Forged Steel Camshaft!

[rcull]

What was the only V-8 engine to offer a forged steel camshaft thereby solving the common problem of cam lobe failure?

:shield:

 

[bob k. mando]

speaking totally out of my @$$, nailhead?

 

[rcull]

That's right!!!

Didn't you read the "Blown Nailhead" article?

http://www.buicks.net/shop/reference/blown_buick.html

I don't know if the forged steel camshaft was used beyond '54 though. I was hoping someone could tell us.

 

[Tom Gallagher]

Re: Camshaft

Some used a crank made of what is discribed as "nodular Iron"

Whatever in God's Name THAT Means

Tom Gallagher

 

[rcull]

Nodular iron is another name for cast iron which you may know is the favorite material of detroit.

 

[bob k. mando]

Didn't you read the "Blown Nailhead" article?

nope. in fact, i need to thank you for pointing that out to me. i hadn't even noticed the articles section of buicks.net. :beers:

considering that most of the articles focus on the nailhead and suspension, i probably just skipped over it before.


i based my guess on the oft repeated reputation of 'durability' that the nailhead has ... and i didn't think that an engine that was dropping cam lobes on a regular basis could be considered 'durable'.

so this is yet another buick first, eh?

 

[rcull]

The steel cam was used in early nailheads until 1956. In 1957 they went to cast iron and larger journals.