Very few options listed for mopar stuff on jegs or summit now.
Lunati cams being phased out?
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I thought they had stopped production several years ago and everything that you see is left over inventory.
junkyardhero
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when edelbrock bought up lunati (who was already owned by comp) they basically nixed a whole segment of the catalog. my *guess* is that they are just blowing out what stock might remain while only producing chevy and ford stuff because the market isn't there for mopar.
summit doesn't even list lunati on their pull down menu any longer (you have to search by PN)
summit doesn't even list lunati on their pull down menu any longer (you have to search by PN)
Cant get a new custom cam. Production is shut down for a while. It will come back.
I believe this is correct. They got flushed in the Edelbrock acqui......steal.
Cam cores are in very short supply
currently.
The limited Chinese cores that are coming over
are often NOT CWC cast iron! They are an inferior metallurgy
that does not do well under the valve spring pressures required
for performance cams.
I was visiting with my friend of 60 years, who owns a major West Coast
Camshaft company and the situation is not improving currently.
currently.
The limited Chinese cores that are coming over
are often NOT CWC cast iron! They are an inferior metallurgy
that does not do well under the valve spring pressures required
for performance cams.
I was visiting with my friend of 60 years, who owns a major West Coast
Camshaft company and the situation is not improving currently.
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None of this is good news. I feel like I am watching our hobby going into the death throws because of all the parts issues. I still have a few builds left in me I hope, but I no longer plan on them being worth much of anything even when they are done.
I have (2) of your 570+ lift (LA ) Solids with lifters seasoning if you will !!!
I will sale them one day to persons looking for a USA made cam that will last.
Being a slant 6 guy, I won't use an off the shelf grind anyway, so what do I care? LOL
Newbomb Turk
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You aren’t wrong. We are the new flathead generation.
Sadly, the aftermarket is going to support the BBC, the LS and the SBC. For Chrysler guys we get Gen II and III Hemi stuff. That’s where the money is.
Pretty soon (if I live long enough) we will be picking poop with the chickens as far as parts go.
I never thought this time would come but it’s at hand.
Do not sell them too Cheap!!
I still have about 50 or more Camshafts form the last Century.
If I need something different = I will just have them reground and
reconditioned. I just had my Camshaft friends recondition one for
me last week.
By chance does any one have the specs for a solid roller lunati that has a 640/640 lift , that was all I remember about it and haven’t had luck with finding the specs on it , I currently run the 600/600 lift solid and love it but if I can get the specs on the bigger one I’d like to get one custom ground to those specs since a lot of hot rod company’s seem to be trying to phase out us guys that made them all millionaires by buying there products over the years
It might be easier to go from 1.5 to 1.6 rockers.
If you are not trying to add some additional duration?
If there is enough room on your existing camshaft to regrind:
Clay Smith Cams has a camshaft @ around 640 to 650 that I have used in several
of our 9 Second Bracket A Bodies. They are one of the major reasons my cars run
pretty well and have been for the best part of 60 years. They make a lot of their living on working
with the small time Sportsman racers.
If you are not trying to add some additional duration?
If there is enough room on your existing camshaft to regrind:
Clay Smith Cams has a camshaft @ around 640 to 650 that I have used in several
of our 9 Second Bracket A Bodies. They are one of the major reasons my cars run
pretty well and have been for the best part of 60 years. They make a lot of their living on working
with the small time Sportsman racers.
Bullet cams haas the lobe listings and master patterns for the old Ultradyne cams. You can probably find that one on the lobe list, as Harold went to work for Lunati after Ultradyne was liquidated.
Bullet Cams Master List
Bullet Cams Master List
33IMP
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I just.visited Lunati's own site. The have a fairly mild bbm solid roller on clearance for a good price 267/274 adv., 230something, 240 something (can't remember exactly) at .050. .560 lift. $350 28% off original $470. (Cam only, of course)
I like a lot of the Voodoo grinds, but the Mopar versions are going away, or gone.
I like a lot of the Voodoo grinds, but the Mopar versions are going away, or gone.
cookietruck
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Haha. There are ten to fifteen different roller cams with .640 lift.
Just sent an old comp cam to bullet to regrind. The Ultradyne lobes can be ground pretty quick. All the others are cnc and much longer wait.
Hellrats
Just another dumbass
Well this all sucks. I really like the Lunati grinds. Never had a problem with any of them. I do still have the cam card for my favorite street cam from them. I guess I'll have to have custom grinds now for any flat cam engines I do. The last magnum I did took for ever getting a roller for it. Sad state for us old school guys that's for sure.
Unfortunately many of the Pioneer company's are closed or we're consumed by corporations you may still find what u seek with this forum post a wanted ad !
The Edelbrock Group acquired them. Word was, they were gonna leave the Lunati brand as is and not change anything. That's obviously not true.
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