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01-11-2021, 12:30 PM | #21 | |
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01-11-2021, 01:31 PM | #22 |
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It's been my understanding that 59AB cams were marked 5T.
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01-11-2021, 02:19 PM | #23 |
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01-11-2021, 05:34 PM | #24 |
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This above posts are exactly why I posted about what does '5-T' actually mean . . . I bet it is NOT a grind number in that the one I looked at earlier today is from the mid-30's and I'm sure that Ford was not using the same grind in their 59X variants. If for no other reason that the valve angles changed after the early 40's. My bet is that I can find a lot of cams marked with '5-T' and they will not be the same grind . . .
I'm wondering if 5-T is just a generic part number . . . or . . . anybody really know ???? |
01-12-2021, 03:59 AM | #25 | |
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and how much this angle change actually is? is it even noticeable? attached photo is from 37-38 era just to show markings. |
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01-12-2021, 08:02 AM | #26 |
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01-14-2021, 08:56 PM | #27 |
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Similar discussions in the past on 5T" cams!! Would be nice to get a true definitive answer on this one.
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01-15-2021, 12:45 AM | #28 |
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Did some search about this. I hope it's not too much offtopic...
I quoted here member Pete's post #195 from this old topic: https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...t=8767&page=10 ''As a side note, when Ford moved the valves farther away from the cylinders in 1946 to alleviate cracking between the valve seat and cylinder, they elected to go cheap and did not change the indexing on the cam. The technical explanation for this is long and involved but the basic reason was tooling cost because they knew there were going to be major changes to the engine in 1949. The cams from 1946 to 1948 were ground on the same index as the 1942 and earlier ones.'' According this, cam timing/ degrees changed as late as 8ba introduction??? |
01-15-2021, 06:31 AM | #29 |
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Given Pete and his knowledge, that would not surprise me one bit. Also, I bet very few (if any) of the aftermarket cam grinders really did anything different for 32-42 engines versus 46 - 53 engines.
Lastly, the '5-T', or '5T' markings are even cast into the cores of many of the cams - which again tells me that it is not a specific grind related nomenclature as I doubt Henry would have had multiple castings for multiple grinds . . . for example the comment about the 5T being a high torque truck cam. |
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