What think we know, but really dont.

[aspen77rt]

Been spec'ing the cam for the 390. Got to love good custom cam grinders with patience. It must be trying to put up with some of us nimrods. They have a way of letting you know, you don't know squat without being rude. :laughing9:

 

[ramenth]

Been spec'ing the cam for the 390. Got to love good custom cam grinders with patience. It must be trying to put up with some of us nimrods. They have a way of letting you know, you don't know squat without being rude. :laughing9:

Been there a lot in my career. Customers who bring a car to me and tell me what to replace and how to fix it. I smile, nod, do my own diagnostics and find the real fix. Then explain to them why it wasn't what he (mostly) thought and why my diagnostics proved out. I usually get, "but the internet said!"

 

[Jack Meoff]

A very good mechanic friend of mine always says....
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"

 

[Nuttyprof]

Been there a lot in my career. Customers who bring a car to me and tell me what to replace and how to fix it. I smile, nod, do my own diagnostics and find the real fix. Then explain to them why it wasn't what he (mostly) thought and why my diagnostics proved out. I usually get, "but the internet said!"

Get that with appliances as well!

 

[aspen77rt]

A very good mechanic friend of mine always says....
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"

That's why I say,
"If I need a cam, I know a guy, so I don’t have to waste time looking at the OTS cams anymore. I just drive. For my purposes now, OTS cams are pretty much metal sticks with numbers. I don’t need to know what the numbers mean, because I know a guy who knows what the numbers mean and how best to apply them."

 

[Jack Meoff]

That's why I say,
"If I need a cam, I know a guy, so I don’t have to waste time looking at the OTS cams anymore. I just drive. For my purposes now, OTS cams are pretty much metal sticks with numbers. I don’t need to know what the numbers mean, because I know a guy who knows what the numbers mean and how best to apply them."

My policy too.
If I don't know something I ask a guy who does.
I know a guy who thinks he knows it all....and if he doesn't.....he'll watch a youtube video and become an instant authority.....ask me how his brake job went....oh yeah.....and his foray into plumbing....

 

[aspen77rt]

Got the spec's back for the engine drive train combo. Lift will be in the .490ish area, unless I upgrade the springs. We'll finalize that next spring with the cam order.

Intake: 268 (adv), 220 (.050"), 136 (.200")
Exhaust: 273 (adv), 223 (.050"), 139 (.200")
On a 112 Lobe Separation Angle,
Installed on a 108 Intake Centerline.

 

[Rattle Trap]

I actively try not to know too much. Lol!
I've learned what fixes "broken", anything beyond that I ask questions.
Koffel's Place II is just down the road. I'm sure that helps...