Real vs. Advertised CAMSHAFT DURATION

[@d4a]

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[@Smokeythefox415]

You should do a video on the different types of cam shaft.

[@brianbrigg57]

The problem with the varying ways in which cam duration is advertised has long been known. The best way to compare camshafts is with a graph which shows lift VS degrees so you can see everything at a glance, especially how quickly the cam profile opens and closes the valve which can greatly affect valve spring selection and wear on the valve train. If a manufacturer refuses to provide a graph, I won't buy their camshaft.

[@bobraby9089]

True. 2 cams with the same lift and duration at 0.050 can have wildly different ramps and flanks leading to considerable differences in performance.

[@olekdah]

@@bobraby9089 Exactly. And also the difference between hyd. and mec.

[@K4TORG412]

yea the profile is very important too. in germany we say a camshaft is "Scharf" if its not so pointy like stock but has a steep ramp and flat top which increases airflow because of more time open at nearly full lift

[@RikBor]

My numbers look realy tame but I am told they are not because it is a roller cam and the figures are different to hydraulic? 260 Advertised 240 @ .050

[@justonlyme6121]

AusPhil Adventures from your name I assume your Australian, if so the duration is similar to the solid cam in the falcon GTHO, not so tame, keep in mind the rocker arm ratio in these types of engines makes things different to the OHC engines, you can’t transfer the duration numbers over between them.

[@magpieblue]

You are amazing! Fantastic presenter, entertainer and teacher! Your passion and personality work well with your diligent research and the extra effort you put into your editing. Thank you! :)

[@18nabeel]

One of the best channels to learn stuff from. All others talk talk and talk but never get to the gold. Here you get to know the core information which I think is very very much sacred if you want to be good at building engines.

[@amotu409]

These videos are so interesting to watch, keep up the good work always a joy when watching!

[@destroybmxcore]

I have a 4age smallport on a corolla ae100. Its sitting for 3 years outside. i tried starting it last week and to my surprise it did start. All your videos are very helpful to me so keep em coming. Im planning on carbureting it. Shoutout from your new subscriber here in the philippines! Stay safe

[@stephenbello1081]

My smallports been laid up for 18m now while I fix some accident damage. I start it regularly (

[@fastinradfordable]

If you carb it, It will no longer be able to sit for years, while still starting

[@4speed3pedals]

For this video I understand why you did not mention LSA. LSA places the intake valve at the optimum opening and closing point and cubic inch and intake valve size have a huge influence on maximizing cylinder fill. Most cam grinders and engine builders get it wrong and that just adds to the confusion of understanding cam specs. Even Ford got it wrong on a line of replacement high perf cams from the dealer, I think it was for the Windsor engines. Lobe separation angle is very important and grinder use wide LSA to reclaim vacuum at idle instead of adjusting duration.

[@hdrenginedevelopment7507]

Valve lash also factors into play as well for non self adjusting lifters. You can theoretically squeeze out a slight duration advantage by running solid valvetrain at the tight end of the clearance spec range, unless that's already the lash spec they are measuring duration with. Not sure how much difference an extra .05 mm added on to how much more cam duration is used up to actually get the 0.05" valve lift point for most cams. .05 mm is the allowable range for valve lash on both Honda engines I have which all use solid valvetrain.

[@MySafraz]

Finally a real Motorhead on KZbin. Wish your channel much success!!!Very happy I subscribed. Would love to see some cylinder head porting using a flowbench.

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

One of those RARE times when I'm glad I live in the U.S. - and only really Race with 5.7 and 6.0L Chevy, and 4.6 and 5.0L Ford V8s!! Cam selection, indeed ALL Engine parts selection, is vast, and easy to choose from.

[@rabidu2b]

This video got my Sub. Great job. I hope you can make a video about different types of cams (na, supercharger, turbo, nitrous), cam degreeing, cam break in, cam tuning. There is so much to talk about with cams.

