Re: Schrick cams?

["Bob D'Amato" <Bob.Damato@starfleet.itc.snetlink.com>]

On Fri, 17 Mar 1995 PDQSHIP@aol.com wrote:

> Had regrinds in my various scirocco's, and my 81Prorally car went to europe
> with 150k on the regrind and is still running...  So a properly ground cam is
> not any worse than who is welding and grinding and with what bob....   A
> metalurgist could explain this bettrn me, but its my understanding that welds
> can be stronger than what its welded to.  The idea of 'tuning' a cam instead
> of plop and run sounds good in theory to me, glen I'm sure will give us an
> eval of the results....

Hmmm.. I know that a weld could be stronger than the material itself, but 
the weld material is a rather soft metal. And since (I would assume) you 
cant anneal or heat treat a weld (due to the nature of the temperatures 
incurred while welding) it would be softer than a purposly forged cam 
material. I took metalurgy at uconn, be we never got into this stuff at 
all, so Im just speculating using things i have learned in the class.... 
the ones i didnt cut that is..  :)

bob






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