Do used cams have value like lifters?

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I've got 3 used (well maybe 2) SB cams. Funny they are all about the same as far as I can tell. I cleaned up 1 lobe on each and have identified them to the best of my ability. Anyway I understand having a cam regroup so is there any "value" to these cams? Do people want used cams? Should I bother attempting to find new homes for these?
So what I've got are a Crower Monarch M280H 224/465 110 LSA
A Speed Pro CS178R
222/447 114 LSA
AND A Crane Fireball 300
447 lift but @ .050 between 222-232 with an advertised duration of 300. I couldn't nail it down.
I don't believe the SP cam was used.
Do people want cams to regrind? These all appear to be in usable condition. Any reason I shouldn't put them up for sale?

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The Crower Monarch cam was a great cam. I ran one in a relatively stock LA 360 in a 79 Dodge Magnum years ago. Once the warranty was up on the "CS" lean burn system, the lean burn and everything associated with it went to the scrap bin.
 
I guess it depends on how hard they are for cam regrinders to get. I know Ken at Oregon is running short on slant 6 cores for instance, so that drives their prices up from worthless to "a little more". Just as one example. IMO, a factory Chrysler core is worth more, because they are hardened slap to the core center, unlike aftermarket cores. At least that's what Ken says and as someone who grinds cams, he oughtta know.
 
I can't see there being much demand but it can't hurt to try and sell them. Who would take the chance of running an old cam on new lifters? That said cams are pretty expensive these days so you never know. When I bought an Oregon cam the savings from supplying a core wasn't worth the shipping cost. I threw out my old cam and kept the lifters. Perhaps somebody will want those for regrinding.
 
I hate to toss them and they appear to be in good usable condition. I have a used solid I plan on running and have the matched lifters to each lobe. I do have 1 set of used hydraulic lifters at least 10 years old. But we mopar people tend to be low budget and I can't say a good used cam probably wouldn't be sellable with the crazy prices cams get today!
 
I've got 3 used (well maybe 2) SB cams. Funny they are all about the same as far as I can tell. I cleaned up 1 lobe on each and have identified them to the best of my ability. Anyway I understand having a cam regroup so is there any "value" to these cams? Do people want used cams? Should I bother attempting to find new homes for these?
So what I've got are a Crower Monarch M280H 224/465 110 LSA
A Speed Pro CS178R
222/447 114 LSA
AND A Crane Fireball 300
447 lift but @ .050 between 222-232 with an advertised duration of 300. I couldn't nail it down.
I don't believe the SP cam was used.
Do people want cams to regrind? These all appear to be in usable condition. Any reason I shouldn't put them up for sale?

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They might be reusable to the right person. I would look at them closely for wear and damage and get the dial caliper out and measure the lobes for wear and to compare. Measure both edges because there is a slight taper ground into the lobe. Knowing it's good, it might be worth $50-75. Probably cost almost 50 to ship it. If the lobes are worn, it can be used as a core for a regrind but there again, the length and weight may be an issue for shipping. No reason to spend $35-40+ to UPS it across the country if it has no real value. Regrinders may pick up cores at swap meets like other parts vendors do. I know Brewer collects transmissions and Glen Ray collects radiators at swap meets.
 
I've got 3 used (well maybe 2) SB cams. Funny they are all about the same as far as I can tell. I cleaned up 1 lobe on each and have identified them to the best of my ability. Anyway I understand having a cam regroup so is there any "value" to these cams? Do people want used cams? Should I bother attempting to find new homes for these?
So what I've got are a Crower Monarch M280H 224/465 110 LSA
A Speed Pro CS178R
222/447 114 LSA
AND A Crane Fireball 300
447 lift but @ .050 between 222-232 with an advertised duration of 300. I couldn't nail it down.
I don't believe the SP cam was used.
Do people want cams to regrind? These all appear to be in usable condition. Any reason I shouldn't put them up for sale?

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Sure used to run them all the time if they look good on taper. New lifters or used with a crown. SP is probably 340 cam at 114 C/L. You can always regrind within reason. Cores are getting hard to come by and expensive.
 
Got to love that Crane Fireball. Sold a ton of those back in the day. $49.95 each. 222° @.050 but 300° advertised. It idles like a top fueler but is easy on stock valve springs because of the low lift.
 
They might be reusable to the right person. I would look at them closely for wear and damage and get the dial caliper out and measure the lobes for wear and to compare. Measure both edges because there is a slight taper ground into the lobe. Knowing it's good, it might be worth $50-75. Probably cost almost 50 to ship it. If the lobes are worn, it can be used as a core for a regrind but there again, the length and weight may be an issue for shipping. No reason to spend $35-40+ to UPS it across the country if it has no real value. Regrinders may pick up cores at swap meets like other parts vendors do. I know Brewer collects transmissions and Glen Ray collects radiators at swap meet.

If you use Pirateship.com you can probably ship a cam anywhere in the 48 states for around $20 or less.

Tom
 
The cores that will be most valuable for use in a re-grind will be the cams that [a] have the lowest lobe lift & have a LSA closest to the desired LSA of the new cam. This will preserve as much of the base circle & lobe size for the re-grind.
 
Regarding prices on shipping, I just sent a big block cam and a set of solid lifters to Ken in Oregon to regrind / resurfaced. Cost just under $20 ups ground through pirateship.com. I'm in southern Utah for reference.
 
Just like a car ( *** for every seat ) Rodders budgets are the same might take you 5 years to unload them but consider everyone of them is older and most likely quality material and a competent human ground it !
Alot of used LA cams pass thru Ebay yearly. I have a bunch of new solid Purple LA cams seasoning if you will and I need to put them up for adoption soon.
 
I sent a /6 cam to Oregon cams about 3 years ago and for just the cam headed out I spent $40-some to ship it there and about the same to get it back, though the return trip also included the oversized valves and a new set of solid lifters but at the end of the day I spent double JUST TO SHIP and it took twice as long as I expected it to
Oregon cams themselves had a pretty fast turn a round, they didn't have it in their hands very long, about 3 days as I remember but a month from the time it left me til I had it back.
By the time all was said and done I spent damneer the same for shipping as Ken charged me for the regrind, plus to weld up the fuel pump lobe/ and reshape that. Shipping sucks these days. Costs too much and watch your parts zigzag the country past you via tracking by the time it actually gets to you ..
 
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