Ron Earp
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Does anyone know if there is an aftermarket supplier for a system that can vary cam timing for domestic SB V8s? Seems to me this would certainly be a marketable product and doable. Sure, you can't have independant control over intake and exhaust timing like is current tech on DOHC motors all over the world, but being able to advance and retard the cam timing would be worthwhile.
Seems an oil pressured valving technique would be useful and could retro fit onto a SB with modified front waterpump and front cover housing. Gains wouldn't be tremendous but they wouldn't be anything to sneeze at either.
I read tale some time ago of GM building some "dual cam in block" SBs for evaluation and the article mentioned one of the goals was to incorporate independent cam timing for intake and exhaust.
Seems an oil pressured valving technique would be useful and could retro fit onto a SB with modified front waterpump and front cover housing. Gains wouldn't be tremendous but they wouldn't be anything to sneeze at either.
I read tale some time ago of GM building some "dual cam in block" SBs for evaluation and the article mentioned one of the goals was to incorporate independent cam timing for intake and exhaust.