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10-23-2020, 09:44 PM | #83 |
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Dwight, I think it was a west cost cam company that did the Grumps cams. One of the secrets to the performance of his engines along with ring combinations, and plate honing.I don't think you could buy a cam without getting a complete engine in those days.
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GK was located in a less than prime area down near the University of Detroit. Don was way ahead of his time when it came to camshafts back then, was not as much of a business man; but sure fun to work with on cam shaft designs. He was a real innovator. Valve springs were an issue, but he was good at working with the stock spring pressures. While Isky was acknowledged as a leader in the polydyne cam profile. Don Teweles wrote his masters thesis on on the polydyne principle and I personally believe he had more to do with it than Isky. As have mentioned in the past, wish we had taken good notes on all the things that were done. Don's were the only cams I ever ran in the Camaros, Ford and the Mopars. Any car I ran always had a GK cam decal on it. Don love to hear stories of setting class records and going to tech teardowns. I vary seldom paid for a camshaft there. Maybe helped pay when a new master lobe was required. Don was a very generous and kind man. Last edited by djm670; 10-26-2020 at 01:17 PM. |
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And smart engine builders will get 8000+ RPM out of those pressures.
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I still have mine too. And his Deck Checker, uses a dial indicator.
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