No offense, but picking the right OTS cam is the key in making them work. A lot of guys just go by what everyone else is using or by what looks good on paper or has the most lope (not saying you did, just going by my experience). Most times if you search through enough venders you'll find an OTS cam that's very close to your specs. All those cam guys do is take down your combo and match it with a cam profile...which is probably from a list of cams that they've made for 100 other guys with your same combo, since it's inevitable that the same combo is going to come up every once in a while.
Still, it's not a bad way to go and definitely the way i would go as well if i were buying a new cam. I happened to score an X303 for super cheap so thats what i'm gonna run.
No offense, but picking the right OTS cam is the key in making them work. A lot of guys just go by what everyone else is using or by what looks good on paper or has the most lope (not saying you did, just going by my experience). Most times if you search through enough venders you'll find an OTS cam that's very close to your specs. All those cam guys do is take down your combo and match it with a cam profile...which is probably from a list of cams that they've made for 100 other guys with your same combo, since it's inevitable that the same combo is going to come up every once in a while.
Still, it's not a bad way to go and definitely the way i would go as well if i were buying a new cam. I happened to score an X303 for super cheap so thats what i'm gonna run.
My buddy ordered a "custom cam" from a reputable cam guy...i'll leave his name out because this isn't so much a bashing, just an observation. Anyways, the cam came in the mail in a COMP CAMS box, with COMP CAMS paperwork. Basically, the money paid for this "custom cam" was for the guy's experience with cams, and he sent his specs to Comp and they made the cam and he slapped his name on it.
So....as for quality, this is the exact same thing as an OTS cam, is it not? I don't think Comp or Lunati or anyone else is using sub-quality metal for OTS cams and then pulling out the adimentium for custom cams...lol
Second, as for being exact, i AGREE (which i did say i would go custom as well) but also take note that just because YOU have ____ cam, doesn't mean the guy down the street with your same heads and intake isn't going to have the exact same "custom cam". These guys don't start from square 1 every single time they make a cam. I'm sure instances come along where they hit a combo they haven't done a cam for, and then you probably do get a one-off cam, but not every time.
I'm just saying....if you do your homework and pick the right OTS cam, you're gonna get damn close. The difference between that and custom is that the custom guy is dealing with specific combos while the mass produced cams are geared towards a safe spec cam that'll suit a variety of engines. So, yes, custom is obviously better in every way, i'm just pointing out that a lot of what going custom does for people is just giving them the right specs for their combo.
You can imagine how upset my buddy was when his $350 cam came in a Comp box. If you ask me that's total F'in BS....when i hear custom i expect a guy to be in a shop with his own machines MAKING cams. This was basically a sub contracted cam. While you do pay for that person's experience, i also think it should be noted up front where the cam is coming from, since for example Comp will make you a "custom" cam if you ask them to.
Oh, to back up my theory that the custom guys have their own combo records....the guy actually told my buddy he needed a specific intake to work with this cam and the heads that he was using....sounds like a formula to me.
Like i said, custom IS the way to go...i'm not disagreeing. I'm just saying if you do your homework an OTS cam isn't a bad way to go.
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