Thread: Cam's in the mail!

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Well I ordered the cam for my motor today. I had originally picked out a 224/224@.050" .465"/.465" lift hydraulic flat tappet cam, but the guy at Renegade racing recommended, after a series of questions about what I want the car to perform like, a cam with the profile in the range of 230@.050" and ".480 lift. Those figures aren't "to-the-number" but that's the range that it is in. I thought about it for an hour or so and decided that it isn't that much bigger, but it might make the car run stronger so I went for it. Also ordered ROL head gaskets, 4.200" bore, .045" thickness, and a set of 7.800" length, .075" wall thickness one piece push rods. Also have a trick kit for my 750 Holley coming next week.

Only thing I'm missing now is a can of laquer thinner and some lintless rags

I sure hope your cam shows up in better shape than mine did....
Thank you UPS....

Maybe the UPS driver had to use it to fend off a carjacker........LOL....sorry bud. That suks.

man that bites..... reminds me of the aluminum radiator i ordered.... when the ups guy picked it up it was a 4 core, when it got to my house it was about as thick as a 1 1/2 core

I have to say, if my camshaft shows up looking like that (which it shouldn't because the company that I ordered from, I've also bought about 2500 dollars worth of parts in the past and they always box their parts in bigger boxes and put those packing peanuts and/or paper packing around the parts) I think the UPS man will be eating that camshaft. There's no excuse for a metal shaft to be broken in half on its way from their door to mine. The UPS center in our area is generally pretty good though, I had a bunch of gaskets that I special ordered for a '69 318 dodge that came in a manilla envelope, no seal or anything like that and the envelope wasn't even wrinkled. (It was shipped from Kansas City, MO to my doorstep in Lawton/Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.)

The cam was purchased through a reputable supplier and shipped in a larger well packed box as well. It was replaced with no hassles at all.
All I’m telling you is UPS is damn good at what they do……

The specs sound similar or the same as a CompCams Magnum 280, which I run in my 383. I like it a lot, and its not as hard on valves as their XE line.