put the ramjet cam in my 350 vortec , just keeping my fingers crossed that it is ok .I have never degreed a cam .Thanks for the video .
If you don't mind ( I can't imagine that you would but feel I need to ask) I'd like to refer to you on my channel. I'm documenting my first real build and I stress to both of my viewers ;-) that my channel is NOT a how to channel. Your channel is my go to for how to information and has been instrumental in me having the confidence to build an engine. I've know a lot of people with knowledge of a subject but who were unable to teach others. You are a great teacher. Thank You.
I really appreciate all your videos you are Excellent you explain well and always easy to understand, I play in High performance but in an amateur way and whenever I am not 100% sure I go see your videos. So right now going to degree my 580 cid 720hp 760 hp with the old Kinetic cam to see if any grinder could improve it. Thanks again and please keep doing your awesome videos!
Thanks again for your good video. I do my first cam degreeing now on my FE 390 by using this video. So everything is perfekt with my cam. I do a very stock rebuilt, except I use a roller cam and roller rocker. I ordered the cam and rockers from Brent Lykins. He helped me with a cam profile and other parts I will need for my rebuilt.
Thanks for all your effort in making this video. I am trying to find out what cam is in this car. I have no cam card, so while I have it apart I want to make sure that is best suited for the street.
You don’t need to rotate the engine to 50 thou. All you need to do is rotate it clockwise and watch the dial indicator when it stops moving mark the wheel then start rotating again, when the dial indicator starts moving again, mark the wheel again. Half way between those two marks it true TDC .
I loved this video, thanks so much for making great content. Also for making educational videos fun. It's not just theory your really doing it live and proving it at the same time😁👍👍 I am working on an OHC Ford engine right now and I liked what you said about retarding vs advancing the cam timing by a couple of degrees. If my engine could use a little more low end torque can I advance the cam a couple of degrees to give me a slight improvement on the low end torque? Let me know your thoughts on this because the cam drive gears are not keyed to the cam so I have a little freedom there.😉
Wish you would have been my teacher in the late 70's when I was in Ag. Mechanic's school, They taught us how to find true TDC using a piston stop instead of the dial indicator method, not saying it's better just easier.😁 This is a very informational video that I'm sure will help alot of people, especially the younger generation. 👍
Absolutely best explained video out of the 10 I watched! So degreeing the cam is really just to double check the manufacturer to be sure they sent you the right cam, and fine tune if you have a really higher performance engine?
I always double check this on the companion cylinder as well. These days I have seen some flat tappet cams be way off on the grind cylinder to cylinder.
Love your vids, thx quick question.. if I put Vortec heads on a 1988 GM 350 which length pushrods do i use? from the vortec engine that i yanked the heads off, or my original TBI GM block? thanks
I do have one question however. At around 12 minutes we were able to confirm that we have the right cam since the intake lobe was 420 thousandths AFTER multiplying by rocker ratio. Does this mean that the type of cam we have dictates our rocker ratio?
Hi! Thanks, I'm trying to understand this procedure and all of the details that go into a cam, and its installation. Your videos are the most comprehensive, clear, and easy to understand that I've come across. I'm about to rebuild my Ford 400, from the bottom up. I am fairly new to this, and this is the one step in the process that's a bit intimidating. One question, do you want to be able to check for piston to valve clearance so there's no chance of these two components contacting each other during first startup? I guess it worries me a bit putting a new cam in that will have slightly more lift, after the block deck has been machined down, as well as the head surface. I'll keep watching your videos to learn more! Thanks again.
They never show any of this on the TV shows when they replace the stock cam in an engine. I know it's time consuming, but it should at least be mentioned. Great video.
I am working on a 5.7 Vortec that I have installed a Comp Cam OEM type roller. 276/282, Lift .503/.510 with a 112 lobe center. The cam card calls for it to be installed at 110 degrees. With the timing chain point to point it shows 110 on the wheel. However the engine is a dog..... Comp Cams says the cam was ground with 2 degrees advance. Any help would be appreciated.
