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Postby fx gt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:30 pm

so the story goes i bought some "bluetop" cams of trademe.i went to install them 2day in my restop but they where the bloody same!and evan in a spare 4age i had!

does any1 have pics with the two next to each other to see if i got sent the rong ones?
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Postby Lloyd » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:37 pm

Are you expecting to be able to see 8ish degrees difference and less than half a mm per lobe?
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Postby fx gt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:48 pm

HRT wrote:Are you expecting to be able to see 8ish degrees difference and less than half a mm per lobe?


well they messured the same.
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Postby Jebus » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:59 pm

Measured with what, theres like .5mm difference.
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Postby fx gt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:01 pm

Jebus wrote:Measured with what, theres like .5mm difference.


4got wat the tool is called but its used for getting really acurate messurments,they are some times electrinoc or have a gauge that moves when ya move it up and down the slide
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Postby IH8TEC » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:09 pm

vernier callipers or micrometer?
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Postby fx gt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:20 pm

IH8TEC wrote:vernier callipers or micrometer?


i think those

vernier callipers
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Postby IH8TEC » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:28 pm

make sure you thoroughly clean them, and read them right :lol:
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Postby fx gt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:29 pm

IH8TEC wrote:make sure you thoroughly clean them, and read them right :lol:


NEXT.any one got pics?
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Postby IH8TEC » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:31 pm

seriously pics aren't gona show anything, the differences are not that great. has anyone got the dimensions of both?
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Postby sergei » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:08 pm

to measure lift: take the biggest measurment of the cam lobe and extract the smallest measurment of the cam lobe from it.
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Postby fx gt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:54 pm

sergei wrote:to measure lift: take the biggest measurment of the cam lobe and extract the smallest measurment of the cam lobe from it.


aldery messured the cams up
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Postby IH8TEC » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:07 pm

well maybe you just got ripped off by someone trying to make a few bob on trademe.

sux but happens unfortunately
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Postby 2LTR Rona » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:25 am

out of interest, what did you pay for the CAMS of trademe ?
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Postby fx gt » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:55 am

2LTR Rona wrote:out of interest, what did you pay for the CAMS of trademe ?


20 each :)
i suspose ill just get them reground:P
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Postby FXGTV » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:56 am

How much approx does it cost to get them reground?
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Postby fx gt » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:00 pm

FXGTV wrote:How much approx does it cost to get them reground?


i gota quote 90 each
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Postby Caveman » Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:33 pm

fx gt wrote:
FXGTV wrote:How much approx does it cost to get them reground?


i gota quote 90 each


90 or 900?
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Postby fx gt » Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:53 pm

1998 wrote:
fx gt wrote:
FXGTV wrote:How much approx does it cost to get them reground?


i gota quote 90 each


90 or 900?


considering theres only one 0 it would be 90(ninty)
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Postby Caveman » Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:36 pm

fx gt wrote:
1998 wrote:
fx gt wrote:
FXGTV wrote:How much approx does it cost to get them reground?


i gota quote 90 each


90 or 900?


considering theres only one 0 it would be 90(ninty)

Where abouts? $90 dollars sounds very cheap 8)
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