[DeTomaso] POLL: Are you running a Roller Cam in your 351C?

[Jørn C. Olsen]

Comp Cams solid roller in my 408 Fontana!

J.C.

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Sendt: 6. januar 2010 22:36
Til: Asa Jay Laughton
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Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] POLL: Are you running a Roller Cam in your 351C?

My hand is up.
Crane hydraulic roller

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> Just interested in how many of just the folks on this forum (never
> mind all Pantera owners in general) who are running a roller cam in
> their 351C powered Pantera.
>
> Please raise your hand.
>
> Curious,
> Asa Jay
>
> Quoting jderyke at aol.com:
>
> > In a message dated 1/5/10 3:39:46 PM, hemipanter at hemipanter.se writes:
> >
> >> Hav not been very much talk about "cam walk" on this board....
> >>
> > Thats likely because it doesn't affect pushrod Fords with their stock
> front
> > cam retainer plate, not used by GM until the LS-series engines copied
> that
> > from Ford as well.  And the modular Fords don't have any such problems.
> On
> > rare occasions a pushrod Ford retainer plate will wear and allow some
cam
> > movement, as happened a year or so ago to Jorn Olsen in Norway with his
> hot
> > Fontana, but its not generally the problem it is with other brands
> > of engines.
> > New hardened plates in several designs- including roller thrust bearing
> > types- are still available from Ford.
> >
> > Plus, cam walk is more of a problem when running roller cams rather than
> on
> > flat-tappet, and roller cams don't seem to be that popular in 351-C
> street
> > cars nowadays. I only know of a few out of hundreds of U.S Panteras.
> > Possibly because -A- roller cams are steel and -B- 351-Cs have
> > enough trouble with
> > stock distributor drive gears on iron cams. Steel cams require steel
> gears;
> > the prime source of good steel drive gears was Crane, and supplies of
> gears
> > from the new owners of Crane Cams are reportedly irregular. I haven't
> heard
> > much about droves of Cleveland owners looking for roller cams these
days.
> > Doesn't your Hemi use a front cam retainer to hold things in position?
> It's
> > been too long since I did anything with 426 Hemis.... J Deryke
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