Do you first set dial gauge to aproximate TDC then set wheel to 0 degree then turn piston clockwise and counter clock wise 0.050 because the camshaft is 0.050" lift
I've been watching degree vids on and off for a couple months. It's like going to a difficult to find location three times... and still don't know how I got there.
I use the inner base circle method of calculating lobe center an get a lobe center of 112.5 deg (22+67+180/2 - intake opening 22 = 112.5) from your number when measuring duration. why are your numbers different than mine?
Excellent video. I don’t have a dial indicator lifter. Can I convert a hydraulic lifter to solid by removing spring and shimming with washers just for measuring purposes?
Great video, now I understand center line is basically cam lobe TDC. But just to make sure I understand this correctly, your intake opened at 22 degrees and closed at 68 degrees. Wouldn't or couldn't you add 22+68 and subtract that total from the total degrees in the circle (360)? 22 + 68 = 90. 360 - 90 = 270 degrees. Your cam card specified 270, correct? Again, thank you for explaining the center line enigma to me. I've watched this procedure performed in person (where I basically stood and blew spit bubbles when my buddy explained what he was doing) and have watched many videos since, but you actually broke new ground on my old and stubborn brain!! Thank you again.
I have a 1969 351 Windsor built by someone else. I don’t have any part of the build in writing (I don’t know what cam is in the engine) I really hate to pull the heads to pull the cam so this information should help me determine lots of information on lift duration etc. I’m trying to make decisions on intake manifold carburetor etc. thank you very much you are awesome!!!! should you work for University? lol
Please never stop doing these videos for us. I rebuilt my sbc just with watching all of your sbc rebuilt, cleaning & stuff videos. Runs like a charm since 05/2018. Thank you for your videos and sharing all your knowledge with us!
Hey every one I Just noticed around 1900 there is 20 seconds of silence I am working on fixing this Thank You
You might be able to export just the audio from your editing software, then upload that audio file on CZcams to replace the one in this video. This saves you from uploaded the same video twice.
Had you for engines class at UTI in 2014 and learned 10x more in your class than the 3 others I have taken throughout my schooling! Thanks for letting us pick your brain and showing the correct way to do things! I'll be staying tuned in with you to see what crazy builds your doing!
Excellent instruction. As a Pontiac guy, this procedure works on our V8 engines perfectly. Well done.
I only wish that you know, I repeat, you know, how educative your videos are and can not thank you enough. God Bless your life!
The clarity with which you explain what you are doing, how to do it and why is second to none here on YT, at least that i have seen. It is really awesome.
I can't thank you enough for these videos, im building my first engine (77 ford 460) and would be lost without your knowledge thank you so much!!!!
Imagine this dude teaching this in person? Glad he was my instructor. Used this knowledge a couple of times. Soon to degree my new cam in my 57 F100
It was still a great video for cams !!!!!! When you exhaust the info on cams, move on to springs and what is needed to be known about them to select the right ones !!!!! Thanks for all you provide for us !!!!!!!
The best way to get the correct springs is get a spring part number from the cam manufacturer and use them
@@Myvintageiron7512 Thanks so much for getting back with me, that was a very good reply and I will take your advice !!!!!!
Even English isn't my native, I can almost totally get a ton out of this tutorial, and this has got to be the best, most direct and obvious cam instruction on YT!
Hi I just wanted to say you are THE BEST on CZcams. Your cam video was so useful and so are your others. Thank you so much. I’m 23 and building a Chevelle, it’s nice to have these videos available for help without having to ask questions old times may think are stupid.
This video really helped me. Most cam degreeing videos are very vague and don’t describe in exact detail the ins and outs of everything. Thank you. Subscribed!
Great stuff. I had a Pontiac 400 built years ago and the builder must have put a much larger cam than what he thought it was. When I started having issues, I put a degree wheel on it and found that it was 236/244 @ .050 110 .560 lift. All with stock 6x-4 heads and springs!!! No wonder I found crushed valve stems seal rings ... in the top of the head.
