Product loyalty aside , who makes the best cam and valvetrain parts?

Crower, to me they are the best, have used them for many many years without fail.

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"The Doctor"
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what do you guys think of engle cams

I ran Engle cams for years and always had good luck with them. I was building mostly big inch VW air cooled drag and midget type engines. I am not sure if they have kept up with the times with V8 stuff. I don't think that you can ever go wrong running Crower cam and components. Top quality across the board. I think there are quite a few Nextel Cup teams that use alot of Crower components. If it holds up for them, thats a pretty good indication of its quality.

My Brother runs Engle cams in his BB Olds engines, they are ground to Joe Mondellos specs, never a problem, I prefer Crower but I run SB Chevy stuff.

Its anoying so many companies claim to make the best parts , that you never know wich one actually makes the best parts . Its hard to find out what others are using because they are usually secretive about it

The next question is: What is your application, and how much are you looking to spend? If you are looking for a basic cam for a street engine, most all builders can meet those requirements. It's the exotic valve lift and high-rpm issues that will really separate the claims from reality. Perhaps if fellow maters had more of an idea on what type of engine you were building, we could provide you with more definitive answers. The Doctor is right about Jesel products. When you look at Nascar teams with unlimited budgets, but very tight rules...many of those teams will run Jesel or T&D valvetrain equipment to extremely high rpm's for extended periods of time. As much as we may not agree w/ turning left, there's no disagreement with a flat-tappet cam running 8500 rpm for 500 miles, ya know?

I think Crane holds that honor.

I have a little 318 engine and havent fully decided what I will use it for I am just figuring out what brands I should buy parts from

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If it's for the street then any number of companies build reliable cam and valvetrain components, seriously, I built a nice smallblock Chevy with a Summit K-1107 cam and lifter kit, for a little less than a hundred bucks it did a very good job, on the street it sounded great and and ran kickass! for my racing applications it's Crower cams all the way, the money is well spent. Crower cranks, rods, valve train components, Ross pistons, Dart heads, MSD ignition and Holley carbs, I have yet to lose an engine to part failure with this combo.

We have had good results with Lunati and Harland Sharp on our BBC.

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I think it depends on your application as some companies are better than others either in value or product depending on your needs.

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Eric
1956 Modified / Outlaw
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I sold hundreds of those things when I worked for Summit Racing. $79.99 at the time (~1995), and included cam and lifters.

Little known fact...they were Crane components.

BTW, I like the avatar. We just visited some friends in Texas last month, and toured the Alamo. Quite an experience.

Thanks, My wife and I were there last year for Cinco de Mayo, what a party that was. I had no idea that Summit cams were Crane components, as I said for 79.99 you can't go wrong, still are the same price too.