Camcraft Newsletter

September 1, 2005

Editor: Charles Reichard

www.camcraftcams.com

 

Dear Customers,

          School has started in most places by now. Now hopefully a little money will free up for the racers. Lord knows they need it just to be able to get to the track anymore.

          Sept 24^th is the date for our daughter Betty’s wedding. We will leave for Ashville on the evening of the 20^th and be back in Easton on the 27^th. We have lots of friends and family coming and it should be a festive, fun filled weekend. We are excited!

         

   We have resumed normal Friday hours.
       Friday hours will go back to normal 8:00 am to 5:00 pm DST.

 

 Big Street Racer event at US-13 Dragway!  

September 4^rd will be the date for a major Street Racer event at US-13 Dragway in Delmar, DE. Outlaw Street and Real Street classes will be run. It is sponsored by Drummond race Cars and others. Don’t miss out on this!!!  Check their web site, www.delawareracing.com/ for details.

 

Winners

 On the Modified Semi truck pulling scene, Jim Fink of Cyclone Machine reports that Chris Woods in his 3406 Cat powered “Class Act” Peterbuilt has won the first 11 of 12 pulls in the NTPA Pro Stock single charger semi class in Ohio.

          Keen’s Automotive, Smithfield, VA powered Danny Edwards #26 to a Late Model win at Langley Speedway Aug 28^th . 

         

We have had others tell of many wins and promise to e-mail information but they didn’t do it.

 

 

 End of year testing

This time of year we are busy making cams for people wanting to try something a little different than what they normally run. With the end of the racing season near and most points battles over, now is an ideal time to try out those ideas you’ve been thinking about for next year. That different chassis setup or a different cam can be tested without loosing valuable points while you get it sorted out. Then next season you have a jump on the competition. While they sort out their new ideas, you are showing them the quick way around the track. Don’t waste these valuable non-points weeks running your same old combination. Try new things to prepare for next year. The same applies to drag cars as well.
 

Ford 2.9L & 3.0L engine parts

Camcraft continues to be about the sole aftermarket supplier of performance cams for the 2.9L & 3.0L Ford engines. We also have cams for the 4.0L engine as well.

Remember we stock 2.9L engine kits, rebuilt connecting rods, Valves, Valve Springs, Valve locks, rocker arms, rocker arm spacers, etc. We have a dynamite performance head for the 2.9L engine. We also offer a stock type rocker arm assembly with modified ratio. It is about 1.55 ratio and offers a healthy boost in valve opening speed and lift over the 1.47 stock rocker ratio. It also features hard chromed shafts.

We also have modified rockers for the early 318 Chrysler Poly engine, Y block Ford, and others with a cast adjustable rocker arm. We can do special orders and recondition or modify your rocker assembly.
 

Price increases

          We have had some very significant price increases over past year. The increase in flat tappet cam prices will be a very modest 3-5% or so. The roller cams are a different matter. All billet suppliers have a surcharge on any steel products. Expect about a 10% increase in prices on about everything steel and some of the oddball combinations like 55 mm bearings and 4/7 firing swap may be even more. We hate to see this happen but it is a hard fact of life. We hope you all have had enough success with our cams that the price increase will not matter. Our profit margin, in some cases, is reduced even with increase.