[V8] Hot cams

[Ron Wainwright]

Mike, the deal I'm talking bout goes like this.
Tom (guy in germany) has 4.2l cams for $165US..so no
need to send cams to Hans & Fritz in the Fatherland.
The cams for the 4 are $800 + the $165 (cam core) $965
+ sea shipping $50..or add $41 for air freight $91.
So taotal is $1,056 total.

 So you'r talking bout $932 before anybody ships there
cams to Florida..& then back to the owner(s). So
prices compair to those you have.
& the guy I talked to said nothing bout replacement
buckets..& Mark W who has Scott J's spec2 cams said
anything bout replacing the buckets.

 There are a bunch of other things that need to be
taken into consideration. But I'm still finding out
the specs on a more agressive grind than the 260/264.
 3 of the cams are billit(sp?) & there needs to be the
same lobe seperation..or as close to stock as
possible..but as I said there are a few things that
need to be ironed out.

 Ron

<<<<<<<<Mike Arman wrote>>>>>>>>
Saw the comments about sending cams back to the
Fatherland so Hans und 
Fritz can breathe on them, cost to be about $1,000 a
set . . .


Got to thinking about this a bit, there's lotsa people
over here in 
Amurrican Car country who can do this kind of thing,
and do it really 
well, too.


Thought a bit more, and remembered I used to live down
the road from 
Crane Cams in Hallandale (35 years ago), remembered
they moved to 
Daytona shortly after I did.

Called 'em up, spoke to Dave Bligh, told him what we
had.

"32 valve DOHC V8, looks a lot like a pair of 16v VWs
with a common crank."

He wanted to know the diameter of the valve bucket and
the valve lift, 
also if the followers are hydraulic or mechanical -
and if the engine 
uses a MAF sensor.

He says they can recontour the cams for $432 for the
set of four (your 
cores), and you MAY or MAY NOT need a set of
replacement cam follower 
buckets depending on the answers to the diameter and
lift questions 
above. Replacement buckets are available in metric
sizes, a set of 32 is 
about $500, if they are needed.

He was talking about adding about 10 degrees or so of
duration, and a 
bit more lift (they grind the base circle down
slightly, polish and 
re-harden the cams). He wanted to know if these were
all-out race 
engines (no) and I told him these were street machines
which we were 
looking to just breathe on slightly.


Please do NOT call him yet - he requested that I be
the point of contact 
so he isn't telling the same things to 25 people . . .

I need:

diameter of the valve bucket

valve lift

operating clearance (valve settings - probably 0 and
0, since these are 
hydraulic lifters)

confirm MAF sensor for fuel injection.


If Crane CAN do this, we can save ourselves a pile of
money and time. 
Let me know if there is interest.

Mike Arman
V8Q, maybe even more fun soon?




 
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