Night Train Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Just a quick one. What is the distance between the centres of the crankshaft and cam shaft of a Rover V8? Cheers, NT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Jeez i know most things about the RV8 but dunno that off the top of my head. I can measure for you 2moro if thats any good? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 That would be good if you can, please. I am trying to work out the centres of the chain sprockets. It was only the question that was quick, I wasn't really expecting a quick answer so tomorrow will be fine. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Why are you looking into this Night Train, you want to change the gearing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Why are you looking into this Night Train, you want to change the gearing? If you gear the cam to go faster, won't that make it a "performance cam" Perhaps that's why they have a lumpy idle Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 Why are you looking into this Night Train, you want to change the gearing? I just need a small cheap drive train on a project and the centres need to be around 6" to 6.5" or a bit more for clearance. A timing chain and sprockets would cost less as a bodge then getting the right stuff, and work just as well. Not lost enough marbles to change the speed on a cam, well, not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 From what i could measure it was around 110mm. I have to stress though that this was only using a basic steel rule. Unfortunately i could not lay my hands on my calipers for a more exact measurement.. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 Cheers Phil. 110mm = around 4 1/2" That's good enough to know that I would need to add a few more links in the chain. Means I would need to buy a chain and sprocket set and a chain to make it work. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Why are you looking into this Night Train, you want to change the gearing? erm..... apart from having a 2:1 ratio what else could you do ? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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