Degreeing a Cam Shaft

carfreak6970 said

The videos I have seen (like the one you posted) really don’t go into where to find the centerline of the lobe. Just that it’s at max lift, but they don’t address how it’s at max lift for more than one degree. And being that it is at max lift for more than one degree, I don’t see how you can find the true centerline. Unless I am missing something?

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Yep, When max lift is covered by 6+ degrees, where is the true centerline. Then throw in assymetrical lobes... ugh.

That's why I like the Find max lift, then get readings coming up to the top and down the backside at .050 before and after max lift. Makes the math easy. Add two numbers together and divide by 2. Done. Don't have to worry about adding/subtracting opening and closing events, btdc or after tdc +180 nonsense. KISS method.