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Originally Posted by Cliff R
" It's my understanding that CMC ground the original WG-5059 cams. They also have the original prints. In order to have a run made, a few samples would need to be obtained, and measured, then put in an engine and ran on the dyno, etc.
Once satisfied with the product, an order would be placed for a minimum run or price per camshaft based on the amount they designate per order. I have no idea what their minimum order would be, as I never got a return phone call from anyone at that company, and I left numerous messages at several folks desks? Typically, the more you purchase, the less they cost per camshaft. Cliff
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A bit more history:
The guy who "Wrote the Book" on Camshaft design, Don Hubbard, was a "Boost Guy" and very good friend of mine during my early years at Ford. His book is here:
http://cambook.net/
Don had a turbocharged Jaguar 6 cylinder. He worked on the Chevrolet Can Am Turbo
cars during that race series.
Don had worked for Harvey Crane and later was the Vice President for Camshaft Machine Company (OEM Cams) and Wolverine Blue Racer Cams (Aftermarket). I was a dealer for the Wolverine Blue Racer camshafts and still have some of the camshafts on the shelves.
I would typically buy the camshafts 10 at a time and the camshaft kits (w lifters and lube) 5 at a time. I was not required to buy 50 cams at a time. I would order about 6 times a year. Unfortunately Wolverine Blue Racer went out of business. They (CMC/ WBR) made great camshafts.
The Chief Engineer of the CMC / Wolverine company was a "Pontiac Guy" named Glenn Corwin.
I watched a Pontiac hydraulic camshafts being ground on one of their high speed grinders in less than a minute. They also ground all of the early Roller camshafts for the Ford Motor Company.
Yep, CMC ground the WG-5059 camshafts. They also had an extensive cam profile collection (using their measurement equipment). I had a couple of new camshafts from "the other guys" that CMC read for me. One of these camshafts was the famous Milt Schornack "744" cheater camshaft, that in no way, resembled a factory 744 camshaft, lol!
It was a true CHEATER camshaft.
Tom Vaught