[@d4a]

True, you could write a book, probably two or three books actually. There will definitely be more content on cams. Thanks for watching and for your support

[@bradleyhove4177]

@@d4a man if you put all of this engine boot camp content into a book I'd absolutely buy it

[@georgerobartes2008]

In Europe its usually @ 1mm ( 0.040" as near as makes no difference) but here in UK its both 0.050" and 1mm , and advertised can be lash to lash point ( where the clearance is taken up ) or at a the SAE standard . When plotting the duration you then have a single figure to compare which is the area under the curve . When actually designing a cam there's a whole bunch of factors to take into account . Different valve trains have different rates of acceleration of opening and closing as the first is at the maximum amount of stress and the second relies upon spring rate to keep the lobe in contact with the mechanism that opens the valve . Now here you can have an asymmetrical or symmetrical lobe design for rate of closing . Bucket and shim is typical but rocker and tappet ( whether flat mushroom or roller ) are common too and there's a third without a spring ( well maybe just a tiny one) the ' Desmodromic' as designed by Ducati . I won't bother with the pneumatics or solenoid operated as they are not cam reliant . All I can say is thank God there is now software that makes can design easy as designing them empirically was a PITA !

[@rogerking7258]

Actually, the lift can be confusing as well. I was involved in a race series where the regs specified a maximum VALVE lift. The aim of this was to hopefully restrict the choice of camshaft. Unfortunately, the writer of the regs didn't realise that the lift quoted by the camshaft manufacturer didn't allow for the valve clearance. As a result, I found that I could use the next cam up the range because the actual VALVE lift still conformed to the regs (and I wasn't the only one). The actual lift was only about .5mm more than the lower spec camshaft, but it also came with more duration. For a while there was confusion as to why certain engine builder's engines were so much faster than the others. At the end of the season the regs were changed to specifically allow only one cam profile. Of course, none of this will apply if you have hydraulic lifters. Regarding duration, this is a bit similar to hi-fi amplifiers being quoted with a power output without specifying the measuring criteria or distortion levels used. I have a 1970s 50W RMS amplifier that is way more powerful than many others with the same claimed power outputs.

[@seyoch]

although i know a decent amount of things about technical car stuff, you always know to give me at least one fact i didn't know before. Really like your channel, great depth of information and presented by a great dude!

[@802Garage]

I had wondered about this, but hadn't researched it. Nice info! Thanks. Nice shirt, too.

[@d4a]

Glad it's useful. I remember this confusing me way back when I was browsing cams for the 4ag, so I thought it's probably confusing someone else too.

[@Jayhachi88]

@@d4a Now I'm curious about the maximum duration that the stock ECU can handle for a 4AGE because of different advertised and final can be different.

[@blackericdenice]

Jayhachi Talk to a tuner

[@sachinsanthosh9401]

ONe of the best engine related content on youtube. Keep the good work going!

[@kcj1993]

Never done cams so this is very much appreciated. Now I know how to compare them correctly.

[@midniter2001]

It's so informative the videos you've been making. Keep it up. You should do something on the history of the Honda prelude. One of the rare Honda's you don't see many of anymore.

[@jacquescrusan9500]

Important note for those curious about advertised duration vs duration at .050"/1.00mm lift and why both exist: Duration at .050"/1.00mm is a relatively reliable method of measuring camshaft duration for a *hydraulic* lifter style setup (the lifter/bucket/finger follower has some sort of fluid plunger that utilizes pressurized engine oil to make up for valve-train lash/gaps. The reason for this is that on average, there's about .050"/1.00mm of 'squish' or compression of the lifter (not the hydraulic fluid) that occurs before the lifter starts following the profile of the cam lobe. Hydraulic lifters tend to be a piston and cylinder with a spring inside, where the pressurized oil from the oil pump feeds into the chamber above the piston, and then the piston pushes some of the oil out as the forces from both the cam lobe and the valve-spring push against each other. The lifter pushes out a certain amount of excess oil before effectively becoming solid, at which point it follows the cam profile throughout it's duration. Advertised duration is important for engines with a *solid* lifter setup (think NB VVT miata engines for example) which use either shims in OHC setups or poly-locks in OHV style engines. Since the lifter is completely solid, and therefore doesn't have any squish or compression, it's going to follow the ENTIRE cam lobe profile, not just a certain portion. The final point to make about this is that even with a solid lifter setup, the reason why there's still a duration at .050"/1.00mm is that the amount of airflow occurring past the valve (intake or exhaust; doesn't matter) is negligible prior to this point. It's important to know what type of lifter style your engine is before choosing a performance cam, because you want to know which number is pertinent to your engine build. A lot of different performance aspects hinge on the camshaft design, ranging from intake runner length to exhaust header primary length, ignition timing, block deck clearance tolerances, and many more.

