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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 05:47 PM
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Car: 87 firebird did V8 swap
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Cam question

I have a 420 custom ground cam it was a 500 lift ground to 420 will this work in a stock 350 and how can I tell the duration
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 07:04 PM
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Re: Cam question

I think to tell the duration you'd need a dial indicator and a degree wheel.

With these two you could tell the 0.050" (or 0.006", or whatever) lift points and how many degrees between those two points.
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