Cam question

madman1234509 · Dec 8, 2014

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto said:
We used to use colt. But we now have our own re-grinds done here in the United States. Stage twos are colts as advertised. The stage ones are advertised as Midwest diesel cams.

It's nice to see more options!

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Dec 8, 2014

sideactiondiesel said:
Geoff is great guy to deal with from COLT and knows what he is doing. There is other cams out there that are to soft. For quality of not having to do the job over is Colt. We also have them in stock ready to ship. We also have out performance upgraded lifters here as well.

Now this is not the case on EVERYONES cam but most cases they are too soft.

The difference being, Colts billet cams are fully hardened. The re-grinds are the same as any other. They all use a factory cam base and they are all hardened the same from the factory.

madman1234509 said:
It's nice to see more options!

We've been doing our own cams for two years. We use colt for the billets though.

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Stroked777 · Dec 8, 2014

You said performance lifters? Can you expand more on that? I might need lifters soon

Sorry I don't mean to jack the thread. Maybe a PM would be best sideactiondiesel

sideactiondiesel · Dec 9, 2014

Pm sent.

These lifters work great with any cam no matter who's your using as long as the hardness has not been ground out of the cam.

Jbird · Dec 10, 2014

Hardness ground out? Why is it not hard all the way through? How are they hardened anyways? Heat treating, coating or casing?

Stroked777 · Dec 10, 2014

I just had a 18speed trans take out to gears in the rear box and looking at the gears the hardness was only about 1/16-1/8in thick. And those are gears in a trans meant to tow 225k lbs in our heavy haul trucks. And cam doesn't see that much abuse so I can't imagine it being that thick

powerstroked08 · Dec 10, 2014

The hardening only goes a little way into the metal. I know a few guys that raced with us were using different axles and having them cut down on the one end to fit in the bearing and they cut through the hardened steel and would shear the axle in no time. It took a few sets of axles before they figured it out. But non the less they were only hardened a fraction of am inch below the surface.

Jbird · Dec 10, 2014

I dont understand that enless they are afraid of it getting on the brittle side after being hardened. Guess it works anyways

powerstrokin15 · Dec 10, 2014

really like my colt cam.

Poglife · Dec 10, 2014

I got my colt stage 2 from Morgan and like it

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Dec 11, 2014

All I'm saying is that I have yet to have a re-grind fail. Hell, even Ryan Anderson is running my cam.

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SlowSmoke · Dec 11, 2014

We use stage 2 colts in most of our 6.4 builds and have great results. Geoff is a great guy to deal with. Putting a stage 3 into a drag truck here shortly, excited to see how it performs.