Re: [alfa] GTV-6 Camshafts

[ethan schartman <eschartman@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 1986 GTV-6 and noticed that the cams don't have 
> much wear on them for the 100,000 miles on the 
> car. 

they're probably original. when i rebuilt my motor
(2.5L milano) at ~90k, the cams were still within
spec.

> The drivers side head caps have the numbers 5, 6, 
> 7, 8 stamped into them from back to front with
> arrows pointing to the front of the car.  The 
> passenger side has 4, 3, 2, 1 from back to front 
> with arrows pointing to the back of the car.  Is 
> one side backwards? 

they're on correctly. they point in ascending order of
cam cap number. they're pinned to give them a (mostly)
unique orientation.

-ethan schartman
-87 milano gold, 104,000 miles
-princeton, NJ

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