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Old 08-02-2011 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by alecsammy
The cam is out of a 502 mag Mpi, I talked with a cam manufacture yesterday he claims the exhaust of fuel system would hold me back. He said he could may a bigger cam but you would only gain 15 hp.The valves are 2.30 and 1.88.
Call RMbuilder, you will never call another cam tech line again. Hundreds of us here have used him.
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Old 08-02-2011 | 03:36 PM
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The fuel system might need some upgrading and there will be a limit to how much cam you can use before reversion becomes a problem but that 502 Mag MPI cam is really mild. I bet you could see a 50hp improvement with the right one.
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Old 08-02-2011 | 05:47 PM
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More than the cam being to small it can't pull the prop it still should be able to. Try different styles of props.
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Old 08-02-2011 | 10:42 PM
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Cam is too small and power falls off hard beyond 5000rpms. If anything, I would try a slightly bigger prop.

Also, whats the timing set at???
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Old 08-03-2011 | 07:08 PM
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Just finished a cylinder leakage test, the exhaust valves leak bye 24 percent on number 1&2 cylinder 7&8 are 12 percent. All other are only 6 to 8 percent. Can these heads be the problem?
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