My worst cam degree yet, perhaps in history!

[Baxter61]

So i was degreeing a camshaft last night; I go through the usual steps, TDC, Dot to Dot, etc. I check the cam via intake centerline method shooting for 106 to 110, and the results were......wait for it.........20! Yes, 20, not 120, 20! I could not believe how far off this was.

My go to story for why I really got firm about degreeing cams was my 440 that I stuck a .509 in "dot to dot", 10:1 comp, headers, blah blah blah and it laid a whopping 296 hp to the rear wheels and we couldnt get the AFR above 10.5 on the chassis dyno. Long story short I had the motor out and checked the degree of the cam, it was over 14 degrees retarded! That made be a firm believer of this degreeing nonsense.

Fast forward to yesterday I always thought that 14 was rediculous, I have now redefined rediculous. Degree your cams boys!

 

[skrews]

Dang !!!!

 

[oldkimmer]

............WOW, what cam is it............kim.........

 

[dustinmoran91]

i degreed mine in the other day and came up 8 degrees advanced. got it spot on at 104 now

 

[zhandfull]

............WOW, what cam is it............kim.........

Could be a timing chain problem to.

 

[flyfish]

Wow...........just WOW....................

 

[Bulldozer]

what timing set are you using ?

 

[SGBARRACUDA]

At almost a 100 degrees off I would suspect the cam or crank gear marked wrong.

 

[Baxter61]

It was a NOS MP .557 and a NOS MP Double Roller timing chain set. at 100 degrees off, yea, something aint right! lol Do you think I would of had P to V clearance problems if I just "lined it up dot to dot" haha

 

[MRL Performance]

WOW I have never run into something that far off. Good 'Ol NOS MP stuff.

 

[67Dart273]

 

[SGBARRACUDA]

Is that 5 valve head off a Passat?

 

[67Dart273]

No, I think it's a one valve head named Monica

 

[MopaR&D]

no, i think it's a one valve head named monica

hahahahahahahaha