Killer vid mate!
It's great to see a proper grassroots bloke simplifying and making easy for others to understand the complexities of how stuff works!
You got a fan here mate, look forward to more of your content
💪😎👌
My friend that was a incredible lesson. Thank you for taking your time to explain all that information in a clear and strength forward manner. 👍
My first cam install was a Triumph 650, in the 1970s. Separate intake and exhaust, new cams to replace badly worn originals [no hardening]. After messing with degree wheels for a couple of days I called Norris... they opined that maybe they hadn't ground those cams to spec after all, but 'it should work if you time the exhaust to the intake spec'. It never ran right... now new hardened stock cams are going in the old girl, and this video will be a big help.
I build my engine just looking at your channel. You're so detail in what you do it's easy to follow much appreciated. I'm getting ready to rebuild my 5.7 Gen3 hemi .030 overbore. Using your channel will help me out alot
I am actually planning doing a 5.7 Hemi in the fall very good engine
@@Myvintageiron7512 looking for to it. I was wondering what cam to put in it and clarify it for me I'm doing a daily driver but thinking of porting the ports of the heads in increase the flow as of now I'm using the stock 5.7 eagle heads
Very good explanation , I put the ramjet cam in my 350 vortec , just keeping my fingers crossed that it is ok .I have never degreed a cam .Thanks for the video .
One of the best vids on this I have seen, thanks. If I watch it a dozen more times, and take notes, maybe I will "get it" LOL
Excellent engine building lesson. Greatly appreciate you sharing your knowledge 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much.
Another great video.
Blessings and more Blessings to you and your Family
Sitting in the ER waiting for my next patient, love this vid thanks for great explanation!
This is the best how to degree a cam I've seen. Thanks bud!
Very informative, very interesting, I've been interested since high school in learning how to do this, 40 years ago, thanks.
I think this guy is....great instructor, I like how he teaches.....great job..
Great description best I've see yet. 👍👍
Thanks
best description I've seen. Thank you! Great job
Best cam degree video I"ve seen yet. Well done.
Excellent video. Very clear presentation. Great job! Thanks.
I learned some valuable information today. That even i could understand & i dont have any engine building experience. Well done & thank you👌
Brilliant! Much more informative and simple to follow!
Love these vids and the detail you provide.
Glad you like them!
I’m a retired engineman from the USN. That’s the first time I’ve heard of this that way. Thanks
Best video I've seen on degreeing a cam
Thank you so much for sharing, in the process of building a 440 for my 69 GTX and
this will help me get it right. Mike :)
Glad to help!
Thanks for the explanation and degree a cam shaft. Very helpful in learning how to do this!
Thanks! this confirms I did it right . I came up with 108-106. 2 degrees nothing to be worried about.
Awesome advice mate ,very helpful 👍🇦🇺
Thank you for explaining it in layman's for me...everyone else just blew through it, awesome video
Glad it was helpful!
Good stuff, you are excellent at explaining the process. You must have been a teacher in a previous life.
Wow, thanks!
Camshaft Decree: Thou valves shall open on time.
Thanks very much! Very good explanation and helps to understand the whole process...
Perfect understandable explanation, thanks! Now, if I only had the tools.
Awesome, very informative man, keep up the good videos!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! Very informative.
If you don't mind ( I can't imagine that you would but feel I need to ask) I'd like to refer to you on my channel. I'm documenting my first real build and I stress to both of my viewers ;-) that my channel is NOT a how to channel. Your channel is my go to for how to information and has been instrumental in me having the confidence to build an engine. I've know a lot of people with knowledge of a subject but who were unable to teach others. You are a great teacher. Thank You.
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Great video! It now makes sense! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Excellent video. Thank you!
