I see on cranes site they seem to not make the solid lifter cams for our engines anymore :-( shame it was on my planned engine build. are there any other options ? would need shipping to united kingdom.

the only other thing i can think is that over the years you guys have always talked about having your cams made for you alot cheaper than off the shelf branded.

any ideas ?

 

Not sure if Delta cams will ship all the way over there but i just bought one last tuesday for 100 bucks with lifter included. Its a mild cam 260 re-grind. I hope its here this week!!!!! Might wana check out that place. http://deltacam.com/ I would shoot them a email. Since the phone call would be $$$. Theyll also do custom grinds on cams too but i didnt ask about that since its probly a little more and i just needed a good mild streatable cam.

 

There are a couple healthy solid roller cams for sale on V6Z24.com right now..


http://www.v6z24.com/jbodyforum/for-...s-t116812.html



Other than that, Crower still probably makes some solid flat tappet cams.

http://members.shaw.ca/betterthanyou...haft_guide.htm


Delta has been good to the 60v6 community, they'll grind pretty much whatever you want and you get a free shirt.

 

thanks guys ill shoot them a mail - cant argue with a free shirt lol.
I have to say most companys in the US are willing to ship if i pay for it, I always recieve great customer service. shame i cant say the same for UK companys/people..........

 

great spreadsheet mate, looking into the crower now however like for like crane 250801 and crower 3066, looking at the advertised rpm range the crower has less lift the crower 3067 has more lift but more top end. What would be the real world difference between the 1st two, im looking for tons of torque but not all top end revy.

 

I'd go with the crower and some 1.6 rockers, that's still a lot of cam for a street driven '660 with iron heads. In a racing application it would be nice though.


What are you planning to do with this setup? What are your power goals?

 

once crane went out of business and then was bought out, they significantly reduced the selection. i have their 250801 grind and i thought it would be too aggressive for the street, its pretty mild and my brake pedal isnt a brick.

 

funny you mention 1.6 rockers as i had my calculator out last night looking at the lift increase makes a nice cam i think all in all.
just looking for lots of torque/grunt in the useable rpm range, im not after a high reving ferrari engine on this application, but good overtaking pulling uphill grunt. These engines were built for torque, im sure GM spent a silly amount of money in designing these engines and id like to keep it that way just improve on it.
whilst i have some knowledgable people here, how much lift will the yellow ls6 springs take ? i think there the ones we can use and are recomended ?
engine will one day be the 3.4 block i have 3.4 injectors already in there, UIM massivly been opened up heads to be drastically worked and pacesetters to be bought possibly going true dual/ not sure yet. this is a really looong running project but id like to get some parts on the shelf soon - i get worried that parts will become less and less comon place.
thanks !

 

If it's not a full on racing application then i'd shy away from a solid tappet cam.

A well designed hydraulic flat tappet will do everything you need, be a little better at idle and you won't spend your weekends adjusting your rockers.


the LS6 yellows have a coil bind of 1.16, you'll need to measure them on the head to get the installed height, subtract the difference and add .060 then you have your max safe lift. You can push them a little further but not much.

Maybe someone on here has done the math for the iron heads, i've only done it on the gen 3 aluminums which leaves max lift around .500. We broke a few in a 3400 with .506 lift several years ago.