RE: [T3] Engine machining.....flat cams

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 22 Feb 2002, at 14:20, jim rustad wrote:

> Ok, so 'flat' means you wore the lobe off not just that there's little
> or no curvature somewhere on the lobe.

Right. It makes more sense if you think of the cam "unrolled" into a graph. 

Most of the cam is just a simple circle; this part is known as the flat part of 
the cam. Once the lobe is worn off, the whole cam is a simple circle, hence 
fully "flat."

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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