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Old May 20, 2011 | 07:10 PM
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Default .900" Base Circle Cams?????

Anyone know where to order one from?

I need a few specific things......

Obviously a .900" base circle
I'm still running a non-vented opti so it must have the hole in the middle to clear the dowel pin.
4/7 swap.

Comp said no. I picked out a grind FROM THEIR CATALOG exactly what I wanted with .900", 4/7, and lift and duration I liked, and they still said they couldn't do it with the LT1.

I sent a detailed email to Bullet and haven't heard a word.

Any other suggestions?

I have a decent cam sitting here that I can use but it is a little on the small side for what I want to do.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by joelster
Anyone know where to order one from?

I need a few specific things......

Obviously a .900" base circle
I'm still running a non-vented opti so it must have the hole in the middle to clear the dowel pin.
4/7 swap.

Comp said no. I picked out a grind FROM THEIR CATALOG exactly what I wanted with .900", 4/7, and lift and duration I liked, and they still said they couldn't do it with the LT1.

I sent a detailed email to Bullet and haven't heard a word.

Any other suggestions?

I have a decent cam sitting here that I can use but it is a little on the small side for what I want to do.
COMP cannot do some grind/LSA/lobe combinationson certain cores or with step-nose cams.

COMP couldn't grind my cam particular cam on a 107LSA, so we had to do a 109.

I would call - not email, talk directly to someone. Bullet is a good start, and I would also try Isky.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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call isky dont email they will never reply back even if you leave a number
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Old May 20, 2011 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Puck
and I would also try Isky.
I called ISKY yesterday asking about a cam. The guy I talked to was very helpful until I figured out he thought I was asking about a 70's LT-1. Then he was totally off. As far as he knew they didn't make cams for 95 LT1's?

Been cam shopping and am appalled at the lack of knowledge the people that answer the phones are graced with. After a few minutes on the phone I'm ready to call the next company on my list.

Al 95 Z28
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It just kills me that comp can't make one for me. I mean I find the EXACT cam I want in a solid roller sbc grind from their catalog. Same base circle, same 4/7 swap, lift and duration that will work, and they can't do it because the first 1/2" of the nose is slightly different, lol. Don't they make billet cams? Can't they just program the damn thing to shape the nose for an LT1? WTF.
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Contact Steve at LSM Engineering, top quality guy.

http://www.lsmeng.com/

Why on earth do you need a .900 base circle??
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comp can machine a step nose onto any cam btw...
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What Wicked said, call Steve Sr @ LSM... He should be able to take care of you.
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