Still can't get anyone to bite? Maybe you should sweeten up the deal.
---how?

You could strip whats left and pay for half and have an entire engine to work with...
---who was that

 

I plan on doing the same here shortly

 

That's not what he said.

But anyway, they gotta be cheap for an NA application. And the gains need to be there for the cost. I think That's a tall order. Best of luck, hope you can do it.

 

Your gona have a hard time with this one i beleive that Gadget (underdog racing) already played with designing some new cams pretty heavily and after testing decided that the only cams that had a good balance of hp, torque, and durability were the stock ones, and thats what they use in their built engines.

 

yeah nobody said it would be easy, lol.
well ive got a guy whos been designing cams for a long time, plus a little input of my own to support this so it definitely can be done.

 

HELL YEAH!!! keep posting on this when they get done through being devoloped! i will definitly buy a set.

any new news????

 

no new news. i need a good set of complete heads for the r&d.

 

Get a set from a toasted motor (ie hole in the block) in a boneyard.
I've seen them sell for very cheap (like less than $50 for the pair with any mileage on them).

 

ive been looking local but havent come up with anything yet.

 

bump............

 

Maybe if you gave a set of cams FREE to whomever donated the heads, then someone might step forward.

 

well unfortunately, im not trying to make these in order to make a ton of money, since this is a very small group who would buy them. thus i cant spend a few hundred dollars and give someone a set for free. sorry. this is mainly being done to offer another option to people who want to go further.
-derek

 

what do you need? how long would you need it?

 

ill need a pair of good condition 3.4 heads. complete. i would need the cams for about 2 months, and the heads for awhile longer. i would be doing a lot of research on the heads, so i'd want to keep them to continue research.

 

oh, i was going to let you use mine while i replace my front end, but i know its not going to be down that long.

 

thanks for thinking of me.

 

Mankoto Autoparts out of Gardena, CA advertises 5VZFE takeouts on eBay for $950.00. You could buy one of those and do what you needed to do.

When you have completed cams, ready to go, you can put them back in the motor and re-sell it. If you handle the marketing correctly, this should be a money making deal. Plus you'll have most of what you need for a dyno run to prove what the cams do (or don't do).

I can't think of many people who would buy cams without some level of proof that they add "x" HP at "y" RPM. A couple of dyno runs, stock cams, compared to the new ones, would be needed for me to even consider the purchase.

R&D on cams takes time, money, and commitment. Just ask Weezy about his work with the 3.0 cams.

Good luck on this project. I would be interested in a set if they add a decent amount of "usable" HP. I define "usable" as HP in the range for normal driving ops. If I have to wind the piss out of it to get it "on the cam", the driveability suffers for 4wheeling. I like a consistent, predictable power power band.

 

yeah thats not really possible for me. i cant buy an engine then have to deal with reselling it later.
just need someone to help me out. there's got to be someone.

 

donate cams, you get free research material,

so they can pay you for cams later

???

you should get the blueprints from Japan to make a proper product

just sayin

 

first off, theyd be at my cost, so theyre not paying me. second, theyd be regrinds for now so it would be their cams anyways.

yeah toyota is going to give me drawings, lol.