[s-cars] Cam's for Cheap!

[Dick Renard]

Thanks Guys,
My dad knew John and bought cams from him when he was first at Babbitt 
Bearing in San Jose after the war.  When I first opened my race shop in 
1972, Dad took me to John.  He was pretty irascible, but because of my dad, 
I learned to always ask; "John, here's what I am thinking, what would you 
like to do?"  From that, we had John do everything, VW/Porsche, Alfa Romeo, 
English Ford, Jaguar, Lotus, Chevrolet, etc.  Slover Cylinder Heads (LA) and 
I were the only guys to provide cylinder and inlet manifold air flow numbers 
to John, then we would step back and listen while he would work a pad of 
paper, an old HP calculator and his common sense.  And Phil, you're right. 
If you asked in earnest, listened carefully, he would give you not only the 
cam, lifters and springs, he would give you ignition, carb, inlet manifold, 
plus exhaust lengths and configurations.  Amazing!  Thank you so much for 
responding, I've got a number of guys to reach.
Best Wishes,
Dick Renard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Mische" <pmische at comcast.net>
To: "Trevor Frank" <tfrank at symyx.com>; "Dick Renard" <renard at tailgater.net>; 
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Cam's for Cheap!


> John Delong was great grinder - in a world full of bull his stuff just 
> flat worked.  Big shoes to fill.
>
> P
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Trevor Frank" <tfrank at symyx.com>
> To: "Dick Renard" <renard at tailgater.net>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:24 PM
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Cam's for Cheap!
>
>
>
> Yes, his name is Spiro Jannings, Spiro's Cams.. www.spiroscams.com , San
> Jose CA, 1-408-292-0646 business.  He has a pretty new hydraulic burko
> that he uses as well as a storm volkan that he uses for roughing.  He
> used to work for Elgin and did a lot of grinding and was the guy for
> hardfacing.  He has all of Delong's old masters as well as some new ones
> he has made himself. We will all miss John, but it's good to know that
> his masters will be around for a long time.
>
> He also has the master for a big hydraulic audi cam, based off of a cat
> cam, as well as the 7a cam, so if you have a 7a you want to clean up or
> regrind or he might be able to make a big cam from a 7a.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Dick Renard
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 1:19 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Cam's for Cheap!
>
> Hi,
> I just ran across some of your messages, one concerning the "Successor
> to DeLong Cams".  Can I get the name, address, phone, etc. of this
> gentleman?
> Thank You,
> Dick Renard
> Vice President
> Tailgater, Inc.
> 1610 Moffett St.
> Salinas, CA 93905
> 800.424.5437
> 831.424.1231 fax
> 831.214.5374 cell
> Email: renard at tailgater.net
>
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