New Camshaft question

Most cam failures are owner induced BUT I lost a cam a couple of years ago.

It **** the bed for no reason. IIRC the lifters may have been a little suspect but I don’t think so.

Bought a replacement cam and lifters (same everything) and it lived.

If you can’t do it, have someone verify the lifters have a radius on them. It can’t be a wedge cut or shaped like a symbol. It needs a radius.

Make sure all the lifters rotate in their bores and that none are loose.

There are two and only two cam lubes I will use. One is Torco.

The other is Isky rev lube. I have used some Crower lube and it was essentially the same as the Isky stuff.

I never used to but now I pull all the inner springs, run the cam through a complete break in cycle. Then I install the inners and do it again.

One other thing I have started doing is cryogenically treating the cam and lifters.

I send it to 300 Below and let them do it. I’ve only seen one cam after I’ve done it and most would be stunned how it looked.

Some of these lobes these days are very quick. That makes it hard on cams. Plus, too few understand what a flexing pushrod does.