I had never seen a 'bad' blank in those days, maybe luck, maybe not. Harry Krummery and Glenn from 'Wolverine' were 'friends' of mine back when. Hi Harold, I figure this may be an appropriate spot to make a post about the cam blanks themselves. Most of the break-in problems I've seen relate to the disappearance of zinc in our oil, and cams too far forward in the engine. I have seen some excellent cast-iron cores from Turkey, from a company that supplies BMW, Porsche, and Mercedes. I've seen steel billet cores from there, and they still had some work to do. I've never seen any Chinese cast-iron cores, although I'm sure there are some around. EPC makes most of Comp Cam's cast iron cores, also their non-billet roller cores, and some racy stuff. There are really only 3 American companies providing semi-finished cast iron cam cores to the various cam companies, and they are Camshaft Machine Company(CMC), Crane, and Engine Power Components(EPC). The VooDoos are checked by Adcole also, just not 100%, because you guys don't like paying $400 for a hydraulic cam.ĪFAIK, the unfinished cores are from the same company that provided the Wolverine and Melling cores, and the prep work, making them ready to be ground, by the same company who did the same for Melling and Wolverine. I use the identical type of Cam Grinder myself, the Landis 3L, although we do 100% inspection of all cam lobes with an Adcole. I programmed the machine that makes them, and it is not in Hong Kong. To the best of my knowledge, ALL VooDoo cams are 100% American. He is responsible for most of the dyno-testing at Holley. was my supervisor's supervisor at Holley, and a good friend.

There's always something that brings me back from the dead.ĭoug F. Plugged the coil wire in, started it, held the rpm between 1500-2500 for 20 minutes and then adjusted the valves and the carb and I was done.ĥ00 miles later changed the oil and filter and never had a cam problem.Īre things really that different now? I feel like RipVanWinkle a little bit! I just slathered the cam and lifter bottoms with cam break-in lube that resembled a thick grey goo (I don't recall the brand) and cranked the motor over a few times with the coil wire off and the crankcase full of Valvoline 10-40. The last cam I installed was 23 years ago when I used a Comp Cams 280/530 lift cam in my 390GT motor. Is this just the outcome of NOT following the cam break-in proceedures to the letter? I was just about to click the buy it now button when I decided to do a google search and see what popped up for prices in other places.Īre the Lunati cams inferior? From reading the posts on this board I have thought of them as cutting edge. Well as some of you may have read I finally decided that instead of the Crane 284/480 single profile cam I was going to run, I was going to sell it and go with a Voodoo 60103 cam.

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