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Old 28-10-2009 | 06:13 PM
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Can anyone explain how you take material off cam yet they become higher lift? I'v always wondered how reprofiling works
Old 28-10-2009 | 08:44 PM
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when you have a hydraulic lifter the lifter takes up the slack on the bottom of the cam, when they reprofile cams they remove a little more off the bottom aswell so the lifter has to stretch some more.

this allows more lift, downside is it makes your lifters work harder
Old 28-10-2009 | 09:15 PM
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mmm interesting often wondered how it worked now i know, Paul you haven't time to be on this lol, hugh
Old 30-10-2009 | 12:13 PM
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Only works on some if you have enough base to start with a lot don't.
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