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By 62galxe - 16 Years Ago
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looks like crane is history. http://www.competitionplus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9278&Itemid=6 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=337771
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By mctim64 - 16 Years Ago
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Bummer! 
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By Ted - 16 Years Ago
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The first ever aftermarket performance cam I purchased was a Crane Cam. Went into a 406 FE and was indeed stout and to a large degree, set me on the path I’m on today. Although Crane Cams has been suffering for awhile and more so since being taken over by Mikronite Corp., still hate to see them close up shop.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 16 Years Ago
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I'm running a Crane in the Hurricane, but it is an old one from when Harvey Crane was still running the business. Zero wear issues after several seasons. Hate to see business have to call it quits.
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By pegleg - 16 Years Ago
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Friend of mine was the chief engineer a few years ago. I'll try to track him down and see what happened.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 16 Years Ago
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I wonder if they have any blanks left over that our group could use, like Y, both '54 and later, Lincoln 368 or 430? If an individual or a cam company could buy them, it would beat seeing them scrapped. Oh yeah, how about Y lifters?
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By crenwelge - 16 Years Ago
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The demise of Crane is typical of today's economic situation. Companies bought out other companies and became highly leveraged gambling on inflation to make the deal work. Throughout economic history, gambling on inflation to negate debt hasn't worked for very long. I was on the loan committee on a bank during the boom in Texas in the early 80's and then the bust in the late 80's. We were one of the banks that survived because we were cautious about letting customers getting over leveraged. The thing we have now is bigger than Texas. It involves the whole world. I have fears we have only seen the beginning of horrors.
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By Butch Lawson - 16 Years Ago
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This is not y-block related but, I got a crane cam in a trade that I don't have a clue what it is other than it is supposed to be for a Ford small block. On the nose it has SS 322 NC and on the other end it has V4678. I tried calling Crane but like my luck usually runs I'm a day or so too late. Does anybody have any literature or know where I could go to tell if it's hydraulic or solid, roller or flat? Lift, duration, lobe separation and timing events would be nice to know too. Thanks. Butch
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By Butch Lawson - 16 Years Ago
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Thanks Cereal Killer but I tried that already. There isn't any info there that helps me. I tried calling there phone number and even took a long shot and tried faxing them, hoping that there might still be somebody there that would fax me back but I got no reply. Butch
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 16 Years Ago
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Butch: My catalog says that cam fits 221-302 Ford. Intake timing 54-88, exhaust timing 88-54, advertised duration 322, duration @.050-252, clearance .022 intake and .026 exhaust (obviously solid lifter cam), lift .526. Centerline not given, but it looks to me like 107 degrees. Ted? Help here. Street/strip cam with fair idle.
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By Butch Lawson - 16 Years Ago
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Thanks John. The fellow I got the cam from said it had been in his shop for several years. Looks like it will be a nasty sounding rascal in a small block ford. Butch
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By Butch Lawson - 16 Years Ago
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Almost forgot. Did your catalog tell the firing order. I would assume since it's for an early Ford (221-302) that it would use the 302 firing order. Butch
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By mctim64 - 16 Years Ago
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Hoosier Hurricane (2/26/2009)
Butch: My catalog says that cam fits 221-302 Ford. Intake timing 54-88, exhaust timing 88-54, advertised duration 322, duration @.050-252, clearance .022 intake and .026 exhaust (obviously solid lifter cam), lift .526. Centerline not given, but it looks to me like 107 degrees. Ted? Help here. Street/strip cam with fair idle. Fair idle? I doubt it. 
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By Ted - 16 Years Ago
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Hoosier Hurricane (2/26/2009)
Intake timing 54-88, exhaust timing 88-54, advertised duration 322, duration @.050-252, clearance .022 intake and .026 exhaust (obviously solid lifter cam), lift .526. Centerline not given, but it looks to me like 107 degrees. Ted? Help here. Street/strip cam with fair idle.John. Doesn’t look like you need any help. Your information matches mine and yes on the 107° lobe centerline. But not sure how they came up with the ‘fair idle’ description and agree with Tim on the idle assessment as that particular cam also looks rather lumpy to me. Rowdy is probably a better word. Butch Lawson (2/26/2009)
Almost forgot. Did your catalog tell the firing order. I would assume since it's for an early Ford (221-302) that it would use the 302 firing order.Uses the early firing order or the same as the 289 and the FE engines.
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By Butch Lawson - 16 Years Ago
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Thanks everybody for your help. I'm building a 302 for my grandson to get him started drag racing. Looks like this would be a good cam to get him going.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 16 Years Ago
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McTim: I wondered about the "fair idle" also, but that's what the book says. I wondered how a cam with 108 degrees overlap could idle "fair". Butch, as I remember, cam grinders used to supply the same cams for 351s as 302s and you had to change to the 302 firing order. This catalog had a separate column for 351s, but no part number. You have the cam, might as well try it. At least if it doesn't work, you'll have an idea which way to go from there.
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By Butch Lawson - 16 Years Ago
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The cam was basically free and that always makes it worth trying. I don't want anything too radical or too fast for him until he gets enough seat time to handle it. Looks like this will work to cut his teeth on. Thanks again to all of you.
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