2001 has started out well for us. We had a healthy sales increase over 2000 and we’re still very busy. Harriett and I enjoyed our trip to Florida and Clarence, Chuck, and Shannon took care of everyone quite well. I spent a lot of time designing new cam profiles and I’m excited about the results.

Don’t miss a chance to try out our newest hydraulic profiles in your mild street engines. These cams have extremely short seat timing, which promotes higher cylinder pressure, better throttle response, more torque and better fuel economy. We have all the masters and can produce them now.

Check the comparison between our 202H280 and the Isky 256 Supercam. This is a good example of why you can’t compare advertised duration figures if you don’t know where they are checked.

While our cam will perform better, (see reasons why above) the Isky will have a rougher idle which some people desire even at the expense of some performance and economy.

	Isky	Camcraft HCR series
Adv. duration	256@? 274@ .004	252@ .004 245@ .006
.050 duration	202	202
Lobe lift	. 280	. 280

HCR Profiles	.004 dur.	.006 dur.	.050 dur.	Cam lift	1.5	1.6
198H198	148	241	198	.268	402	.428
202H280	252	245	202	.280	.420	.448
206H280	256	249	206	.280	.420	.448
210H286	260	253	210	.286	.430	.457
214H293	264	257	214	293	.440	.468

These cams should not be used in higher compression engines unless they are ground with closer lobe separation and the intake centerline retarded slightly. Max cranking compression should be under 200 lbs.

New SXTL flat tappet series

There will be some new flat tappet designs added as well. They will primarily be in the 240 to 250 degree ranges. Instead of the 28-degree major intensity found in our very successful XTL series these cams will have a 26 degree major intensity. This is accomplished by employing a revolutionary new intake ramp and using our already track proven XTL closing ramp. These cams will require a slightly tighter lash and are not intended for very high rpm. Lash maintenance is more critical and valve spring quality will be more important. Although these profiles have considerably more lift, the nose radius is still conservative for good wear characteristics. The following profiles are planned.

SXTL Profiles	.020 dur.	.050 dur.	Cam lift	1.5 lift	1.6 lift
* 234F333X	260	234	.333	.500	.534
@ 238F340X	264	238	.340	.510	.544
& 242F346X	268	242	.346	.520	.553
& 246F353X	272	246	.353	.530	.564
* 250F360X	276	250	.360	.540	.576
* 254F367X	280	254	.367	.550	.587

@ Masters done, we can grind

We will have some new roller ramp designs that will permit extremely high rpm with very high ratio rockers while offering the utmost in valve train stability. Initial designs will encompass 254 to 268 duration @ .050 with .410 lobe lift. We already have added 280 & 284 with .420 lobe lift.

Open House

We are planning another open house. This one will be in the 1^st part of April but the date has not been finalized. We hope to finalize in the next week or so. We will immediately post it on our web site. We hope to have a few of our customer and vendors present several seminars on various racing and street performance topics. We are trying to schedule it just before the opening of the Stock Car Season at Delaware International Speedway so we can have some stock cars on hand while they still look new and fresh. We hope to see you here in April.