For anyone that has removed their stock camshaft.
Please list mileage on stocker at time of removal and it's condition.... good as new, suprisingly little wear....suprisingly heavy wear, etc.
Please give specifics on location of wear... if able!

RJ

 

I haven't really noticed a lot of wear on the cam I pulled out of that wreck '00 24v. Tappets all look good, no real wear to speak of. I'll take a peak at the cam tomorrow in the day light. Unknown mileage on that engine.

 

Mine looked good as new with probably 160k miles on it.

 

Minty fresh @ 200k but that was with stock springs all its life.

 

Great! Always wondered about heavier springs. I've had F-1 Sportsman springs for a little over 30,000 miles and will be very interested to see results on stock cam... if any.
Anyone out there have the stronger springs for a while before changing cams?

RJ

 

I thought the F1 springs were only slightly stronger than the stockers????

 

I compared both when I installed. I believe the F-1's were 25-30% stiffer (seat pressure).
I know they are stiff enough to handle 4000+ rpm. Just don't know if that effects stock cam, over time, or not?

RJ

 

Mine looked good @80,000 miles on stock springs

 

Removed mine at 210,xxx there was about 3 lobes wore... pretty hateful.
From what I've read the cam is one of the #1 wearing objects on these engines.