[@valentinuiliqnow6198]

big thank you from Bulgaria

[@silkysixx]

What the Kelford-Cat comparison also tells you is that the Cat cam has more aggressive ramps and therefore may load the valvetrain differently, requiring some consideration.

[@mattsmallshot]

Thanks alot for the info, would be great if you make a comparison video of different types of camshaft as well i.e. hot cams and the others.

[@3800S1]

Both advertised and 0.050" are important. Comparing the 2 for the same cam will allow you to gauge/calculate the lobe profile and ramp rate. The tighter the 2 are to each other the more aggressive the ramp rate is and the larger the area under the curve will be for the given duration, thus better performing better than a cam with relaxed adv vs 50 thou. For eg. a cam with 250º @ 50 thou and 300º adv will idle worse and make a little bit less torque throughout the rev range compared to the same 250º @50 but with 290º adv. This is because the very low lift areas of a high adv duration cam effectively lowering dynamic compression ratio and increasing overlap but does little in aiding air/exhaust flow. having the valves very slightly open for the amount of time is a compromise in performance for extending valve train life. The quicker you can get to max lift for your given 50 thou duration the better the overall performance. The obvious cost is valve train stability and longevity, the higher the ramp rate the stronger the valve train parts need to be and the stiffer the valve springs need to be to combat the aggressive acceleration of the valve train components. Would be worth mentioning this in a follow up video plus the following which would aid people in choosing a cam. Cam advance/retard (intake lobe centerline) LSA (lobe separation angle) Ramp rate (as explained above) For my own project I was looking at: 308º adv, 258º @ 0.050", 0.539" 104º intake center. This was the original race engine spec'd cam that was a flat tappet design. Spoke to the cam manufacture and got the updated specs for a roller lifter cam for the same race engine. 298º adv, 260º @0.050", 0.546" lift and 102 intake center. Because is it a roller profile they updated the profile to be more aggressive and in part helped explain why the later engines produced some 40hp more with everything else being virtually equal.

[@ThatGuy-ou4ev]

Thanks for the info, getting a pair of 360° cams, gonna be lit.

[@CreeperOnYourHouse]

That Guy *gonna be lift

[@clintonlaurens7839]

Technically complete and informative.

[@buildingracingvideos4714]

From a power perspective, total duration is the one that matters. The advertised or duration at .050 is the standard used for degreeing your cam. In simple terms .050 is basically a number that some of the manufacturers agreed to use as the reference point for us to use to time the opening and closing events

[@drrrrockzo]

This is good, but I think you may have made a slight terminology error. Duration isn't measured at the "valve lifter seat", it's measured at the valve seat...whether advertised or "@0.050" (1.2mm)". Normally the cam manufacturer specs the rocker ratio (if applicable) the measurement was made at and it can also change based on hydraulic vs solid lifters. For example a wild sounding solid lifter cam will measure out much more tame compared to a similar duration hydraulic cam...the reason this happens is due to the solid lifter requiring mechanical lash vs the hydraulic lifter effectively eliminating any notable lash. But that minor issue aside, this is a great video for the new crew looking to build a hotrod.

[@8bitsOfThis]

The point (minimum valve lift) at which you would start to measure your duration is dependant on many veritables of which I feel would only be determined by not just application but your human application. We can both make the same engine to perform the same way in a different configurations but the difference in our configurations will only show themselves apon application

[@Sixstringbassist503]

Can you do a video on the difference in shim over bucket or bucket over shim valve adjustments?

[@caribbeangtr8077]

Great video. Can you do a video of how to determine the specs on a camshaft if you don't know its duration and lift? How that can be measured with the head assembled but not on the block. Also to do it with the engine fully assembled. Also, is there a way to measure the cam specs outside the head. So 3 methods.

[@coolvibrations6545]

I wanna know more about lifters pushrods and rocker arms ..can u make a video on these?! Cuz i didnt got much informative vids around here on youtube been searching for awhile plus ur explanation is pretty good n easy to understand

[@82swapped97]

Very informative video! I bought some cat cams for my 4age bigport. They're mild street cams at 238* overall and 212* @ 1mm lift (stock is 202* @1mm). Hopefully I see some slight improvements in the low-mid range.

