A little cam tech for those interested

TT5.9mag said

I watched Isky Straighten a cam years ago, and couldn’t believe how he did it. The cam was mountsed in V blocks similar to that, with a dial indicator, and he would roll it over, check the dial, then whack it with a BFH in specific places. It was great watching a master at work.

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My street racing buddies and I flew down to Florida around 1978-1979. One year Daytona beach and one year Fort Lauderdale. My buddy was looking at a National dragster and said hey let’s see if we can tour Crane Cams. So we called and set up a tour the next day. Towards the end of the tour there was a little old lady running pushrods between her finger with two dial
Indicators and smacking pushrods with a hammer straightening them. The next year I bend on at the track and told my buddy I got this. I roll it down my duster front fender and marked a spot then smacked it with a hammer on my open trailer. Took three attempts but worked like a charm.