Billet cam vs regrind

Your completely right, we all used to settle for these types of cams, heck almost 5 years ago these are what Zach was using and recomending for big Ppump applications, and we all were using them and so were the big boys. Zach was smart though he cut away the side of a block to watch the valvetrain and see how these cams were working and building from there.

I'm not going to get into this pissing match, but if you have a cam and it's working for you and you like it then sounds like you have a great cam no matter who the manufacturer is. I'm glad to see the competition level increase, it pushes all of us harder
 
TMONEYDIESEL said:
I'm not going to get into this pissing match, but if you have a cam and it's working for you and you like it then sounds like you have a great cam no matter who the manufacturer is. I'm glad to see the competition level increase, it pushes all of us harder
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Can't disagree with that... the way it should have been stated all along...
 
Like computers, the value on many performance parts can drop quickly as they are replaced with newer technology. Whats that old Dell laptop I bought 2 years ago bring now? I paid 1900. On Ebay they go all day for 400 or less. LOL

Back in 2004 and 2005 when we first came out with a cam, we had the lowest price part in the market that was a new part. The Diesel Dynamics cam was a regrind at 1200.00 bucks plus core charge. Ours was a new cam at 950 with no core charge. Everyone was thrilled. There were a few regrinds around for 750. PDR had a regrind that went for 800 to their customers. There were a few others that just flat out did not work. Some hit the pistons with the valves. Some floated like crazy. Some filled the intake with soot from too much overlap. Crane had a cam that was a mess, IMO. It had huge lift and duration and it cost about 80 HP over a stock cam. LOL

Most companies now have copied the first cams out in the design phase. Lets face it, only a few things really work in a 4000 RPM Diesel. Some crazier things can happen in higher RPM bands, but most never go there.

After selling thousands of cams and never having enough in stock for 5 years plus, I cant say we have gone wrong in this venture. The market is a free place ( thank God ) and anyone can make their choices. Many other brands sell simply because we run out of stock or cant get them produced and shipped fast enough.

Luckily our failures have been very few and far between. A handful with excessive lobe wear. 3 broken on P-pumps. Pretty dang good. I still run one in my personal truck with a 13MM P-pump that puts a NASTY load on my cam from its "one-off" plungers inside.

Taking what we have learned in these past 5 years, making some changes to address those lessons will allow us to continue to move with forward progress. Profits for us and our dealers and of course better products for the end user.
 
Well said Don!!


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Soup Nazi said:
Like computers, the value on many performance parts can drop quickly as they are replaced with newer technology. Whats that old Dell laptop I bought 2 years ago bring now? I paid 1900. On Ebay they go all day for 400 or less. LOL

Back in 2004 and 2005 when we first came out with a cam, we had the lowest price part in the market that was a new part. The Diesel Dynamics cam was a regrind at 1200.00 bucks plus core charge. Ours was a new cam at 950 with no core charge. Everyone was thrilled. There were a few regrinds around for 750. PDR had a regrind that went for 800 to their customers. There were a few others that just flat out did not work. Some hit the pistons with the valves. Some floated like crazy. Some filled the intake with soot from too much overlap. Crane had a cam that was a mess, IMO. It had huge lift and duration and it cost about 80 HP over a stock cam. LOL

Most companies now have copied the first cams out in the design phase. Lets face it, only a few things really work in a 4000 RPM Diesel. Some crazier things can happen in higher RPM bands, but most never go there.

After selling thousands of cams and never having enough in stock for 5 years plus, I cant say we have gone wrong in this venture. The market is a free place ( thank God ) and anyone can make their choices. Many other brands sell simply because we run out of stock or cant get them produced and shipped fast enough.

Luckily our failures have been very few and far between. A handful with excessive lobe wear. 3 broken on P-pumps. Pretty dang good. I still run one in my personal truck with a 13MM P-pump that puts a NASTY load on my cam from its "one-off" plungers inside.

Taking what we have learned in these past 5 years, making some changes to address those lessons will allow us to continue to move with forward progress. Profits for us and our dealers and of course better products for the end user.
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There's nothing wrong with getting in while the getting is good, but now it's a level playing field where THE CUSTOMER actually has a choice not just a one size fits all product anymore
 
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