Camcraft Newsletter

February 1, 2002

Editor: Charles Reichard

www.camcraftcams.com

Dear Customers,

            Racers are getting ready earlier than ever this year. Our workload is very heavy for this time of year. While many shops report business is a little spotty, the race shops are covered up.

          Our racecar is in its first stages of a new paint job. All the removable stuff, front end, doors, deck lid, and rear bumper are at The GM Giant in Easton to start prepping for new paint. They do about the best paint & bodywork around and I’m happy to have them doing the job. The colors will be cream and purple unless I get another brainstorm in the next week or so.

          Test & tune at US-13 Dragway in Delmar, DE is Feb 24^th and I hope to have already made 1 trip to Colonial Beach by then. We’ll be cutting it close. We are going to have a new driver this year beside myself. It will be Ronnie Geaman, our newest employee. He did pretty well last year in a friend’s 10-second car so we’re going to see how he handles 1.5 seconds and 15 mph more. He wants to travel like I do so that means some Virginia trips as well as at least a couple to Piedmont Dragway in North Carolina near my Daughter’s school

          We have a few new designs this year. Listed below are our newest TMRX profiles. The 2 .420 lift designs were done last year. The .450 & 460 lift profiles are new. We haven’t been doing many long duration cams as our current designs worked so well but you asked for em so here they are.

TMRX Profiles       Extremely stable, very hi rpm profiles even with 2:1 rockers.

          We may add a few more profiles around 268  and 274 @.050 in the near future.

          We have also added another profile to our very successful HCR series of hydraulic profiles.

                                                                                                            Valve lift
.004 dur            .006 dur      .050 dur      lobe lift        1.5            1.6            1.7 
   276                 269                    226                   .314                .471            .502            .538

HLLM Series; A low lift race series based on our HMT series. More radical and a little harder on valve springs. Proper maintenance is important. Much shorter .004 duration than current HLL series

                                                                                                  valve lift

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*  master not yet made

ATI damper special

The following ATI damper are in stock for immediate shipment at special reduced prices.

917060-          BB Chevy internal balance                   $324.00

917080-          SB Chevy 400 external Balance          $320.00

917741E-       BBC 454 ext bal, 2 keyway, blower     $385.00

917780           SB Chevy  7” internal balance             $282.00

917781           SB Chevy 6” internal balance               $258.00

timing pointers                                                                 $36.00

          Remember the thing that sets us apart from the competition is the commitment to help you go faster. We don’t want to have to get new customers for each cam we produce. We depend on repeat business and referrals. We can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear but we can help upgrade your racing program no matter what level you are.

          As always, we thank you for your support.

Yours truly,

Charles, Harriett, Clarence, Chuck & Ronnie