Stroker specific cams?
So, I have filled out online cam recommendation forms from Crower, Bullet, and Jones cams. The forms were interesting if nothing else. I found it interesting that Jones and Crower both asked for head flow numbers, but Bullet did not. Then Jones and Bullet asked for spring pressures, but Crower did not. Comp on the other hand asked for neither. I will be interested in see what they all come up with.
My only experience really with ordering cam has been through Oregon cam grinding. I had a purple performance cam in the 318 that came with my car and I blew up the motor. When I had the stroker kit put in an engine put together for me it was recommended to go to have an Oregon cam grind done on my existing cam. I wanted something pretty radical and he was trying to talk me out of it, but I had to have it. With my 1.6:1 rockers it was a little over six hundred lift with a 259 267 duration on a 107 lobe separation. It was exactly what I wanted! Completely radical could barely hold an idol and absolutely no bottom end. You know where it ran like crap so bad that when you took a friend for a drive they weren't sure if you were going to make it back because it ran so rough, but when you got to the straightaway and opened it up they were scared for their lives...
Seeing as how I only live the the 20-mi away I went over and talked to Ken the owner and who I asked for on the phone. We had a discussion on what I was looking for and what I wanted "this time":D
I ended up with 238-248. We left the lobe separation low at a 108 to help bleed compression which also made it a one-off cam. (The number profile for this cam has a higher LS) also it list for a 1.5 to 1 rocker, but with my 1.6:1 it's a 526 lift. I have 28 in tires with 354 gears. It pulls right from the bottom end in every gear. Starts and idles perfect. Still lots of hot rod left in it, but also has manners.
My next grind will probably just have more lift...
It's been fun picking one and having the ends of the scale to have the knowledge..
I see absolutely no reason why he couldn't grind absolutely whatever you wanted. Whatever lift, whatever lobe separation, and whatever duration makes you happy.
Charge me $79 to gind my cam and $4 each I think for resurfacing each lifter. I remember it being around or just under $150...
It'll be fun whatever you choose...