Camshaft stock or marine

[BadBear]

Hi I was wondering if a stock crate engine camshaft is fine for my Wellcraft 210 or should it have a marine camshaft and if so why is a marine shaft needed
thanks for any info

 

[GA_Boater]

Welcome aboard.

Your Wellcraft has no camshaft. However the motor powering the Wellcraft does.

What's wrong with this unknown to us Mercruiser crate motor? It helps us to know both things. :smile:

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,..... Welcome Aboard,...... As GaB says, Who's crate motor,..??

I don't change cam shafts in the GM crate motors I install,......

 

[jimmbo]

Marine Camshafts will have a different Profile(Duration/Lift/Overlap/Lobe Centerline) than a Cam used in Cars?Trucks. Different Operating Parameters/Requirements necessitate this. Most Auto/Truck grinds are worse than useless in a Marine Engine.
Marine Engine Manufacturers understand this far better than a Auto Engine Builder(GM and Ford excempted)/Rebuilder or some guy at the local speed shop,

 

[Scott Danforth]

Hi I was wondering if a stock crate engine camshaft is fine for my Wellcraft 210 or should it have a marine camshaft and if so why is a marine shaft needed
thanks for any info

the term crate engine can mean anything from a 5hp briggs and stratton to a 2000hp, twin super-charged and twin turbocharged 9.4 liter LS.

so..... what did you buy

what is it going into

if you bought anything but a Marine Motor or an RV/Truck motor (such as one for a hot-rod), not only is the camshaft wrong, however the compression ratio may be wrong.

so, very very specifically. what did you buy.