This guy has the best teacher mood. Very glad from 🇵🇷
I really appreciate all your videos you are Excellent you explain well and always easy to understand, I play in High performance but in an amateur way and whenever I am not 100% sure I go see your videos. So right now going to degree my 580 cid 720hp 760 hp with the old Kinetic cam to see if any grinder could improve it. Thanks again and please keep doing your awesome videos!
THX
Bravo !!!!! Great video young man, god bless.
Thanks again for your good video.
I do my first cam degreeing now on my FE 390 by using this video. So everything is perfekt with my cam.
I do a very stock rebuilt, except I use a roller cam and roller rocker. I ordered the cam and rockers from Brent Lykins. He helped me with a cam profile and other parts I will need for my rebuilt.
You are a very good teacher! Job well done thank you so much.
Would now be a good point to do a 'how to' check valve to piston clearance video :) - Fantastically used channel - thanks..
Thanks for all your effort in making this video. I am trying to find out what cam is in this car. I have no cam card, so while I have it apart I want to make sure that is best suited for the street.
Fantastic video. Can you do a video on why you would want to advance a cam and how to do it?
I Learned à lot from your lesson. Thank you,
You don’t need to rotate the engine to 50 thou. All you need to do is rotate it clockwise and watch the dial indicator when it stops moving mark the wheel then start rotating again, when the dial indicator starts moving again, mark the wheel again. Half way between those two marks it true TDC .
The Professor !!!! Love it
soo cool, great explanation!
I loved this video, thanks so much for making great content. Also for making educational videos fun. It's not just theory your really doing it live and proving it at the same time😁👍👍
I am working on an OHC Ford engine right now and I liked what you said about retarding vs advancing the cam timing by a couple of degrees. If my engine could use a little more low end torque can I advance the cam a couple of degrees to give me a slight improvement on the low end torque? Let me know your thoughts on this because the cam drive gears are not keyed to the cam so I have a little freedom there.😉
Best video for us newbies finally can see the wheel in the video
Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Wish you would have been my teacher in the late 70's when I was in Ag. Mechanic's school, They taught us how to find true TDC using a piston stop instead of the dial indicator method, not saying it's better just easier.😁
This is a very informational video that I'm sure will help alot of people, especially the younger generation. 👍
Fabulous info built many engines but 4 -5 years go by refresher is good not to miss nothing will refresh again soon my engines turn
Absolutely best explained video out of the 10 I watched! So degreeing the cam is really just to double check the manufacturer to be sure they sent you the right cam, and fine tune if you have a really higher performance engine?
I always double check this on the companion cylinder as well. These days I have seen some flat tappet cams be way off on the grind cylinder to cylinder.
You just put new life in my project, guess I'll go back to it
Great video!
You should do a video on dynamic compression and relation to intake valve closing after bdc
yep I'm working on that it's in part to of cam selection
GREAT instruction!!! Question...is it absolutely necessary to degree the cam in a rebuild on a 1968 Corvette 327/350?
No, align the dots and you will be fine
Love your vids, thx quick question.. if I put Vortec heads on a 1988 GM 350 which length pushrods do i use? from the vortec engine that i yanked the heads off, or my original TBI GM block? thanks
if it's a roller cam than use the vortec push rods if not your stock push rods will work
I watched 3 other videos until i came across this one. All three were shit. Yours was great. Great job, thank you.
I do have one question however. At around 12 minutes we were able to confirm that we have the right cam since the intake lobe was 420 thousandths AFTER multiplying by rocker ratio. Does this mean that the type of cam we have dictates our rocker ratio?
Hi!
Thanks, I'm trying to understand this procedure and all of the details that go into a cam, and its installation. Your videos are the most comprehensive, clear, and easy to understand that I've come across. I'm about to rebuild my Ford 400, from the bottom up. I am fairly new to this, and this is the one step in the process that's a bit intimidating. One question, do you want to be able to check for piston to valve clearance so there's no chance of these two components contacting each other during first startup? I guess it worries me a bit putting a new cam in that will have slightly more lift, after the block deck has been machined down, as well as the head surface. I'll keep watching your videos to learn more! Thanks again.
