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LT-5 Cams
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  
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LGAFF 90 #966-150K miles-sold 92 #234-sold 1987 Callaway TT #17 1991 ZR-1 #1359 Last edited by LGAFF; 10-21-2013 at 10:11 PM. |
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Re: LT-5 Cams
Very cool...
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Steve 1990 Steel Blue/Black #2355 1990 Red/Red #1473 1991 Quasar /Black #118 Sold 1991 Turquoise/Black #766 Parted Out 1993 Yellow/White #179 Sold 1990 Black/Gray #1361 Headers/4:10s Sold |
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Re: LT-5 Cams
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Re: LT-5 Cams
what kind of lift and duration specs did they use on the sledgehammer?
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Re: LT-5 Cams
Honestly I have not looked at it...milder than one would think in order to make it streetable....
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Re: LT-5 Cams
Wow, that is so awesome!
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Re: LT-5 Cams
Sledgehammer 232 232 @50
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Re: LT-5 Cams
Forgot to mention Dave did the cams for the Bob Sharp Racing Datsuns, piloted by Paul Newman back in the 80s
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LGAFF 90 #966-150K miles-sold 92 #234-sold 1987 Callaway TT #17 1991 ZR-1 #1359 |
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Re: LT-5 Cams
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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. |
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