custom cam

What is all the information needed to order a custom cam?

engine size
piston bore
crank stroke
heads being used
intake
Carb
compression
headers size
transmission
rear end gears
weight of car
tires to be used
street or strip

just about any thing they can have to help determine cam size


Randy

How about flow #

They help.

Who are you looking to get a cam from?

sg86coupe wrote:How about flow #

use to think flow had a bunch to do with it but here lately everyone say flow is a bunch of crap everyone is hung up on flow flow, flow so, I guess I have spent a hell of a bunch of Money for absolutely no reason at all if Flow is so not important....

Give Lem a call and give him all your stats and I bet he will help you he has built a heck of a bunch of engines has a good handle on what they like and what they don't....

JMHO

Randy

Properly obtained flow #s can help when optimizing a cam. If you have them or have access to obtaining them they can help a lot, they aren't the only piece of the puzzle. Lem is a great cam guy, as is IDT 572 and rmcomprandy.

My next question was who to go to, looks like that has been answered.

schmitty wrote:Properly obtained flow #s can help when optimizing a cam. If you have them or have access to obtaining them they can help a lot, they aren't the only piece of the puzzle. Lem is a great cam guy, as is IDT 572 and rmcomprandy.

The reason I ask about flow # is, I'm going to use my police heads to begin with, when I sell some stuff ( new Boss block, turbo kit, mini tub 86 GT) I'm going to get a set of P-51. I only want to buy one cam, so I want to spec for P-51's and hope it will run good with police heads.

A call to any one of those guys will answer your question real quick. Nice guys and love to answer questions and help a guy out.

schmitty wrote:A call to any one of those guys will answer your question real quick. Nice guys and love to answer questions and help a guy out.

I agree, 3 of the smartest engine guy's on either forum. I was lucky enough to have supper w/Blake,Randy Malik,and Adney(performance crankshaft) Brown a couple weeks ago. I was very impressed. needless to say,I kept my mouth shut and set back and listened.

bbf-falcon wrote: I was very impressed. needless to say,I kept my mouth shut and set back and listened.

One can gather a lot of good info from these guys when one just listens. I had the privelege of eating supper with Adney at the last Tech Seminar, and visited with RM on the way back from the Roadhouse. It was fascinating listening to these guys. I give ole Lem a shout now and again just to shoot the breeze a little and learn also. I've called RM, and Blake on occasion and picked their brains too, what a wealth of information. Glad to have all of these guys and many others here to answer all of my questions.