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Old 08-05-2021, 10:52 PM
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Default Interesting Vintage Rollerized Roller Cam Crower Imperial

I recently bought a 66 Corvette 427/425HP engine from a member. He found the engine in a 1968 Camaro show/drag car that was found in a storage locker that was sold due to back rent. The car had very high end components for the period. The engine had a heavily modified 427 crank, Howard aluminum rods, a tunnel ram with dual dominators, etc. It also had this cool Crower roller cam. I had never seen a cam like this before and thought I would share. The cam bearing journals are actually rollerized. The bearing journals have been turned down to a small diameter and 2 cast shells hold the needle bearings in place. A quick Google search for Crower Imperial cam showed that these were the high end option for a roller cam back in the day. Anyway, I just thought I would share.


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Wow....what did the Camaro look like, Jason?
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Interesting.
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I will let the member who owned it reply if he chooses.


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Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Definitely extremely high end.
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Wow that was a lot of work and engineering in that package, was it running a gear drive as well?

I can't recommend Crower enough - Dave Crower is the professor at spec'ing a cam.
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Wow! That must be FUN to assemble. Cool piece.
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No, I was surprised. It had a simple double roller chain. It was dated early 70 so I believe it was installed with the cam.


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