Give me your opinion on the condition of this cam. There is one lobe which shows some increased wear compared to the other, which slightly catches the fingernail. Otherwise the world cam looks normal. would you run this Cam in your engine?

 

 

Looks a little rough to me. Is that out of your truck? How do the lifters look?

 

Hard to tell from pictures... I can't tell if I'm seeing imperfections or dust and oil on some of those lobes. Some of them do have a fair amount of wear.

 

Lifters appeared fine when I took them out a few months ago.

I did have a valve spring snap and the valve (exhaust) kissed the piston. It was the second exhaust valve from front on the passenger side, so I'm wondering if this "line" is secondary to that. The rest of the cam looks like normal wear for 4 years to me (this is the cam out of my truck I installed in 2010). The "specs" seen in the pictures are little particles of dust in the oil on the cam. There's no pitting or anything like that.

 

Catch on fingernail = nope.

Not in my engine anyway.

 

Catch on fingernail = nope.

Not in my engine anyway.

 

Just my opinion on used parts your thinking about selling. If there is the slightest feeling it may not work dont sell it as it may come back to haught you. This is why i never try to sell anything. Most of the time i just give **** away to my friends for free because i dont want to deal with possible backlash.

 

Send it to comp they can clean it up for like $100

 

If you disclose exactly what you're selling there's nothing that's going to haunt you. So that's a moot argument.

I'd hate to toss this cam, but will if I have too. I will probably throw it up for sale with the disclosure of it's condition and see if anyone is interested.