{"id":15676,"date":"2016-05-23T08:27:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T13:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/?p=15676"},"modified":"2016-05-23T08:32:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T13:32:20","slug":"cb650-cam-in-a-cb550","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2016\/05\/cb650-cam-in-a-cb550\/","title":{"rendered":"CB650 Cam in a CB550"},"content":{"rendered":"
This swap always interested me for the power bump but I never found any good comparison info about it so I was skeptical that it was possible without major modification. I successfully completed the swap and it was very straight forward but you will need to some additional parts to do it.<\/p>\n
Here’s all the differences I found when swapping my CB550 cam for a CB650 cam. Follow the manual for the proper process of changing a cam.<\/p>\n
Parts Needed:<\/strong> The CB650 has a hy-vo cam chain so the cam sprocket will NOT work with the CB550’s normal cam chain. The CB550 cam sprocket and sprocket bolts fit on the 650 cam. The cam markings are very similiar between the two.
\n79-82 CB650 cam
\n79-82 Tach drive
\nCB650 or CB750 Tachometer<\/p>\n
\nCB650 (left) \/ CB550 (right)<\/p>\n
\nCB650 (left) \/ CB550 (right)<\/p>\n