Urgent help - severe wear on cam Caps AJPV8

[DaviesDJ]

Dear all

Am currently starting my rebuild and have hit an immediate snag. The cam caps/carriers seem to have sustained severe wear (terrible putting etc) and look dreadful! Even though the engine was running nicely.

Now the design of the head makes it very difficult to line hone/bore these back into shape.

Has anybody ever had wear like this before?? Anybody got any experience of how to deal with it?

Thought about making a little window in the back of the heads

Best

Dave

[ukkid35]

DaviesDJ said:

Has anybody ever had wear like this before?? Anybody got any experience of how to deal with it?

Yes, I have seen a post on PH where this happened, you may be able to find it by Googling something like

"cam cap wear cerbera site:https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing"

Not sure if/how they fixed it, probably worth calling one of the usual suspects, and also speaking with a reputable machine shop like Roland Alsop.

[DaviesDJ]

Cheers mate! Junk I have a strategy to solve it. Going to cut a section out of the rear of the head and line bore.

Does anybody have any Tuscan race cams for sale for the AJP??? Longer duration etc??