June 24, 201311 yr Author comment_426249 Leon, I run a Web Racing camshaft. Here's a quote from Bryan Little's website: "Webcamshafts of Riverside, California is worth checking out. They have 50 years experience with creating custom and antique engine grinds as well as a couple of decades of producing Zcar cams. And after talking to them on phone they appear to really know their stuff. It turns out they use CWC billets for their new Z cams and also create reginds (your choice), but they "Nitride" them which involves heating them to 900 degrees and in an ammonia gas chamber. Nitriding creates a super hard lobe surface and is considered to increase the life of a cam 10-fold."I also use only VR-1 oil which might help and I run a turbo oil pump which might have increased the flow enough to provide some oiling.All I know is that I got lucky. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46829-camshaft-help-needed/?&page=2#findComment-426249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 24, 201311 yr Author comment_426250 Will do cliff. I should be able to report back in about 3 weeks how it performs on the track. When I had the cam in my L26, it really woke up the engine. I don't think it lost much on the bottom and it pulled to well over 6500 RPM. The engine was old and tired though, so the overall power output was still low. With my new F54/shaved P79 motor and the addition of a header and 2.5" MSA exhaust, I should be making around 175 RWHP. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46829-camshaft-help-needed/?&page=2#findComment-426250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 24, 201311 yr comment_426253 I bet you had just enough oil flow and that the cam was a reground Nissan piece. CWC blanks are not nearly as durable. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46829-camshaft-help-needed/?&page=2#findComment-426253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 24, 201311 yr Author comment_426258 Nope, it's a CWC blank with a stock base circle. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46829-camshaft-help-needed/?&page=2#findComment-426258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 24, 201311 yr comment_426265 Nope, it's a CWC blank with a stock base circle.Interesting. You must have had just enough oil flow then... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46829-camshaft-help-needed/?&page=2#findComment-426265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
June 25, 201311 yr comment_426309 Turbo oil pump spun with a Dewalt cordless drill on low. Love that high flow oil pump even better now! Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/46829-camshaft-help-needed/?&page=2#findComment-426309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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