Kent cam on a "Safe" eengine

[George g]

i have a Kent AST2 cam to go onto my 1200 bottom end. i understand that this is a cam "safe" engine and also already has pockets in the pistons, but would i need to pocket them further or should this be safe to run with the clearances?

cheers

George :thumb:

[mikey14sr]

I wouldn't count on it being valve safe any more myself, and there's no point in machining the std pistons anyway.

Just hope the belt doesn't strip/snap on you, and dont drop it into third (going for 5th) when doing 90 in fourth like I did once!

[George g]

cheers, dont think it willl be safe, just wanted to know if the clearances are ok as standard

[Stuart]

yes the clearences are fine as std. you have to hit 5mm of lift @ tdc to start causing problems on the 1.2 engine ;)

[George g]

yes the clearences are fine as std. you have to hit 5mm of lift @ tdc to start causing problems on the 1.2 engine ;)

:thumb: :thumb: cheers + rep