Technical Camshaft Names

Dear God; a high school buddy of mine went off one day talking about a "Ford firing order" cam for his SBC. Guaranteed to make 10% more power, Hahaha. Oy vey on the "RV Cam", hahaha!

 

Yep, they were sales pitched pretty hard at one time and were popular in the Pro Stock ranks.

 

Hahaha, I told him that a Crane Cams decal and "barefoot" gas pedal would give him at least 15%.

Anyone mention Ed Winfield's "404" yet?

 

I can recall a "Midnight Special" but don't remember who made it. I have one of the Crane Fireballs in my 56 Chevy.

 

Actually the proper name is knockenweller. However I have found in my short life that the fancier the name , the brighter the packaging the worse the performance.
don

 

I always wondered what Legerra meant in Spanish.
What about lunati Voodoo.
Comp Cams Thumper, Motha Thumper, and Big Motha Thumper.
Wolverine Blue Racer.

 

Might that have been a Racer Brown roller cam?

 

My B.B.C. has a Crower 0100 "Monarch". Not really sure where that name came from.

Possibly Muhammad Ali " Float like a Butterfly (Monarch) and sting like a Bee". ? ? ?

VR&C.

 

Isky mile a more

 

Had a Wolverine in my Y-block, built the engine in 1963.

 

Leggera is actually Italian. meaning "light" [as in weight]
The Term Superleggera is actually a Coach building term when they draped a skin over a lightweight tubular frame originating in the 1930's
Most GT cars of the 60's used this technique [Lambos Ferraris and Astons] which was usually Alloy over steel creating over priced rust buckets

The term Superleggera is actually a trademark owned by Carrozzeria Touring, So Isky probably blatantly plagiarised and marketed the name.

 

Not an old name but Comp Cams "Thumper". Works and sounds great on my 302.

 

In the late 60s Melling offered a 3/4 - Full- and a Super Full Race
These were popular with the dirt track guys around here
SPEEDY

 

As a teenager, i put a " full race cam" in my 66 421 HO engine. Three weeks later we pulled it out and put in a " mckellar #7" .

 

A lot of names from way back when.Remember a lot of the guys where I grew up used to call the Duntov 30 30 a"Winchester".
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Crower had "Beast" Cams. I have a plain old z-28 cam in my 327.

 

Nobody ever 'parroted' Isky's Poly-Dyne grind... LOL ... Wanna cracka?

 

I remember going to our local dealership and for $28 you could get a 098 solid lifter cam for a small block. I dont know but this may have been the Duntov 30-30, as I recall that was the valve setting.
.030-.030 stright across.
SPEEDY

 

Many years ago,a local guy advertised his car for sale in the Auto Trader. To spice up the ad he claimed it had a "Whooping Crane Roller Coaster cam with overshoes to prevent camwalk..."

 

Mushroom lifters?

 

Some Crower cam names Rev Plus Compu Pro Mileage Pro Baja Torque Master Baron Hi-Draulic Hauler.

 

In the 1950's, Crane offered the Whapper, Super Whapper, and Hyper Whapper. Later, the RamSonic line was the premium hard-core race offering. Regards, Chase

 

This is a TECHNICAL thread?

 

Part numbers were C 8 P and C 10 P they used lifters J992

 

Isky super Le Gerra

 

isky marketed a flathead cam with mushroom lifters that were held in place with "staples" so they wouldn't rotate--the "constant acceleration" cam.

 

I like the "4-7 swap" gives a sbc the same firing order as a Y-Block. Just prooving Ford got it right a long time ago.

 

Are you sure that it wasn't midnight auto cam?

Legerra isn't Spanish in Spanish it would La Guerra and would translate to war or the war if you are being literal.

Legerra maybe a name in several of the romantic languages but it is no doubt meant to sound like La Guerra. in Hungarian legerra means ledger. OK so much for linguistics 101.

next?

 

First real hot rod cam I ever bought (about 1972) was from the general
General Kinetics
IIRC, it was called a split pattern cam

 

Some of us old flathead guys also call them gow sticks...