[@d4a]

I have two exhaust cams from the first catcams set in my 4age, definitely a nice chunky midrange, but not much drama at the top, works great in the real world tho

[@82swapped97]

@@d4a exactly what I was going for! Should help a bit with my 3.73 final drive trans I'm running. If it ever goes I'm definetely swapping it for a fwd gts one with 4.13 final

[@driller524]

These videos are great. Keep them coming.

[@brunovazquez1]

Tomei finally put pdfs for the camshafts measurements. For stock vqs, they’re the best bang for your buck.

[@OblivioniX17]

Loving this!! Need more info when it arrives!!

[@Kj16V]

This is a very timely video for me because I'm doing this exact same thing right now. Without saying what lift measurements are taken from, or giving a cam lift diagram, any camshaft advert is almost completely useless. Totally impossible to compare cams from different manufacturers.

[@aussietaipan8700]

I love these tech videos. You would be perfect as a trade school teacher.

[@exoticcreature3059]

Now I know why it never made physical sense to me that an engine could operate at all when a valve is still open when the piston is near the top of it's compression stroke. That's because I always thought duration was in reference to camshaft duration. I see now I had it wrong this whole time. I'm grabbing the dunce hat now.

[@fastinradfordable]

Atkins cycle is where this process came from ircc

[@fraymond3]

This one time, at engine boot camp, I stuck a... Whoa! What am I saying?! Children might be reading these comments! Another good video, the bit about Crane Cams was interesting to me. THX!

[@d4a]

I ended up reading a bunch on Harvey Crane, amazing what he managed to achieve with an incredibly humble start. Lol at that first part of your comment :))

[@bobawatsit]

The kelford cam has MORE duration ...@ 0.3mm / 0.012" it is 266 deg so I suspect @ 0.1mm / 0.004 " it would be 270 + odd deg , where as the Cat cam is @ 0.1 mm 262 deg .....but the ramp on the Kelford cam is softer on acceleration to 1 mm/ 0.040 " which may make the cam lobe wear less ? The only true test is dyno runs

[@cedergrenpeter]

VERY informative video. Thank you for sharing your expertise with all of us. Oh, by the way, you explain things very well ... clear and easy to understand. Thanks!

[@keithw4920]

But even with the disclosed valve lift figures be it 0.1mm or 0.5mm or 1mm, that is still not the full picture. e.g. 262" at 0.5mm is still leaving out 240" at 2mm and 10" at 5mm and xxx" at max lift etc etc. The only proper way for full disclosure is actually a graph with a curve no?

[@jasonmorahan7450]

All the aftermarket manufacturer habits of how they express cam specifications began with single cam engines and it was much easier because valve timing, eg. 30/70, 35/75, 36/72, etc. was directly proportionate to duration and the main reason you wanted to know the difference between advertised duration and duration at 0.050" was to give an indication of ramp speed, which tells you whether you can use solid lifters or not. So, for example if you buy a 30/70 cam and it gives the duration as 290 degrees you know damn sure that's crack to close on that timing and you'll ask the manufacturer what the duration is at 0.050" or, if he can't tell you then whether or not it's a hydraulic camshaft (breaks things in a solid setup) or a solid lifter one (can be used on both). If you know what the 0.050" duration is, the advertised duration and the valve timing however, you know which type of camshaft it is with a little think about it, combined with knowing the lift and rocker ratio (if used) all this info gives you a very good indication of exactly what valve gear setup to use with it, down to the spring rates so you don't have to attempt trial by fire with a wild guess or some bad information from an aftermarket parts salesman, which happens since the guy on the counter usually isn't the guy who makes them and probably used to work in a bank. Otherwise the way everybody talked about their camshaft specification was simply by using valve timing as a general, but very loose indicator, eg. 22/62 is a street cam, 35/75 is a track cam, whilst 30/70 sits in the middle, heavy street or mild track. It's not strictly true but most people didn't know any more than that, in fact in street cars most people used to just call 30/70 "full race cam" and 22/62 "mild street cam" and pretty much thought those were the only two options. Now you have all this twin cam doody dah and I don't know anything about that, I suppose you can dial in your own valve timing between the cams yourself so it's a different ball game?

[@blackericdenice]

I’ve been saying on my channel for years. If you want to increase hp on any naturally aspirated engine. You have to install a hotter cam.

