I was at Callies back in July. They gave me the nickel tour and I was noticing huge piles of cams and cam cores in addition to all the crankshafts. I was completely unaware they made cams and cam cores. My tour guide informed me that they had bought some of the cam equipment from Crane. I asked them what made them to decide to get in the cam business. The answer was "nobody else was doing it". He said they were doing well with it, suppling cores to all the big hitters. Crane had for years. So at least that has not gone away. Todd

A google search comes up with different things. Either way it's been changing owners and who knows what else. They where the go to place for cams back in the day but Comp is it today.
https://cyclesource.com/crane-cams-acquired-by-mikronite-technologies/
https://community.hagerty.com/t5/hagerty-lounge/crane-cams/m-p/76973

Not sure I'd agree with the Comp comment. They are now part of an investment group and I know of several issues in the last couple of years with cams failing despite proper break in. Myself I've had 3 of their purportedly indestructible fuel pump pushrods fail in different motors within 50 miles or less. 2 were big block mopars the 3rd was a Sb chevy.
The first time I called them and they said, if you send it in (on my dime) we'll analyze it. If we determine it was our fault we'll send you another, I responded with, NO _______ THANK YOU.

It's sad as they were the go to company and previously I would have agreed 100%

Comp has sucked for the last 10 years. 50% of what I buy goes back, mis matched pushrod lengths, parts returned and sent back to stock, resold with flaws... just overall poor QC.

My local machinist switched to Howards cams about the same timeframe for the same reasons and losing too many flat tappet cams during dyno break in. He said their responses were about the same as I received.

do EV's even need a cam???

yes, they're called batteries LOL

No. But they need an outlet.

I stopped at a gas station two days ago, out here in the sticks, and there was a fancy new Tesla sitting in the lot, dead as a stone. Guy was waiting for help I guess. I was going to ask him if he needed to borrow a few bucks for gas.

"I know it's electric. I just though you might like to pour it over the car and set it on fire"


But I didn't. Just chuckled to myself and drove off in my antique tech beater that I could drive across country without worrying about finding someplace to recharge it in the middle of the night. Then being stuck there while it charges and hoping I don't get mugged.

where the heck r u stopping to recharge???? chicago?? detroit ??, newark???

Glad to see they picked up the ball and ran with it. Not an easy thing to do nowadays.
When I last had a custom ground cam done, i was told by Engje that Crane was the major supplier and that cores were in short supply