What is your opinion on this regrind

[blackbombshell95]

Obviously my regrind. How will this regrind work N/A or with a Blower?

Custom Grinded Cam. #1461-- 206/212, .282/.292 lift @112

I have it in a box here. If you think there is a better spec I should be using. Let know. I can always regrind the cam I have currently in my motor.

I want something that will give the most power with no tuning. Tuning Will come. So keep that in mind. but it might be several months.

note: heads & up are P&P. and with crane gold race series 1.6 rockers

[blackbombshell95]

RE: What is your opinion on this regrind

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[geoffinbc]

Thats a perfect cam for the street. Will pull hard to 5500 and 6000 will be reachable with good power. It will also make good vacuum and keep the ECM happy.

[blackbombshell95]

ok sounds good. I can always count on you for a reply . could I or should I go any further without any tuning(tuning will come in the long run). I really don't mind doing another regrind. I would like to get the most power while i'm in there.

[geoffinbc]

You could but then you end up compramising streetability. That cam will run with no lope at idle. If you go the next step up by adding say another 10* of advertised duration then you will start to notice a lope at idle. I would just leave it alone it looks solid. It would be comparable to a Crane 260 cam with just a squeek more in the top end.

[blackbombshell95]

It looks like I have to sell this regrind. Just beacuse i'm getting my shortblock rebuilt. And the place that is doing it won't warranty the block cause of the regrind was done by "some" machine shop. So what they do is have crane make make a new cam for my motor.

So I have the option of changing my spec a bit. What do you recommend betterthanyou. I would like a bit more power. I don't mind a slight loopey idle. I just don't want the thing to die at idle lol. I plan to supercharge in a year or 2.

[geoffinbc]

What??? I thought this was a roller cam. Hell just buy a new Crane 272 cam then. It will give a very sligh lope with healthy power in the top end. I doubt you will even really notice the lope at all.

[Guest]

Wow, I need more specs to know if it will be good or not.

Post up the rest of the specs, including center line, duration at .00 and at .050, etc. Also I might be interested in this cam if you do sell it, but again need all the specs to know for sure. Also what generation/displacment of engine is this for?

[blackbombshell95]

gm 3100. IT came out of a 94 gp with a 3100.

Those are the only specs i have. I would have to have someone measure it. I'm not asking a lot for it. maybe $100 shipped. Its still in the box that it was shipped in. so its not bang up 1 bit. I have a brand new timing chain kit too with it from carquest. I would sell the brand new timing chain kit for $50.00. gaskets, chain, and sprockets. just bought it 2 weeks ago. otherwise i will return it. i costs $70 plus for it. i get a good discount though my automotive college course. thats why i can sell it for $50.00. its what i paid

[geoffinbc]

Ahhhh so it is a roller. Well I think Crane will do a regrind for you. However is there not a local place that can? Around here a flat tapped regrind is $80 and a roller is about double. This way you could have it back in a matter of days and have somewhere to go if it all goes south. Maybe your builder can suggest a place.

[TurboZ24]

Crane, Crower, pretty much any cam company will do a regrind. As for a complete custom cam, there is a company that has cores, I think they run somewhere in the 250-300 dollar range, then add 100-200 for the actual grinding on the core.

[blackbombshell95]

Well teh builder only goes through crane. Cause the he was saying something about regrinds not being exactly centered or sumthin. But he said that Crane would make an ACTUAL camshaft from scratch?? that didn't make any sense to me. I'm sure they would do a regrind.

Can you explain what a roller is? or have a link to some place that does.

Now i need SPECS!!!!!!! help!

[blackbombshell95]

What??? I thought this was a roller cam. Hell just buy a new Crane 272 cam then. It will give a very sligh lope with healthy power in the top end. I doubt you will even really notice the lope at all.

lol. i missed this post lol. So that cam will work for my 95 3100 then huh



is the right one?

http://www.cranecams.com/?show=browseParts&lvl=2&prt=5&Vehicle_Type=Auto&Cylinders=6&Engine_Make=CHEVROLET&Year=1995&Engine_Size=2.8-3.1%20L&partNumber=253941&partType=camshaft

[geoffinbc]

Crane will not make a cam from scratch unless you have serious bling to get it made. Money talks man...

Roller cams work with roller lifters. Flat tappet cams work with standard lifters. You cannot in any way ever interchange them.

If it were me I would take an existing cam spec off of Cranes site and use it as a base line. Talking with a tech will take you from a starting point to something that will compliment what you intend to use the car for. But in most cases you might just stick with a pre made grind since they are designed to step up in incremental performance levels.

[blackbombshell95]

Ok. well the crane 272 cam doesn't look that bad. I believe the part # is 253941. And its cheap too. $160.00 or so. at summit.

http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?target=egnsearch.asp&N=400078

I'm not sure how this one compares to the one that i have now. My plan is 1/4 mile strictly.