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April 2008

Dear Customers,

We are 3 months into 2008 and we have had a very busy 1st quarter. While most of it is hardcore racing business, we are also doing a brisk business with our Antique and Factory Performance Cams as well as regrinding industrial and antique tractor pulling cams. It will be interesting to see where the economy takes us this year.

I have discovered a useful web site about motor oils & Lubricants. It is a forum called www.bobistheoilguy.com. I only had a brief time to peruse the site but it seemed to have a lot of good information on all types of lubricants. After all the cam failures a few years ago, this is a valuable tool. Check it out.

    ZDDPluss

We have finally found the proper additive to restore the right kind of protection needed for flat tappet cams. It is ZDD+. It has the proper combination of Zinc and Phosphorus to give the scuff protection equivalent to SF oil (Zinc alone doesn’t do it) while retaining the improved quality of the newer oils. It should be part of every oil change in all flat tappet engines and of course is critical in flat tappet race applications. Sales have been brisk & we have it in stock, ready to ship.

Vintage Performance Cams

Don’t forget to check out our catalogs for Antique Performance cams and  Factory Performance Cams, which uses the OE part numbers. We cover all the 348-409 Chevy mechanical cams, Nailhead Buicks, 1949 up Cadillac, FE Fords, 429CJ and SCJ, Ram Air Pontiac and Oldsmobiles and many more. We are your source for vintage camshafts both stock and high performance. We can also regrind cams for which there are no new casting available.

We have said it before and here it is again. We cannot grind cams with gears on them except D-8 Cats. Many of those have gears made on the shaft and they are not very big in diameter. The price to remove gears will not be reasonable and will delay your job at least a day or two. You wouldn’t send a crank out to be ground with the flywheel on it so please don’t send your cam with a gear on it. It also makes it more difficult to package for shipping. Be sure to keep all removable parts in your shop. We don’t want to be responsible for them.

Any Camcraft customer wishing to have a picture of their car or customer’s car on our web site is welcome to send a picture and a brief description to me via e-mail. This includes trucks, tractors, Street rods, anything running a Camcraft cam. Pictures in JIFF or JPEG format are preferred. We will also mention any wins in our newsletter. Information is preferred via e-mail at any time of month. This alleviates any last minute rushing. If you regularly send this information out, you can just add me to your list. We are also looking for track or series champions for our champions list. We mention the engine builders on this list as well.

POR-15 products available from Camcraft.

Those of you involved in the restoration of older cars are undoubtedly aware of POR-15 products. They make an amazing rust preventative paint that goes on right over rust and provides an extremely hard coating that actually cures harder in the presence of moisture. It is amazing. There are also related restoration products to complement it like gas tank sealer, top coat paints, engine paints, trunk and floor pan repair kits, body filler and much more. Call Camcraft today to order your Por-15 products today. Free catalogs with every order over $20.00.

If you’re not running a Camcraft cam

You’re probably following one!

We appreciate your support!!

Charles, Harriett, Clarence, Chuck & David