928 GT Camshaft NEEDED!
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Is that simply because the nose is the weak point in the cam and the pressure on the cam nose at max lift goes down with the rpm? Or is it something more complicated related to lubrication?
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It's because there's no momentum or 'lofting' of the valve at low speeds and the nose and flanks see full spring pressure. That full spring pressure 'rubbing' is significant. If the lubrication isn't up to snuff it's even harder on the cam.
At higher speeds the nose doesn't see full valve spring force as the valve is well in motion as the acceleration decreases toward mid point and the spring cannot overcome the inertia to press against the cam with its full force.
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It's because there's no momentum or 'lofting' of the valve at low speeds and the nose and flanks see full spring pressure. That full spring pressure 'rubbing' is significant. At higher speeds the nose doesn't see full valve spring force as the valve is well in motion as the acceleration decreases toward mid point and the spring cannot overcome the inertia to press against the cam with its full force.
By the same logic, the pressure on the flank in the positive acceleration region must go up with the rpm, so it's not that the entire flank is less stressed at high rpm.
I can see two reasons why that part of the flank is not a big deal, though. First, it may be that the nose is pointier and, therefore, the effective contact patch smaller and the pressure higher. Second, and probably more importantly, the lift and therefore the spring force is lower at the positive acceleration region of the lobe.
I am curious about all this camshaft design stuff. Do you set up the design problem as a constrained optimization problem?
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I gave them a set of 1980 16v cams and they gave me back the .507 lift long duration hot rod cams, but I don't know if lobe centers changed or how much. The told me cost was the same regardless of which cams I started with, low lift 1980, better 1979, or Euro S.