[monsterbaby]

no one locally here has ever done it, one guy said he thought he could figure it out but that makes me leary. So does anyone know who in central Iowa can setup my new cam and cam gear for double pins, or does anyone on here do it?

 

[Lem Evans]

Rob , Jetboat Bob is set up to do it . Drive it down here and hang out !

 

[monsterbaby]

I would drive down in a heart beat if it wasn't 540 miles one way. But one of these days I am going to take sometime and drive down there to check out that place.

 

[Guest]

Drilling cam

I would think any good engine shop could do it. I have had John West Racing Engines in Raleigh,NC do it on my old cam & Carroll Carter did it on my new cam at his shop in Manassaas,VA. The only difficult thing I see to doing it is having some type of "clamp/jig/etc" to hold the cam while drilling. There has to be a shop near you to handle this. I live in the middle of nowhere NC & I haven't had a problem. Good Luck!!

 

[fordman300]

why not put the cam gear on the cam with one pin and just drill another hole through both the gear and into the cam at the same time?

 

[Guest]

Drilling cam

That is pretty much all you have to do. Like I said you just need a fixture to hold the cam square to the mill/drill press. My Danny Bee Belt drive hub was ordered with two dowel holes. Then Carroll Carter at C&C motorsports bolted it on & drilled it.

 

[c.evans]

Cam Drive Pins

Rob,

The Danny Bee hub has the pins exactly 180* opposite. That's the way we like to do them, then all your cam gears or Danny Bee drive hubs will fit all your cams and vice-versa, any of your cams can fit your existing top gear or hub. Therefore I respectfully disagree with the idea of just drilling a second hole through both the gear and the cam at the same time. Odds are you will be "off" one way or another and not be exactly 180* opposite. Therefore they become "dedicated" to each other.

In addition to Jet Boat Bob and the other shops mentioned above, Wayne James and David Willingham can both do it. Those three guys have fixtures. Just UPS your cam and gear/hub to any of those guys.

Hope this helps,

 

[Lem Evans]

Charlie is correct , in that , we try to have the 2nd pin where if/when a Bee drive is used the hub would go on the cam . If one wanted to stay with a timing chain and did not care where the pin went it would be an easy deal .

 

[monsterbaby]

Thanks Charlie, and Lem I will get ahold of one of these guys, and get it setup to send to them sometime early this next week so I can get this deal back together.

 

[Gary Blair]

drill jig

I have a drill jig and bushings to do mine on a Bridgeport. I use two new pins. The original pin is junk.

 

[boss504]

there is a place in the cedar falls area that does high end performance stuff, if your concerned about any ole' machine shop doing it for you.
I'll try and dig up the number for you as soon as I can.