keeping used cam shafts

[mac]

is there any worth keeping an old cam shaft around? i have a MP 484 and a lunati voodoo cam shafts and they are just taking up space. would you chuck them or can they be used in someone elses project?

 

[69hemibeep]

let me check the specs and see if they fall into what I'm doing. Which Lunati do you have Mac?

 

[Big John]

I used to break them and then tell everyone I had a 3/4 cam!

 

[moparchris]

I used to break them and then tell everyone I had a 3/4 cam!

X2 my buddies and I would have the cam toss and inevitably someone would drop the cam and POP no more workable cam.

 

[mac]

let me check the specs and see if they fall into what I'm doing. Which Lunati do you have Mac?

here is the cam card.

 

[mcmopar]

They are sellable. I've sold more than a few used cams. They are ok as long as they aren't worn out. Offer them for sale for a few bucks and let the new owners buy the lifters. Why throw out a decent part when you can make a few bucks and buy a tank (well, maybe part of a tank) of gas?

PS looks like a decent cam for a mildly hopped up 440 in a Valiant...

 

[glhcarl]

They would be worth a couple $$ as scrap?

 

[69hemibeep]

That Lunati has allot of lift but the duration is a little shorter so I wonder about clearance with a standard flattop with a thick Felpro gasket Mac whats the history of the two cams, something you used or gently used on Sundays by grandma

 

[mac]

the 484 was the first cam i tried and was a mistake for a street motor with a 6 bbl intake. was kinda fun for the quick romp, but street driving was a dissappointment. low vacuum. the lunati was probably a better choice but i had other problems with the combo for that cam to work correctly. both cams were in the car 2 seasons each which is like 5 months. that's all the story i got.

 

[ACME A12]

In the overall scheme of things (new) cams are cheap. I can recall only once putting a used cam in anything, and it was not a rebuild, just a case of "I have this intake and cam on the shelf so why not throw them in this POS when I replace this worn-out timing chain?" I won't go so far as to say that I have a hard and fast rule that I would never throw one in a brand new engine, but I probably wouldn't unless it was a roller and I knew its history...and I used new lifters... New flat tappets are just too cheap to monkey around with someone else's retread. :cents:

As for selling them to someone that wants to roll the dice, why not? We all know what P.T. Barnum said...

:jester:

 

[69hemibeep]

I'm going to pass I settled on a new cam that Chris and I had discussed last week.I have slipped used ones in with no issues in the past, some body will get them.