mystery cam?
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mystery cam? UPDATE 1/9/15, mystery solved A friend just pulled the cam from his car. He rebuilt the engine a few years ago and bought what he was told was a used stock 98 ls1 cam.
The whole time since then the car loped something ridiculous...but he has ran on stock valvesprings the whole time with no issues. His car seriously sounded like it had more lope than my 230/238 does. It got better when he replaced some pushrods which were too long with some shorter ones, but it still didn't sound like any other stock ls1 I've heard.
The cam looks good with no abnormal wear or anything, but it does not have anything stamped or engraved on it anywhere that I could find with a quick once over.
Is there any way to get some clue what this could be without sending it off to be cam doctored? If it is indeed safe to run with stock or ls6 springs for whatever reason, I would like to put it in my Silverado.
The whole time since then the car loped something ridiculous...but he has ran on stock valvesprings the whole time with no issues. His car seriously sounded like it had more lope than my 230/238 does. It got better when he replaced some pushrods which were too long with some shorter ones, but it still didn't sound like any other stock ls1 I've heard.
The cam looks good with no abnormal wear or anything, but it does not have anything stamped or engraved on it anywhere that I could find with a quick once over.
Is there any way to get some clue what this could be without sending it off to be cam doctored? If it is indeed safe to run with stock or ls6 springs for whatever reason, I would like to put it in my Silverado.
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I intend to get it cam doctored, but not unless I can determine if it's stock or not somehow. IIRC is is $25 to have it checked plus around $12 shipping each way.
Don't want to waste that much dicking around with it if it's really stock and there is some other issue making the car idle like it's cammed.
Is there some way I could get a ballpark duration estimate or anything?
Don't want to waste that much dicking around with it if it's really stock and there is some other issue making the car idle like it's cammed.
Is there some way I could get a ballpark duration estimate or anything?
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Is it safe to say its probably not a gm stock cam?
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He does but I wasn't sure if he only did it on his cams or not. I'll give him a call.
Hopefully this is something mild enough I can toss it in my truck with a ls2 chain and some ls6 springs for a slight power bump and an idle that doesn't sound like a boat.
Hopefully this is something mild enough I can toss it in my truck with a ls2 chain and some ls6 springs for a slight power bump and an idle that doesn't sound like a boat.
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Was really hoping for some kind of lead, but I've been googling for around an hour and can't come up with anything using the numbers or letter E.
I tried searching for threads on what cam could be ran with stock springs and of course found nothing that way either.
I find it to be very odd that there are no other part numbers or markings and more so that the car ran so long on stock springs without valve float or other issues. Especially considering the fact the car had a noticeable lope to it.
Guess we won't know until I can get it sent off. If anyone knows of any leads on old school manufacturers who might have had something let me know.
I tried searching for threads on what cam could be ran with stock springs and of course found nothing that way either.
I find it to be very odd that there are no other part numbers or markings and more so that the car ran so long on stock springs without valve float or other issues. Especially considering the fact the car had a noticeable lope to it.
Guess we won't know until I can get it sent off. If anyone knows of any leads on old school manufacturers who might have had something let me know.
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I guess there is always the possibility that it could be a varied/early run, but then the car loping still wouldn't make much sense unless it's been reground.
A picture of yours would be helpful. All the other stock cams I've seen had a series of numbers on one end.
A picture of yours would be helpful. All the other stock cams I've seen had a series of numbers on one end.
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After more research I believe it might be an old Crane Cams grind from the early 2000s and have found a few people with cams with the same "xxx" number over a "xx' number but none that match this one, so it might have been custom.
Saw a rep from Crane who used to post on here mention they had a website where everyone could enter custom cam specs to order, could be what happened here.
Going to email Crane on Monday and look for a place to send it off.
Saw a rep from Crane who used to post on here mention they had a website where everyone could enter custom cam specs to order, could be what happened here.
Going to email Crane on Monday and look for a place to send it off.
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Never did get a chance to send this off but he tried to use a micrometer to check lift and thinks it is right at .540"
There is an old school Edelbrock cam with .540" lift, 230/237 on a 110+4. Would certainly explain a lot...high overlap, low lift, stock tune...would make for a car that sounds nasty but won't idle or run for ****. Part number is 2216 though so that doesn't match the "121" or "00" I'm seeing.
Anyone ever seen an Edelbrock cam in person to see where the part numbers are and how they are shown? Would certainly explain the "E" cast into the core.
There is an old school Edelbrock cam with .540" lift, 230/237 on a 110+4. Would certainly explain a lot...high overlap, low lift, stock tune...would make for a car that sounds nasty but won't idle or run for ****. Part number is 2216 though so that doesn't match the "121" or "00" I'm seeing.
Anyone ever seen an Edelbrock cam in person to see where the part numbers are and how they are shown? Would certainly explain the "E" cast into the core.
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Mystery solved, sent it to be checked at Cam Motion.
The cam is basically a copy of the GM Hot Cam. I don't think it's a real one due to the lack of GM markings.
218/229 .521/.523 on a 112 lsa
The cam is basically a copy of the GM Hot Cam. I don't think it's a real one due to the lack of GM markings.
218/229 .521/.523 on a 112 lsa
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