Should you do another cylinder to ensure that all the lobes are ground consistently?
Great teacher. love the video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@Myvintageiron7512 , I do enjoy your videos. and thanks for the reply.
Will chain stretch make the offset worse or better?
Very easy to understand information. Thanks m8
Glad it helped
Excellent video young people can learn a lot from you
Great video brother
so degreeing the cam is necessary too when replacing an OE camsaft not only when building an engine, as you said the cams can be boxed incorrectly?
Hi man, great video, so now how I measure the best timing timing in relation to the camshaft positioning?
I'm guessing that this technique would work on a single cam straight ( inline )engine too?
They never show any of this on the TV shows when they replace the stock cam in an engine. I know it's time consuming, but it should at least be mentioned. Great video.
Question , is this process performed for each cylinder to verify the specs for all lobes on the cam Or just one cylinder is adequate? Thx.
Thank you for sharing., great video.
Its pretty cool that phil jackson of the legendary bulls degrees cams nowadays
Nice video man 👍✌
I am working on a 5.7 Vortec that I have installed a Comp Cam OEM type roller. 276/282, Lift .503/.510 with a 112 lobe center. The cam card calls for it to be installed at 110 degrees. With the timing chain point to point it shows 110 on the wheel. However the engine is a dog..... Comp Cams says the cam was ground with 2 degrees advance. Any help would be appreciated.
nice presentation sir
Do you first set dial gauge to aproximate TDC then set wheel to 0 degree then turn piston clockwise and counter clock wise 0.050 because the camshaft is 0.050" lift
Hey thanks , I hope the marker pen comes off of that nice degree wheel
Yes it will
I've been watching degree vids on and off for a couple months. It's like going to a difficult to find location three times... and still don't know how I got there.
Do you do the same calculations for exhaust centerline?
Do u have any videos on how to choose valve springs for ur camshaft?
That's recommended by the manufacturer you bought the cam from...
Should be listed on your cam card... Listed usually in LBS seat pressure.
Hello; I see that many, after set the TDC, put the DTI at zero on the base circle to find the lobe centers; not at max lift.
How is that? Thanks
Dumb question: do you do this procedure for all cylinders, or just one and assume the others are alike? Thanks!
You need only to test #1
I use the inner base circle method of calculating lobe center an get a lobe center of 112.5 deg (22+67+180/2 - intake opening 22 = 112.5) from your number when measuring duration. why are your numbers different than mine?
Excellent video. I don’t have a dial indicator lifter. Can I convert a hydraulic lifter to solid by removing spring and shimming with washers just for measuring purposes?
Yes you can!
That's what I'm doing too. :)
Great video, now I understand center line is basically cam lobe TDC. But just to make sure I understand this correctly, your intake opened at 22 degrees and closed at 68 degrees. Wouldn't or couldn't you add 22+68 and subtract that total from the total degrees in the circle (360)? 22 + 68 = 90. 360 - 90 = 270 degrees. Your cam card specified 270, correct? Again, thank you for explaining the center line enigma to me. I've watched this procedure performed in person (where I basically stood and blew spit bubbles when my buddy explained what he was doing) and have watched many videos since, but you actually broke new ground on my old and stubborn brain!! Thank you again.
,,,,,,to get duration , you add int opening plus int closing plus 180 degrees [ 22 +68 = 90 + 180 = 270 ] degrees duration for the intake valve......
Would a belt be better because it's lighter and easier for the engine to turn?
I have a 1969 351 Windsor built by someone else. I don’t have any part of the build in writing (I don’t know what cam is in the engine) I really hate to pull the heads to pull the cam so this information should help me determine lots of information on lift duration etc. I’m trying to make decisions on intake manifold carburetor etc. thank you very much you are awesome!!!! should you work for University? lol
Why would you pull the heads to remove the cam?