Who's in for hardend camshafts?
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:52 pm
Its been dragging on for a couple weeks now because of the backlog but my local shop called and said the first prototype cams were ground and went in for the hardening process yesterday. I should get them back next week.
Again he swears he can get the surface hardness up to 67 rockwell.
If it can be done I will be sending in all my camshafts to be done in a batch. They have a minimum batch charge and also charge by the pound. If anyone wants to join in on a batch to get a price break let me know. I think I will get some hardness checked before and after. Since he cant guarantee a finish date I recomend a set of junk cams to be rebuilt or good spares just to get coated. I dont think you should have your motor sitting waiting for these. Please dont ask for prices since its all up in the air what kind of deal but just like powdercoating shops the more we get in the price will come down substantially.
Their backlog is at least 3 weeks right now which is why it took so long to get the first cams hardwelded and ground to stock specs. If this works it will be a blessing for those of us in need of hard to find mc500 cams or dont want to throw the dice with new oem cams. Hardness checks reveal all.
Again he swears he can get the surface hardness up to 67 rockwell.
If it can be done I will be sending in all my camshafts to be done in a batch. They have a minimum batch charge and also charge by the pound. If anyone wants to join in on a batch to get a price break let me know. I think I will get some hardness checked before and after. Since he cant guarantee a finish date I recomend a set of junk cams to be rebuilt or good spares just to get coated. I dont think you should have your motor sitting waiting for these. Please dont ask for prices since its all up in the air what kind of deal but just like powdercoating shops the more we get in the price will come down substantially.
Their backlog is at least 3 weeks right now which is why it took so long to get the first cams hardwelded and ground to stock specs. If this works it will be a blessing for those of us in need of hard to find mc500 cams or dont want to throw the dice with new oem cams. Hardness checks reveal all.