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AL in NY · 10-13-2023, 01:18 PM

Is Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams still in business? Their phone number and website are not working.

Ray in La Mesa · 10-14-2023, 07:19 AM

Thread on the other site said they are in the process of moving to Kentucky.

TomInCologne · 04-17-2024, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray in La Mesa

Thread on the other site said they are in the process of moving to Kentucky.

sorry for the thread resurrection, but their website is not available...
Does anybody know any more?

Jim Brierley · 04-17-2024, 11:46 AM

Try [email protected]

acchaplin · 04-17-2024, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Brierley

Try [email protected]

Do you happen to have a currant phone #, please?

Jim Brierley · 04-18-2024, 11:08 AM

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sorry, I don't.

Dodge · 04-19-2024, 02:12 AM

I had been corresponding with Stipes since Jan. of 2023 about a camshaft. I was
on the waiting list and had been getting updates from them.
Then all of a sudden they went radio silent in June of 2023.
No answer to emails.
The latest email I have is: [email protected]

There has been problems getting cam cores for many different makes of engine after
COVID. I have a friend that was getting so tired of it that he has gone into the cam
core business. We just received two from him, one a small block Ford and the other a
Big Block Chevy.

We are doing a cad cam drawing of the Model A cam to see what its going to take to make cam cores. They would be a steel billet.

springerpete · 04-19-2024, 06:16 AM

I got my Stipe shocks 2 years ago. Visited the shop in Plymouth, WI. I know there are lots of Model A'ers in WI and perhaps someone could stop at the shop for a look. Close by would be Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Two Rivers, Kohler, Port Washington, Kiel etc. Be a nice A ride as well. Bill

nkaminar · 04-19-2024, 07:15 AM

Dodge, If you make cam cores, make them with 5 bearings. That way they will work in the Burtz block. Not that the 3 bearing cams will not work but that the 5 bearing cams take advantage of the 5 journals.

Time has a way of changing things. Companies go in and out of business. What was available a few years ago have disappeared from the planet. If you like something and have the money for it, buy it now.

johnneilson · 04-19-2024, 07:50 AM

The blanks are not hard to make
The drive gear is a little tricky but not impossible
The biggest challenge is getting the basic profiles for the lobes done, heat treated and final finish.

J

Krylon32 · 04-19-2024, 09:12 PM

For Model A shocks I know they're not a stock shock but the Roto Shim lever shocks made in England are a great product.They have bolt on lever shocks that go right on a Model A or 32. They are accurate in size and unless your going for a high end restoration they are perfect. Check rotoshim.com Beats chasing Stipes. I'm not an A guy but Miller High Speed Heads seems to do a lot with A motors.

J Franklin · 04-20-2024, 01:04 AM

Roto shim lever shocks FYI: https://rotoshim.com/technical

Jim Brierley · 04-21-2024, 12:47 PM

Bill can sometimes be found on Facebook.

Hotrodfil · 04-22-2024, 10:50 AM

I'm on my third set of Rotoshim shocks. Because I now have them on all my cars...
Couldn't recommend them more highly.

10-13-2023, 01:18 PM	#1
AL in NY Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Upstate New York Posts: 1,236	Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams Is Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams still in business? Their phone number and website are not working. __________________ AL in NY

10-14-2023, 07:19 AM	#2
Ray in La Mesa Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: La Mesa Ca Posts: 1,329	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams Thread on the other site said they are in the process of moving to Kentucky.

04-17-2024, 11:46 AM	#4
Jim Brierley Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 4,321	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams Try [email protected]

04-18-2024, 11:08 AM	#6
Jim Brierley Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 4,321	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) sorry, I don't.

04-19-2024, 02:12 AM	#7
Dodge Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sonoma, CA. Posts: 1,633	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams I had been corresponding with Stipes since Jan. of 2023 about a camshaft. I was on the waiting list and had been getting updates from them. Then all of a sudden they went radio silent in June of 2023. No answer to emails. The latest email I have is: [email protected] There has been problems getting cam cores for many different makes of engine after COVID. I have a friend that was getting so tired of it that he has gone into the cam core business. We just received two from him, one a small block Ford and the other a Big Block Chevy. We are doing a cad cam drawing of the Model A cam to see what its going to take to make cam cores. They would be a steel billet.

04-19-2024, 06:16 AM	#8
springerpete Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Maine Posts: 696	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams I got my Stipe shocks 2 years ago. Visited the shop in Plymouth, WI. I know there are lots of Model A'ers in WI and perhaps someone could stop at the shop for a look. Close by would be Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Two Rivers, Kohler, Port Washington, Kiel etc. Be a nice A ride as well. Bill

04-19-2024, 07:15 AM	#9
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 6,857	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams Dodge, If you make cam cores, make them with 5 bearings. That way they will work in the Burtz block. Not that the 3 bearing cams will not work but that the 5 bearing cams take advantage of the 5 journals. Time has a way of changing things. Companies go in and out of business. What was available a few years ago have disappeared from the planet. If you like something and have the money for it, buy it now. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

04-19-2024, 09:12 PM	#11
Krylon32 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5,315	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams For Model A shocks I know they're not a stock shock but the Roto Shim lever shocks made in England are a great product.They have bolt on lever shocks that go right on a Model A or 32. They are accurate in size and unless your going for a high end restoration they are perfect. Check rotoshim.com Beats chasing Stipes. I'm not an A guy but Miller High Speed Heads seems to do a lot with A motors.

04-20-2024, 01:04 AM	#12
J Franklin Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 6,587	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams Roto shim lever shocks FYI: https://rotoshim.com/technical

04-21-2024, 12:47 PM	#13
Jim Brierley Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 4,321	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams Bill can sometimes be found on Facebook.

04-22-2024, 10:50 AM	#14
Hotrodfil Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Norfolk UK Posts: 229	Re: Stipe Machine/Specialty Motor Cams I'm on my third set of Rotoshim shocks. Because I now have them on all my cars... Couldn't recommend them more highly.