{"id":571,"date":"2017-10-28T19:08:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T23:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2017-10-28T19:08:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T23:08:31","slug":"cam-core-lathe-work-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/2017\/10\/28\/cam-core-lathe-work-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam core lathe work finished."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gun drilled S7 tool steel. Eight standard and two VCT.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1837.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1837.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1837-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1837-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My poor little lathe got quite the workout:)<\/p>\n<p>These are the fronts of the\u00a0VCT cams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-573\" src=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1838.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1838.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1838-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1838-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m copying the K20 dimensions as closely as possible. For some reason they use a very shallow feed groove on the cam bearing and a much deeper groove on the phaser end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Number one cam tower with the VCT grooves machined in. The drilled holes lead down to the head and the grooves will line up with the cam when I bore the towers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1839.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-574\" src=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1839.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1839.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1839-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1839-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_1839-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The letter C is where the intake cam will be. Although that is a coincidence as this is tower 1 set C. The next step is numbering the towers and after that they are machined as sets. I&#8217;m doing five sets this run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Making progress!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun drilled S7 tool steel. Eight standard and two VCT. &nbsp; My poor little lathe got quite the workout:) These are the fronts of the\u00a0VCT cams. I&#8217;m copying the K20 dimensions as closely as possible. For some reason they use a very shallow feed groove on the cam bearing and a much deeper groove on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/2017\/10\/28\/cam-core-lathe-work-finished\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6IdRp-9d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575,"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datsunworks.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}