REED cam??
 

Anyone familiar with these? Found out this is whats in my 540
I cant find any information on this cam...


Reed
CH-288-98-10A3

Reed Cams are more known in dirt circle track stuff. Well atleast where i have seen most of them. my brother has one in his 410 SBC made 648 HP on alky with ported 11x Brodix heads.

Give Dennis a call at Reed 1800-548-2267. Use alot of his stuff (as stated) in dirt track engines out here. They will grind you anything you need. Use to have a catalog but can't find it off hand. Looks like a 288 @ .20 on a 110. Reed use to measure lift at .20 not .50 they are in Georgia and make a great product.

Thank you. That number doesn't work. I heard they were out of business..?

Thats what I heard too. Must be true. I will hunt down my catalog and try and deciefer that for you. Sounds like a custom grind to me. Pete

Great. Thank you. Im considering a cam form RMbuilder. anyone have a contact for him

Now you are on the right track

http://marinekineticsonline.com/

http://marinekineticsonline.com/contact.html

Well looked thru the catalog and it is a custom grind did not see anything close to that grind #. Sorry. RM will set you on the right track. Have a buddy that runs a big engine shop in the Buffalo NY area, and uses the Marine Kinetics products also, and say's they are great to work with. Sorry again I tried, Pete

Reed Cams was a well know custom cam grinder here in Atlanta. The owner John Reed was killed in an accident (if memory is correct, airplane crash) and the company slowly went out of business. I believe they sold all the machines and buildings off as pieces and not as an on going business. My engine builder knew him well and worked with him. If he can help, his name is Julius Hughes and his business is Atlanta Speed Shop # 770 356-3468. He would have any info about the cams John would have been able to provide.

Great. Thanks for the info guys. I guess my next step is determining what pistons heads, intake ect to use to build a nasty yet reliable N/A motor, then get ahold of Rmbuilder. I dont know much about big HP so this is going to be alot of thinkin and price comparisons. Was thinkin trick flow 360 heads, dart single plane intake, mahle dome pistons, rm cam.. any opinions? I own a business manufacturing sportbike stunt parts so i know it can be a pain in the a$$ workin with people that dont know anything about it. I just hate the thought of spending the money on this motor and not setting it up correctly. Thanks in advance.

when i was racing turbo Buick's I had engines built by Jim Ruggles who was a personal friend of John Reed, in fact, Jim built John's all aluminum small block Chevy for his airplane, I was there when it was dynoed... Reed had a great reputation at the time...

Sounds like he made a great cam. I just wish i could find out the specs. I dont want to have a mystery cam. Thanks for the info.

Specs on Cam
 

Do give Julius Hughes a call at the Atlanta Speed Shop. They were a dealer for Reed and may still have the info. Julius Hughes father was an old time top fuel racer here in the south and he owned the Honest Charlies Speed shops. He was personal friends with John Reed and an authorized dealer. He was also one of the first Fountain dealers in the south and a long time stock holder in Fountain. The number of the speed shop is 770 356-3468. I never ran a Reed Cam, but I remember he was well respected and would grind a custom grind for you instead of the off the shelf stuff that others had.

The CH hydraulic series cams were Reeds "Street/Strip" line. They were used often in vacuum rule series.
The CH288 rates @;
288º @ .006"
228º @ .050"
.297" Lift Lobe
.505" Lift Valve
You will need to determine the actual lobe phasing.
This cam carries significantly less area than the original Bulldog which is a contributing factor in the engine running out prematurely.

Bob

I apologize for my lack of knowledge, but would the cam explain why it was a torque monster, but lacked on rpm?

Reed had a thing for fast ramp cams..

hell on lifters sometimes... but oh Boy did they make tq and power