Beginner Friendly Step By Step Guide On How To Degree Camshafts + Lift, Duration and Lash Explained

Dial indicator with stand: Degree wheel: Crankshaft adapter: Complete degreeing kit: This video is a detailed, beginner friendly step by step guide on how to degree your camshafts on a double overhead cam engine. The process of degreeing involves measuring various camshaft specs such as duration, lift, intake valve opening and intake valve closing, and then adjusting the camshaft to to its optimal position in relation to the crankshaft based on those specs with the goal of extracting maximum performance Camshafts should be degreed if you have decked the head or the block as this can distort camshaft timing and reduce performance. Camshafts must be degreed if you have purchased aftermarket performance cams. Camshaft degreeing can help prevent assembly error and piston to valve contact We will be doing the degreeing process on a Toyota 4AGE 16v engine. But the process is virtuall