Posted By: JC Childress
Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/14/23 02:39 AM
Im looking at getting a bone stock 70 340 Duster. I'm Nostalgic. I'd like to put a really nasty sounding hydraulic cam in it, and bolt on a LD 340 intake I have and a 650 Holley. I'd add 4.10 gears and cruise. It is a 4 speed. Just curious if folks still use him.
Posted By: calrobb2000
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/14/23 03:00 AM
yes , every chance i get .
with 4.10 gears use a 750
Posted By: bobby66
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/14/23 03:09 AM
Got an SSH-44 in my 440. Had an SSH-38C before that. I would call Jim in a heartbeat if I needed another cam.
Posted By: SNK-EYZ
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/14/23 04:52 AM
The guy that built both my 451 ci low deck stroker (69 Dart) and the Gen 3 6.4 Hemi stroker (06 Charger Daytona) used Racer Brown cams in both of them.
He uses them in most Mopar engines that he builds.
Posted By: DusterKid
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/14/23 12:53 PM
My dad got one last fall. He needed a solid flat tappet for a 360. Had one on order from Howards that they kept pushing the shipping date back. After waiting 9 months for the shipping date to finally arrive they pushed it back another 3 months. He called Racer Brown and had the cam in like 2-3 wks.
Posted By: TJP
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/14/23 03:20 PM
Didn't even know they were still grinding cams
Posted By: pittsburghracer
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/14/23 05:23 PM
Great guy to deal with. He’s made me everything from a .520 solid came to the .650 lift roller cam in my duster now. Just don’t forget if you call him call after 3pm EST.
Posted By: Willie68coronet
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/14/23 08:03 PM
Yep. Ordered a solid roller last year and got it in a few weeks. Jim was a great guy to deal with. I got the cam on my doorstep before he even billed me the invoice lol. Paid him after.
Posted By: 6PakBee
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/16/23 07:30 PM
The SSH-25 is one of the best street cams ever made.
Posted By: moparx
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/17/23 04:30 PM
The SSH-25 is one of the best street cams ever made.
great cam for a 383 !
ran one for years way back when in the early 70's.
Posted By: BlueRacer69
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/19/23 12:23 AM
The SSH-25 is one of the best street cams ever made.
Can someone here give us the spects on that cam? Thank you.
Posted By: jlatessa
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/19/23 04:21 PM
I think the early Mopar .484/.484 high overlap cam was a copy of the SSH25, it's what we run in our 70 6pak.
Not as smooth as the lower overlap later cam but runs a bit better above 4500 RPM.
Joe
Posted By: ThermoQuad
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/19/23 05:15 PM
484/484 is a dog of a cam and has been for years. Larry Shepard of mopar never liked that cam
The posted is not complete - there is the list from the mopar perfomance manual that needs to be posted
SSH 25/44...
Posted By: jlatessa
Re: Anyone still use Racer Brown cams ? - 09/19/23 05:54 PM
Granted, but keep in mind it is 60 year old tech, and at that time head design and material needed a different
design lobe and valve timing to improve performance.
With a little head massaging, bigger valves, pocket work and seat improvements, they were
a big help with that cam, (in those days) LOL
Joe