[@marty3469]

You can raise compression and port the head, this will give some gains in power without a cam change. Also stuffing a bigger cam in with high lift also needs (on some cases) valve springs to stop binding and/or float. I have built many pinto 2.0 ohc motors and just going longer duration with same lift gets very good power gains , duration is the key not just lift, but both are best. I used to have a 320adv duration cam with 13.8mm lift , no power below 5k but all hell broke loose till about 9.6k rpms 😁

[@blackericdenice]

@@marty3469 People raise the compression ratio when they install a hotter cam. Because you talk about porting heads let me know you have been watching HP tv.

[@blackericdenice]

@@marty3469 You have never built an engine in your life. The stock 2.0 pinto cam is very weak. Adding nothing but duration on a small lift cam would be pointless.

[@marty3469]

@@blackericdenice yes I have built motors before, and I thought this might pull a nerve, cams in them are docile but there is still power available from them.... Not much I do admit. Also I don't claim to know it all about motors or I'd have some engine tune channel on the go . If you want me to visit your channel ask nicely please

[@blackericdenice]

All I want from you is to stop lying.

[@cynthiakauffman8809]

Brotatoe chip pls BMW m50-m54 family.... Your doing Gods work with these videos ...truly.

[@owensharp8568]

Made all that maths simple, thanks dude!

[@doxnoogle5782]

Can be a bit misleading still. Lobe shape and grind plays a ton into this, because of that, advertised duration is almost useless except for giving you maybe a 20% accurate picture of how aggressive the lobe is.

[@titustizirai3706]

keep it up dude i like the way u explain

[@manuelthome7083]

My 4age 16v poncams came with a data sheet that tells you actual duration (264° in/ex), duration at 1mm lift (226° in/ex) and at 0,05" lift (222°) I am pretty sure you can find this spec card with googling also before buying a set of cams ;)

[@WhiteFeather1x]

Awesome and informative as always. Thank you

[@blakslayer]

Thank you for theses infos ! Really appreciated !

[@ranjanchandar7954]

interesting dude !! keep discussing topics like this .😍

[@kingcosworth2643]

Not sure why he said that the SAE standard (0.006" off seat) was not super common. It's the most common standard I know off. It's only in the last 10-15 years here in Australia that the Crane 50thou standard has become common place.

[@IIHawkGamingII]

Amazing. I never understood these numbers let alone how potentially misleading they could be.

[@coltonwood9846]

Use calculus to integrate valve lift with respect to degrees. Then you would have a good idea of how much total air an engine can flow.

[@johnhodgson5313]

At about the 4:20 mark you say that for the purposes of this video the measurement at the lifter and at the valve will result in pretty much the same duration. This is true with the head you are using that the cam pushes on the the valve. However a great many engines use rockers that multiply the lift by 1.5 to 1.6:1. That is why the .050 lift standard was measured at the valve, and some of the blurb sheets you showed specify that. This also takes into account valve lash on mechanical lifters.

[@d4a]

No no, I just said that for the purpose of the video we can pretend that measurements at the valve and at the lifter are one and the same. And for the purposes of what I'm trying to explain they are. I didn't say measuring lift on an engine with rockers would give the same values at the valve and at the lifter, but I didn't want to complicate the video and potentially confuse viewers with rocker ratios etc.

[@johnhodgson5313]

@@d4a OK, that makes sense. I forgot to keep it simple. Sorry

[@edwinthomas618]

Amazing explanation. I've learn so much from your university that anyone else. Thank you. Does the service manuals or Haynes manual provide this camshaft info? If not where can i get factory cam specs that mention measured valve lift for the duration?

[@TurboHappyCar]

Really good stuff man! Love the shirt.

[@davidrsteve1394]

I love wqtching this guys video, so much knowledge, thank you mate, for sharing the knowledge.

[@ViewThis.]

0:00 He said my head is an engine. Heh Heh. Someday It's not running on all 8 cylinders though.

