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Old 10-23-2020, 02:49 PM   #10
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Default Re: flathead cam

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Originally Posted by Tim Ayers View Post
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What would be the advantage of copper plating the end of the cam snout?
Originaly the steel billet (mostly SAE8620 in the old days) was copper plated between the lobes and anywhere they did NOT want it to be hardened. The hardening process is a surface type and is usually about .090 deep.
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