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Bill, You might give some thought as to WHY the cam has developed 3 bad lobes. Here is a good article about how "OIL IS KILLING OUR CARS!!!!!". http://www.dctra.org/?p=79 Personnally, I think this is a plot by the EPA to get old cars off the roads quicker, by removing the ZDDP from our oils. Dave Homstad 56 Dodge D500 On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Bill Parker wrote: Hello all, I tore into the '60 Saratoga engine today, an RB 383, and as I suspected from the symptoms, it has a wiped camshaft. One lobe is just a little nubbin', and two others are clearly half what they should be. Seems like a simple cam swap is in order except of course for the small matter of early B/RB lifters and pushrods being different dimensions from the later ('66 and later?) stuff. From a previous experience with putting a cam and lifter kit into a '65 engine, I think I recall that the late lifters are taller, and must use the late pushrods to compensate. I could have it backwards, but in any case, I think the solution to using a late cam and lifter kit is using the late pushrods too. I have several core 440 engines and I'm thinking, make a cam selection, buy the late style lifters with it, and use a set of the 440 pushrods (being that both my '60 383 and the 440's are RB engines with the same deck height). Comments/cautions/suggestions? This is not my hot rod and I plan to go with a pretty mild cam. Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana, harboring of bunch of old and newer Mopars ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to
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