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Jim Brierley · 04-15-2021, 12:00 PM

Camshaft choice I have a story to tell about that. Many years ago I got a phone call from a guy wanting to buy one of my cams. He had a (heavy) fordor, all stock but wanted more power. We talked for quite awhile and I thought I had convinced him to not change his cam, he was running a B cam at the time. Well ... a month or so later I get a call from a guy complaining about one of my cams having no power. It took me awhile to realize it was this same guy. He had gotten one of my cams from another source, I have no idea which grind it was. He had a test site that he uses, up a steep hill, in high gear, starting from 5 mph, said it was slower with my cam than before. When I finally realized it was this same guy, I said "didn't I recommend staying with your B cam". There was a long silence on the phone after that!

04-15-2021, 12:00 PM	#33
Jim Brierley Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 4,091	Re: Highest Reliable Compression Ratio Camshaft choice I have a story to tell about that. Many years ago I got a phone call from a guy wanting to buy one of my cams. He had a (heavy) fordor, all stock but wanted more power. We talked for quite awhile and I thought I had convinced him to not change his cam, he was running a B cam at the time. Well ... a month or so later I get a call from a guy complaining about one of my cams having no power. It took me awhile to realize it was this same guy. He had gotten one of my cams from another source, I have no idea which grind it was. He had a test site that he uses, up a steep hill, in high gear, starting from 5 mph, said it was slower with my cam than before. When I finally realized it was this same guy, I said "didn't I recommend staying with your B cam". There was a long silence on the phone after that!