Is there any honest reason for cam prices to go up or is Comp Cams and others doing this just because they can? Do cam cores come from china?
even if their cores don't come from China, it's possible the price of US steel has also gone up because of increased demand/limited supply.
Raw materials is a red herring. How much does the steel in a cam core cost? Maybe $2 so what if the price were to double, now were at what $4 for steel? Raw material is a very small cost in the big picture, I bet it is more because they have to pay more for to keep good employees now the UE is so low. Same with pistons, do you really think the price of 10LBS aluminum is $300 more than it was 6 months ago?
