Fw: <VV> Re: reground cams

[EUGENE1938@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/18/04 7:34:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, BEC176@msn.com 
writes:
On race engines I prefer reground cams that are ground specifically for the 
engine and torque/horsepower RPM range that it will be used in.
Jim,
New billets can also be ground to custom specs.  New billets, if heat treated 
properly, are hardened deeper than can be done on a regrind.  Deep hardening 
on a regrind will cause it to warp since it was treated before and there is 
not enough metal there to compensate.  Regrinds are actually not re-hardened 
they are "Parkerized" which is only on the surface.
Like the add says, "Pay me now or pay me later".  And like I said before, 
regrinds on race engines are OK because you will wear the engine out before the 
cam fails.  IMHO

Ed Corson (CORSA member)
IECC - Riverside, CA