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Camshaft query?


CockneyRick

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Out of curiosity i popped the lid off the 1230EF? engine i acquired, & i was looking at cams & noticed the front had a worm drive on it. 

Now i know that is similar to the cams in my GS1000, but seeing as the Efe doesn't run a front engine tacho drive, i'm wondering what cams they could be?

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6 minutes ago, Gixer1460 said:

Possibly early GSX11 - ET etc. maybe a regrind? 1075 and 1135 cams are interchangable.

I do actually have a set of Stage 2 Kent cams here, despite the bigbore but they may be a bit much for road do you think? 

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1 hour ago, CockneyRick said:

I do actually have a set of Stage 2 Kent cams here, despite the bigbore but they may be a bit much for road do you think? 

A bigger engine will work nicer with 'bigger' cams - all can be calmed down with sub optimal head / carbs. You can have the biggest cams in the world but without the airflow they won't perform anywhere near as good as stockers!

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The general thought is that smaller carbs improve low down torque at the expense of HP higher up, whereas large carbs will provide higher RPM HP at the expense of low down torque

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21 hours ago, CockneyRick said:

Cheers, apparently a guy called Con Skett owned the engine before, but tried to contact him but no reply :( 

If I remember correctly, the po of your engine built this a few years ago. 
 

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5 minutes ago, Swiss Toni said:

If I remember correctly, the po of your engine built this a few years ago. 
 

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Managed to speak over phone & he confirmed that yes it was his & has only recently had the rebore etc :) 

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