"Old School" Stocker Cams

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Run to Rund

I heard that the original "cheater" stocker cams came about when Joe Lunati took high lift cams and cut off the top of the lobes to max allowable lift. He then used a belt sander to round off the edges until the engine would reach the desired rpm.

Actually the original cheater cams came about when Bill Jenkins could not get a new OEM camshaft from Chevrolet to pass NHRA's specs. (For the "Monster Mash" 55 Chevy I believe.) He went to General Kinetics with the problem and they ground a cam that would pass. In the process, they also added in some area under the curve and voila!