[@koiyujo1543]

my favorite type of poppets are well idk if their called that it would be rocker arms are very cool Uboat engines used them a lot for low rpm I believe but correct me if I'm wrong

[@lenbones7940]

you have a gift for automotive component explanation dude... I honestly think all those high schools that have driving class type things should have to watch your videos of engine operating basics.. they prolly wouldn't get it at the time since most would be only thinking about driving and not motors but I know for a fact I would of been so much better off knowing a car inside and out while simultaneously learning how to operate one becuz it makes you realize what's actually going one from key turn and that knowledge would undoubtedly be priceless and would remove alot of ignorance that comes with just thinking your car is a magic wheeled box that eats money and oily fluids and in return provides freedom and self Independence.. keep up the good work homie your KZbins automotive BillNye lol if that American TV show reference has you confused look him up and have a laugh lol

[@Manuqtix.Manuqtix]

This Sunday can you please make a follow up video to this, explaining variable valve timing in detail -what it is exactly -what it does exactly -how it works exactly -the different types if there is -pros and cons if there is Please here my voice, no one can explain engines as good as you,

[@d4a]

This Sunday I'm off. Next Sunday I already have a planned video. But I promise I'll cover variable valve timing in detail in the future.

[@e.e9331]

Thanks for the video and happy Ramadan!

[@thedobermangang3503]

got a question for u my brother....i got 1990 k5 blazer 5.7 just got the enging rebuild still have the swirl port heads on it and its pretty mush stock i have high perfomace intake im eliminating the computing trying to make my mine up if im going to go with a carb or some efi sniper..i have 700r4 trans and 4.10 gears and up graded my torque convert to a 2000 to 2400 stall ..it has a up grade cam in it howard cams ratter 188005-09 lift .525/530 and duration .050 ; 227/235 centerline 103 i want to no is that a good cam to go with them swirl port heads and would i be able to hear the cam..i dont no to mush about cams..i no the vortec or aluminum heads would have been better but the engine was already build already..i do have headers 3 inche pipes all the way back

[@fabianquetimporta]

Se te olvida un detalle importante y es el "cruce" de las válvulas. podrías hablar al respecto? tipo de perfiles de levas , etc. Saludos

[@senopaticahyo7669]

Good job man, keep it up.

[@randomtoyotadude8952]

Have you tested some upgraded camshaft? If yes, what degree did you. Any dyno numbers?

[@dortiz_dk3443]

I just got a new salutation for my folks at the shop! "What is up engine heads" 🤣

[@johngormley2192]

With all the limitations of can shafts, I am surprised that no one has developed a solenoid valve for engines. Variable timing would be a breeze.

[@d4a]

Freevalve?

[@louf7178]

5:02 upper right looks like a Pontiac '66 389 3x2 👋👋👋

[@pav_nath]

Another excellent video

[@ii5196]

Why dont the intake valve open like 10° btdc and close at exactly bdc? Why keep it open past bdc?

[@farid7968]

hi Driving 4 answers! one question! talking about cameShaft swap for better performance, alright! but why forget to mention the need to re-map the injection times. I doubt that a different cameshaft with the same (original) programmation of the fuel injection timing will work! what is your opinion bro? Farid :-)

[@lloydholt6511]

Great presentation

[@svenomick5857]

Great information

[@maker000]

Love your videos, one thing; can you please equalize the audio for your voice so its even L/R, it being all over the place almost gives me a headache with my headphones. (easiest way is just set your voice to mono instead of stereo.)

[@ogremair803]

Gotta love the shirt. Such classic. ❤

[@hectordelgado3258]

is duration the degrees the valve has more than the specified lift on the opening as well as closing? or is it the specified lift until completely closed?

[@trentdawg2832]

Think of it as the camshaft being the brain of the motor

[@danronck3636]

Amazing Video thank you🙏🙏🙏

[@PeterBaumgart1a]

Why not at 50% lift? Like the "width" of a gaussian curve.

[@masz6323]

Is the cam duration measured after the valve clearances have been set or is it measured with the clearances set to zero?

[@lloydmarchcuivillas9634]

Thanks very impormative

[@Emberdrake212]

Hey D4A, I just wanna let you know that your MR2 build has inspired my up and coming SR5 to 4AGC conversion. Thank you for your straightforward and wonderful information. I don't have a lot of money, but I'm saving up and finding parts when I can, and so I'm going with the cheapest method of everything, and that means bike carbs. I ordered my DanST bike carb starter kit two days ago, and I'm trying to figure out what to do for ignition that won't cost me too much. I'm just very afraid of wiring and screwing something up, what prevents that fear from taking hold on you, and how are you so sure with every single one of your actions? Also, I'm not going the trigger wheel route as NODIZ is a little too expensive for me. What would you recommend for ignition? Using a 4k distributor? MSD 6AL? Thank you for reading my essay, and I hope your future projects all go superbly.

