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rockdog2877

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used price question
« on: December 05, 2009, 11:45:55 am »
So I have myself an extra Hydro cam from my engine pulling. I was thinking of selling it, but I havn't seen any for sale on the samba. they run 250 or so new, what would be a fair price for a used one?
70$

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rockdog2877

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Re: used price question
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2009, 03:22:51 pm »
Not even a smart a** coment?
I just miked it and it is within spec.
Or do people just not buy used cams?
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Re: used price question
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2009, 05:07:30 pm »
Don't know about a hydro cam but I would never put a used cam in an engine for a simple reason. The lobes and lifters "break in' together and "work harden". If you were to reuse a cam with new lifters the wear patterns & different hardness factors could cause some problems. If you had the original lifters and kept them in the order they were in when working with the cam it might work ok.

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rockdog2877

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Re: used price question
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2009, 06:42:18 pm »
Does that make the cam worthless? I thought with a new lifters it would work. I hate to trash it if some one could use it.
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Re: used price question
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2009, 10:18:21 pm »
Make a trophy out of it... or a lamp. Don't think you'll find anyone who'd do a rebuild and would replace their cam with anything but new
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Re: used price question
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2009, 10:29:02 pm »
ok Tropy it is.  gifsawsall
« Last Edit: December 10, 2009, 12:03:02 am by rockdog2877 »
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Re: used price question
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2009, 05:27:49 am »
Flea Bay ? some people will buy anything..
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Re: used price question
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2009, 09:45:51 am »
There's absolutely nothing wrong with running a used hydraulic cam. New lifters are not an issue with a used hydraulic cam either. A flat tappet solid lifter cam, like the stock Type1, is a different animal altogether. You don't need to break in a hydraulic cam like a solid cam & the lobes on a hyd cam usually aren't wiped out.

I'm sure somebody will buy it on the Samba or Ebay. If they get $250 for a new one, ask $35-50 for it. Somebody will eventually buy it...and a Samba ad is free.

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rockdog2877

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Re: used price question
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2009, 10:20:40 am »
That's what I was thinking, it is still good! I will try this "samba" that you speak of.(j/k)
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Re: used price question
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2009, 03:16:31 pm »
we surveyed 100 people and came up with the top three answers.....
#1. the cam should work like meister,misterbraid @7@ @7@  well the guy with the red truck said.
#2. one man's junk is onother man's treasure.
#3. there is a buyer for everything!!!
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Re: used price question
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2009, 06:27:26 pm »
Quote from: perdecas on December 14, 2009, 03:16:31 pm
we surveyed 100 people and came up with the top three answers.....
#1. the cam should work like meister,misterbraid @7@ @7@  well the guy with the red truck said.
#2. one man's junk is onother man's treasure.
#3. there is a buyer for everything!!!

what was the margin of error for the survey ? was it a double blind survey?
did the test for regional variances?
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