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Identifying a Pinto camshaft.
Alex. - 9/9/09 at 09:47 PM

Hi Guys,

Is there any way to identify a camshaft for a Pinto?

It is obviously from a Pinto and has a splash of green paint on the shaft.

Alex.

deezee - 9/9/09 at 10:01 PM

Any aftermarket camshaft will have its details marked in the metal of the camshaft. Then you just google the spec

austin man - 9/9/09 at 10:11 PM

if its in a pinto its a pinto camshaft LOL

miikae - 9/9/09 at 11:15 PM

Piper put a letter and a number on the back end of the cam.

Mike

Alex. - 10/9/09 at 07:29 AM

I don't know if there are any markings on the end of the cam, I'll have a look when I receive it!

As the RS2000 Grp1 cam has a red spot of paint, I was wondering if the green spot of paint meant anything if it is a ford cam.

Alex.

jollygreengiant - 10/9/09 at 08:52 AM

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Originally posted by Alex.
I don't know if there are any markings on the end of the cam, I'll have a look when I receive it!

As the RS2000 Grp1 cam has a red spot of paint, I was wondering if the green spot of paint meant anything if it is a ford cam.

Alex.


Ford used to I dentify the camshafts from 2 small nipples on the camshaft length about 10mm apart and about 2mm in height and 3mm in diameter each. These were located between the lobes for either 1 & 2 cylinder or 3 & 4 ( I forget which from memory).
If both nipples were present then it was a 2.0 cam shaft, and if one had been ground off the it was a 1.6 camshaft.

I hope this helps ( mind you I am talking Mk3 & Mk4 cortina age here).

kj - 11/9/09 at 06:53 AM

I bought a replacement camshaft and it had green markings and it said on the box direct replacement for ford 2.0 O.H.C.
Marked up for RS2000.
Hope that helps