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Bill, what about offering 2 options for cams. Let's say one for a '99 head with a "standard" port&polish and the oversized valves, optimized for a standard flow that one might see with this combo on a '99 head (I say '99 because I assume anyone dropping the coin on a setup like this will be applying the parts to the best head available), and another cam that's blank, ready for a cam shop to install the valves, flow-test the head, and then grind the cam to the user's specs.
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"If you have to ask, then..."
This of course isn't anything official, but based off some recent OHC cams we've done:
One time engineering/programming: ~$250 per cam (I think both intake and exhaust cams are the same, in terms of cam cores)
After that each cam is around $400. This is just for a cam core; for most cam materials, you'd need to copper plate it, rough grind the lobes, heat treat the cam, then final grind the lobes.
#31
I hear ya Tim...you are correct, but we can all still play the lottery and hope, lol
The head is last on my list and I have really not done a lot of reasearch on optimum components to use. I will more than likely source a 99-00 head and have it built by the same guy who is doing my machining on the block, he is good. I am getting to this prematurely, but I'd still kind of like to know what's waiting for me, curiosity killed the cat.
So you are somewhere in the $800 range for properly done cams to your builders spec, right?
Also, doesn't mazcomp sell heat treated blank? I though I read something about that...
Thanks Tim
The head is last on my list and I have really not done a lot of reasearch on optimum components to use. I will more than likely source a 99-00 head and have it built by the same guy who is doing my machining on the block, he is good. I am getting to this prematurely, but I'd still kind of like to know what's waiting for me, curiosity killed the cat.
So you are somewhere in the $800 range for properly done cams to your builders spec, right?
Also, doesn't mazcomp sell heat treated blank? I though I read something about that...
Thanks Tim
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I hear ya Tim...you are correct, but we can all still play the lottery and hope, lol
The head is last on my list and I have really not done a lot of reasearch on optimum components to use. I will more than likely source a 99-00 head and have it built by the same guy who is doing my machining on the block, he is good. I am getting to this prematurely, but I'd still kind of like to know what's waiting for me, curiosity killed the cat.
So you are somewhere in the $800 range for properly done cams to your builders spec, right?
Also, doesn't mazcomp sell heat treated blank? I though I read something about that...
Thanks Tim
The head is last on my list and I have really not done a lot of reasearch on optimum components to use. I will more than likely source a 99-00 head and have it built by the same guy who is doing my machining on the block, he is good. I am getting to this prematurely, but I'd still kind of like to know what's waiting for me, curiosity killed the cat.
So you are somewhere in the $800 range for properly done cams to your builders spec, right?
Also, doesn't mazcomp sell heat treated blank? I though I read something about that...
Thanks Tim
#40
I'm still educating myself about cams, so no ETA at this point.
Please feel free to barrage me with tech articles.
Bill@MiataRoadster.com
Please feel free to barrage me with tech articles.
Bill@MiataRoadster.com