The two I saw were used cams pulled out of vettes.

 

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I wouldnt run beehives with the hotcam, mostly cause its overkill and a more cost effect spring can be utilized. Not that its a bad spring, the 918's are great, but I dont see a reason to go that far. Many have run the LT4 spring kit for $40 with no problems at all. They are somewhat borderline on specs, but like I said most dont see a problem with them.

Corvettes didnt come with Hotcams. They cam with LT4 cam's, but they arent a Hotcam by any means.

LT4 - 203/210 - 116LSA or something close to that.
Hotcam - 218/228 - .492/.492 - 112 LSA

-Dustin-

 

The two I saw met those specs, but they seem to gone now. They were just a couple of used hotcams that they said they took out of a vette (must of been modded) for 60 bucks.

Isn't a cam a pretty safe item to buy used?

 

I woudlnt put a used one in my engine... knicks and grooves on the lobes and other rotating surfaces could cause abnormal wear. Not to mention the chance of a used cam h aving some corrosion on it. A lot of people run used cams, but it'd definately be smart to have it inspected.

I always scratch my head at stacks of 30 year old rusty cams you can find at swap meets. I'd have to really be in a bind to stab one of those in a motor I was building.

 

How would you know the specs were true unless you knew the person wasnt lying. I wouldnt unless you know the person, or for sure know the specs are correct.

-Dustin-

 

True..

 

I would never put a used cam in my car. It may save you 100 bucks now, but if something is wrong with it, you have to tear the motor down again and spend more money for another cam, so you lose money and time. Its just my opinion, plus buyin one off of ebay, you never know, the guy could have dropped it but it not get scratched and then sell it off as it being in "great shape." I have had bad experiences with buying used parts, and have decided to get new parts whenever possible.