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David Terry
Bronze Level Joined: 15 Feb 2015 Location: Lawrenceburg TN Points: 41 |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2015 at 5:12am |
Is there any difference between a WC and a WD45 cam shaft? If they are interchangeable is there any power advantage gained with the WD45? I'll be running a WC block with a WD45 crankshaft, standard pistons (315/16), a WD45 head, and a carb that has been opened up about .003. I'll have to pull in the antique class which is 2.5 MPH/1st gear.
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DrAllis
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 20528 |
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Camshaft grinds are the same regardless of which style cam it is. Oldest cams the gear bolted on with three bolts. Newer cams the gear pressed on. Grinds are identical between the two.
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Kip-Utah
Orange Level Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Southern Utah Points: 872 |
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What Doc says...When I dropped a 45 crank into my WC I used the cam out of the 45 also because the gears had worn in together and I like the pressed on gear. I also swapped in the distributor off the WD45 so all three gears are a matched set. BTW even the D17 cam profile is the same as the WC. Kip
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Big Orange
Silver Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Points: 313 |
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I've been told by A old Allis mechanic, that there was A change in the rocker arm ratio on the WC's, back in the 1930's .
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David Terry
Bronze Level Joined: 15 Feb 2015 Location: Lawrenceburg TN Points: 41 |
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Thanks, My cam is not the mate to the crank, so I'll have to judge between the WC cam and the 45 and see which one is worn least. I do like the idea of a pressed on gear.
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mike a
Bronze Level Joined: 12 Dec 2009 Location: MN Points: 165 |
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have your cam ground to 175 specs
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DrAllis
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The rocker arm ratio and camshaft grind was always the same from the oldest WC engine thru the One-Seventy engines. The older WC engines did have a forged rocker arm with a brass bushing in it, but there was never a different ratio regardless of what some old A-C mechanic said. Look in the parts books AGCO Parts.com.
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mattb
Orange Level Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Points: 348 |
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I have some roller rockers off an old wc and they are the same ratio. I have cut the push rod side down on the pressed steel ones to make them higher lift gained .080 at the valve
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