[@d4a]

Hey there. You should see some of the questions I asked on the forums when I first started out. As you learn it gets easier. But there's no reason to be afraid of messing up, at the end of the day, it's just a car and it's just wires . It's all fixable or replaceable. If you're not having fun put it all up for sale. My personal opinion based on my own experience is that I would save up for Nodiz or Megajolt or whatever and buy that. Nodiz worked great for me, the only thing I can complain is that the Bluetooth isn't ideal and takes a few tries when you want to change your maps, but other than that it's really nice and helps make the car a lot more responsive and aggressive once you get the tune right. The difference between 32 degrees advanced and 38 degrees advanced at wot can be very noticeable. But if you're on a budget, some people had good experiences with the 4K dizzy. In fact I used to make an adapter for the 4k dizzy on my CNC but I don't do that anymore. I have sold that design to a guy on Instagram called @datguylance You can get in touch with him, as he might start making them and selling them soon. The adapter makes the install a lot easier. When it comes to MSD I have zero personal experience. But brand new MSD units cost more than the Nodiz? You can find used ones, but the problem is you really can't test if they're working or not until you actually install them on your car? On the other hand you can easily inspect a used 4k dizzy for example, new ones are still available too. So it's up to you. You likely won't save much by the time you buy the 4k dizzy and figure out something for the adapter. There you go, an essay for an essay, hope it was at least a bit useful.

[@Emberdrake212]

@@d4a thanks so much for the reply. I'm never selling this car, believe me 😅 But I've also found that MSD is about 200 dollars cheaper than Nodiz. I've scoped out all the options and it seems that MSD would be the best one when it comes to performance and budget. Thank you so much for your insightful comment, I seriously appreciate it.

[@brucedrollinger443]

@@d4a .

[@paulfritz4498]

Like video is it possible to use hauldrolick lifter cam on solid lift if not way.

[@Jiilaker]

Thanks 😊

[@BlueOceanApps]

Very useful!!

[@justusgoussard5029]

Awesome info and knowledge.

[@ebonymaw8385]

nice SF shirt

[@cujbaion1]

Make it simpler: rpms of maximum torque, how many hundreds of torque's rpms it's gained, 500? 700rpm?

[@ahmadtajy7178]

What if we know the measuring points of the two camshafts as well as their duration, but their measuring points are not the same. How can we know which one has more cam duration?

[@d4a]

Let's say cam A has 250 duration @ 0.1mm and cam B has 250 duration @ 0.3 mm. In this case cam B has more duration. The higher the lift point at which you measure duration the lower the duration, so the cam that's measured at a higher lift point will likely be the one with more duration. But it can get tricky for example when cam A has 250 duration @ 0.1mm and cam B has 240 @ 0.3. In this case you would need more information before you could be sure which one has more duration.

[@ahmadtajy7178]

@@d4a thanks. I get that but I wonder if there's a formula you could use to calculate the cam duration of cam B @ 0.1mm if you know its duration at 0.3mm. That way you could compare the durations of both cams as if they were measured at 0.1mm

[@nicoleibundgut534]

Hi. I would like to mention that the sound of the Video is strange to hear with headphones. I hear the most of the Video just to my left ear. But otherwhise as allways a good video.

[@yiorgos272]

A better metric would be the area under the lift-angle graph. Still incomplete, but better.

[@d4a]

I'm planning to talk about that too in one of the future vids

[@csmole1231]

how did this "standard exists but yeah we gonna do our own" thing even started??? is it possible that standard is rigid somehow that it can't accurately reflect whatever stuff this index is representing??? (im new as f😂 might just asked a stupid q😂thanks in advance for any answers!)

[@jozsefizsak]

Fascinating

[@2001pulsar]

What about lift profile, i.e. the shape of the lobe?

[@firemanjim324]

My wife don't let me bring dirty stinky parts inside anymore either. That's why I stay in the garage.....🤔🤣🤣

[@KathyWeathersbeeSC]

Do an iconic engine vid on VR6.

[@fastinradfordable]

The first Vr6 engine actually only had a single camshaft! Over head cam. Pretty wild

[@AdotLOM]

Question I have is - why is it not taken from when there is NO lift? Surely that makes the most sense.

[@d4a]

At which point of no lift should it be taken? 😋

[@AdotLOM]

@@d4a this makes my brain hurt XD