Mines Cam Baffle Fitment.

[djr81]

I have a pair of the Mines cam cover baffle plates ready to go but also a question about the fitting of the Nissan cam baffle plates.

The Mines instructions tell you to move the four cam baffle plates from positions 3 & 4 on both cams to the rear, ie position 6 & 7. These are the gold coloured covers on the photos on the left of the instructions.

However I cannot see why you would want to do this as they appear to help stop the cam lobes flinging oil up into the entrance of the stock cam cover baffles. Given the position of the entrance to the Mines plates is not dissimilar to the Nissan ones wouldnt you be better off leaving them in positions 3 & 4 and drilling the Mines plates to accomodate them? This is what was done in the recent write up in HPI magazine - slothough I am unsure if they had the fitting instructions...

Any help/opinions will be appreciated.

[djr81]

Having thought about it some more it would appear the entrance to the Mines baffle plates is at the rear of the cam shafts (I had them upside down in my mind) - the movement of the cam cap covers to positions 6 & 7 then makes good sense - they stop the cam lobes flinging oil into the inlet of the baffle plates.

So who would have thought it - following the instructions makes sense. Well for the next 5 minutes anyway.

[jangles]

Ahhh, good reply to ur topic, I wa confused about what you were saying, did some research and you'd already answered your own question

Edited August 12, 2011 by jangles

[SimonR32]

So are people running the foam and the standard separator?

In the instructions it says "separator foam or stock separator"...

Just wondering if something is getting a little lost in translation there

[SiR_RB]

Got my baffles coming this week so would need to know the same !

Pretty sure you use the foam and ditch the wire bundle that they have from the factory?

[NYTSKY]

Remove old stuff, put in new stuff

[SimonR32]

Cool mule, figured as such but wanted to double check!

[SiR_RB]

With new mines items, do you still need to move the cam caps things from lobes 3 and 4 to 6 and 7?

[kitto]

I used Hi Octane baffles.

I used the foam and factory separator.

Cam cap baffles need to be moved to 6 and 7.

[GTRsean]

If you don't have the holes drilled to clear the cam cap studs, then yes.

Hi octane sell them pre drilled, so they just bolt straight in. After silicone sealing the parts that need sealing as per destructions...

So you can either move the lobe baffles and studs, or leave them. Mine's one's, they will need to be moved.

[SimonR32]

I think the point is that they should be moved so that the cam doesn't spray oil up into the baffles at the rear where the hole is... Not if you have to or not to physically fit it

[kitto]

I think the point is that they should be moved so that the cam doesn't spray oil up into the baffles at the rear where the hole is... Not if you have to or not to physically fit it

This.

HI octane type was designed to be used with long cam cap studs.

[GTRsean]

I think the point is that they should be moved so that the cam doesn't spray oil up into the baffles at the rear where the hole is... Not if you have to or not to physically fit it

Umm the rear is sealed, oil/air can only enter from the front of the baffle, then it does it's back and forth crap in the baffle itself....

I know because of both hi octane one's I have personally fitted.

[SiR_RB]

that is what i thought, ive seen guys drill the mines ones so it fits over the cam cap studs

and hi octane have the new modified baffles which dont requiremoving of such caps

[SimonR32]

Umm the rear is sealed, oil/air can only enter from the front of the baffle, then it does it's back and forth crap in the baffle itself....

I know because of both hi octane one's I have personally fitted.

I think you misunderstood what I'm saying... Look at the bottom picture, see at the rear there is a hole where the lobes from the cam at the rear can flick up oil?

[GTRsean]

My bad, long day Yep the tiny vent...fair enough.

You could split the cam cap baffles then, one stays and the other goes to the back, as long as holes are drilled for the front.