Another cam question

[Flyingpiper59]

Since so many are looking for a new cam…I’ve come to a dead end…looking for another option….does anyone know of any machinists regrinding stock cams? I’d ship mine anywhere at this point!
Thanks in advance!

[Lyndon]

Send it to Effingham Regrinders. This is a very old company. Many of the venders has used them for years. They only offer cam grinding, crank grinding and babbit work. They offer a touring grind and a stock grind. I have been at their shop and have used their cams for years. It will run perfect. Ask for Dean. Word of warning. They stay behind. Do not expect it instantly. Probably within 30 days.
https://effingham-regrinding.com/

[Craig Leach]

Hi Edwin,
Have you called Chaffins Garage? I'm not sure if they still have their regrinds but I have found them to be very good. I have 3 one in a engine
& 2 in stock ( one is for a future build & the other is not for sale) I have gone up S-6 to Mt. Polamar in high gear, one of the steepest & windy
roads I have ever seen. Very good low end torque and good RPM. If I remember correctly they are .270 lift, short duration & slightly advanced.
In my conversations I'm almost as happy as any aftermarket cam buyer.
Craig.

[Flyingpiper59]

Thanks Lyndon….. i’m gonna call Ethington’s first thing today when they open up!

[Flyingpiper59]

Craig…. Regarding Chaffins…. They to have no cam shafts, regrind or otherwise….. the gentleman told me that he was getting very near to starting to re-grind some Cam’s but that it it had been a while… I’ve contacted Stipe directly…. i’ve left a couple of messages, but none of my communications were returned…. All the major suppliers keep telling me the same thing….. should be any day now…. I’m not holding my breath…. I’ve got my 27 coupe, torn down pretty much all the way doing this engine refresh and I can’t see going with my old Cam in new valves…. I want this to be a one and done.

Thank you for the input guys

[Scott_Conger]

within the last week, on a thread that is pretty much exactly the same as this one, Mark Chaffin stated that they were finishing up .270 regrinds, and it's been reported that Bill Stipe has come out of retirement to run more cams.

If there is no patience for that, then the Effingham's suggestion is a logical choice.

[TrentB]

FWIW: The camshafts Bill Stipe produced came about as a part of Ford Motor Company’s T-100 project which produced 6 brand new 1914 Model T Ford’s for its centennial celebration in 2003. I pulled all of the FMC engineering information on Model T camshafts from the collections of the Benson Ford Research Center and provided it to Ford’s T-100 team.

One of the things I learned from that exercise is JUST HOW MANY DIFFERENT CAMSHAFTS FMC PRODUCED FOR THE MODEL T (sorry for all the caps but I really want to emphasize that).

The camshafts varied by lobe shape, but more frequently lobe timing. It almost seems like the camshafts were changing weekly until 1924 and the introduction of the long front lobe camshaft. Thereafter the camshaft did not change for the remainder of Model T production.

Given what I found in the FMC engineering records, if I was buying a reground camshaft I would buy a long front lobe camshaft because the lobe timing was the same for all of these cams.

Again, this is just my opinion, and is based on my understanding of the engineering records on the camshaft. My personal preference would be another Stipe 270 camshaft, which I have had excellent results with in my cars. Your results may vary.

Respectfully Submitted,

Trent Boggess

[Mark Anderson]

I had Tom Carnegie at Antique Auto Ranch grind one for me. Maybe 4 years ago.