89 foxbody camshaft questions

[Paul Williams]

Ok so from what I am gathering from all my research and what you all have came up with 51099 just means custom grind cam.

I have found the next number is the custom grind number. And if they got rid of all that information when holley bought I am out of luck. Thanks everyone for the input.

[BRETV]

Paul, We had a Foxbody GT and ran 11.90's in M/SA in the early 2000's with a Bullet cam. Also, if your car is a GT which I think it is, you can call it an 87 and it's a natural L car. You might have my old car. We ran a 95 Cobra R stocker in the late 90's before we built the Foxbody and it was a 351W and we ran a Lunati cam in that car with 106 lobe separation. We sold both cars to the same guy. He might have accidentally given that cam to the guy who bought your car.




Bret Velde
2003 I/SA

[Henrys Toy]

Originally Posted by Paul Williams

Ok so from what I am gathering from all my research and what you all have came up with 51099 just means custom grind cam.

I have found the next number is the custom grind number. And if they got rid of all that information when holley bought I am out of luck. Thanks everyone for the input.

Good evening Paul and to all,
When in doubt, see if someone in your area has a Cam Doctor or something like that and they can spin it for you and you'll get lift, duration and opening and closing ramp speed numbers. The Cam Dr. cant do lobe centers, but if you think its usable then stick it in a block with a crank and one rod and piston and figure the Lobe Separation numbers with a degree wheel and a dial indicator.
Good luck with your new pieces.

Respectfully,
Henry Kunz 1534 H/SA

[Paul Williams]

Thanks Henry. We have already had it in the block and checked the lift. The lift is legal. We Were hoping someone out there had this camshaft and would have some info on it. I will install it and see where everything comes out for lobe separation. Compare with others we have. Thanks for all the info!

[Stan Weiss]

Originally Posted by Henrys Toy

Good evening Paul and to all,
When in doubt, see if someone in your area has a Cam Doctor or something like that and they can spin it for you and you'll get lift, duration and opening and closing ramp speed numbers. The Cam Dr. cant do lobe centers, but if you think its usable then stick it in a block with a crank and one rod and piston and figure the Lobe Separation numbers with a degree wheel and a dial indicator.
Good luck with your new pieces.

Respectfully,
Henry Kunz 1534 H/SA

Henry,
I have never owned a Cam DR so done know what information is measured and what is entered by the operator.I do have a number of files from a Cam DR and also the CamDR Software (MS-DOS),
The printout does show LSA.


Stan

[Don Anderson]

I have this Lunati stick.