LT-5 Cams

[LGAFF]

A few years back I picked an old magazine up off the floor, the pages opened up to the car restoration ads in the back...included was an ad for a cam restoration company. On a whim, I called to see if they could do an LT-5 cam.

When I inquired about the LT-5... the soft spoken gentleman on the line laughed and said, I have not heard that name in a long time. You see I did cams for Callaway including an LT-5 cam that never made it to production.

The man on the other line was Dave Generous....Dave also did the cam for a car you might know...the Callaway Sledgehammer.

Dave was nice enough to do the cams for my 90, and has since retired and sold off his equipment.....but not before doing 4 more intake cams for me and two more exhaust. Dave was then nice enough to sell me the cam masters for the LT-5, 5 spare LT-5 cams, and a copy of the Sledgehammer cam.

I feel lucky to have met Dave, he is a gentleman and the last of a dying breed of old school engine masters

Sledgehammer cam

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q115/lgaff/Picture4376.jpg (http://s134.photobucket.com/user/lgaff/media/Picture4376.jpg.html)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q115/lgaff/Picture4375.jpg (http://s134.photobucket.com/user/lgaff/media/Picture4375.jpg.html)

[We Gone]

Very cool...

[FU]

Very cool...

Yes !

[mike100]

what kind of lift and duration specs did they use on the sledgehammer?

[LGAFF]

Honestly I have not looked at it...milder than one would think in order to make it streetable....

[98indypacer]

Wow, that is so awesome!

[LGAFF]

Sledgehammer 232 232 @50

[LGAFF]

Forgot to mention Dave did the cams for the Bob Sharp Racing Datsuns, piloted by Paul Newman back in the 80s

[alnukem]

Wow...very neat. Let me know if you have a yard sale!

[WB9MCW]

Forgot to mention Dave did the cams for the Bob Sharp Racing Datsuns, piloted by Paul Newman back in the 80s

Our Company was a sponsor for A O Fick racing # 88 Corvette and raced against Paul at Road America. One year when I was up at the race track Paul had a problem with his car. The C3 Vette came in third that race.

We all got a big surprise when Paul came over to the trailer and wanted to see the on board video of the race. The Vette was behind Paul most of the race until Paul had problems and had to get his backup car out in order to finish.

Paul was real nice to everyone and my mom talked about it for years to all of her friends about that special day for us all.

Those were great times back in the 80's up at Road America.

Generation: C3
Year: 1969
VIN:
Race Numbers: 80, 82, 83, 88, 89
Ownership: Ronald and Richard Rosenmerkel (1969-1978) Arnie Fick (1978-83) Mike Jarchow (1984-86) Bill Manning Bill Okeefe
Sponsors: A. O. Fick Rotary Grinding Co., W. J. Wadsworth and Assoc.,
Drivers: Ronald and Richard Rosenmerkel (1969-1978) Warren Fairbanks (1979-83) Buzz Fhyrie (1981-83) Mike Jarchow (1984-86)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p110/HAMMERHATE/AOFICKVETTE_zpse9b80ee6.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p110/HAMMERHATE/64-Winning_Newman_datsun_zps83a713c4.jpg

[XfireZ51]

Great story. Newman was a driver, just as McQueen was. I hope u guys had a chance to watch the mini-series w Patrick Dempsey going to LeMans.
Very interesting to see the back stories in racing. Dempsey idolizes actor turned drivers like McQueen, Newman, and Garner.

[Hog]

Sledgehammer 232 232 @50

That proves that you can use liberal amounts of BOTH duration AND boost in concert.
Lots of guys go back to stopck cams when they turbo, a mild stage 1 cam setup would work nicely IMO.


There have been quite a few of the older generation that have moved on recently. End of an era, I hope that the people who are filling their shoes are just as enthusiastic about innovation and "out of the box" thinking.

[Scrrem]

Very cool!!