Originally was in thread http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=61537

If its an aftermarket of the shelf cam, the easiest way to identify what you have in there is to remove the flywheel/flexplate, and remove the freeze plug that sits directly behind the cam. The grind number is normally etched or stamped right there.

I did as you suggested but I marred up the edge of the end cam bearing in the process and most likely pushed the cam forward. :( I do not think it will affect it unless the cam walks back all the way to the edge of the bearing. Could I have moved the bearing at an angle to ya think? Any ideas as to far back a cam will walk? OK so the cam has 4 white dots in a diamond shape and the numbers E932P. I did a search on Yahoo (Google is down for some reason) and found nothing, also searched summit part numbers but no match. I thought maybe it was an Engle or Erson because of the E

Had it wrong, grind number is E923P

The cam will be fine...it cant move forward much. It does sound like an engle grind but I dont have my catalog here where I'm at.

I called Erson, not theirs, called Engle not theirs either. Now I am tryting to get Elgin on the line to see if its theirs. Maybe Eldelbrock? :)

I have a ton of cam catalogs at home...and I'll be there tomorrow. I'll see what I can find then.

Hey thanks Travis, I really appreciate it.

Bill

It's probably an Elgin grind but I lost my cam list so can't ID it for you..

I'm gonna have to sit down and recreate my looong cam list again sometime!!!

pdq67

After doing some searching I found a reference to an Elgin E923P on this Crane cross refernce chart http://blueracer.cranecams.com/reference.htm
It cross refernces to a Compcams 12-205-2
http://www.compcams.com/Technical/Search/CamDetails.asp?PartNumber=12-205-2
or a Blue Racer WG-1103 http://blueracer.cranecams.com/chevysb.htm
The specs on these two cams don't match so I don't see how it was a cross reference. I guess I will wait till I have the actual specs from Elgin, but its beginning to look like its not much of a bumpstick, now I wanna pull it and replace it.

It's a Performer cam!!

Great little cam for a stock motor, imho..

270/204/280/214, 112/107, .420"/.443" lift hy-cam..

pdq67

Its an Edelbrock Performer, are you sure? I think thats a bit tame for the heads and intake I am running, let alone the gears out back. Whats the RPM range for that cam?

Straight out of my 1990 WBR cam cat.!! Marketed by several as the generic, "PERFORMER" cam!!

Imho, it is an old style cam that is one step up from the stock, -929 cam and for mild motors is a DANDY!!!

Spec's on the -929 are: 195/202, 112/108, .390"/.410" lift. It has been used in everything from a 195hp/283, 275/and 300hp/327, 295 and 300hp/350 and 265hp/400. The -929 is a Great little-bitty hy-cam too....

pdq67

PDQ you REALLY like that cam, when I replace it I will send it to you ;)


Bill

He, He!!

Bill,

The one I really like is the great old, little-bitty Duntov, -097 soild cam!!

Send the cam to me anyway if you want.. He, He!!

pdq67

hehe, you might lean on it a lil harder... my comp 270 is 224@050, idles kinda lumpy at 700, good low end and pullds clean past 6000 in a 327...