Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4080961)

Bill,
Coughlin called me Bill. Modifying lifters in the manner you are speaking is a patch for improper lifter bore clearances. I gone over this with John Callies on several occausions. Grooving the lifters or grooving the bores, Comp has tool for doing this to the lifter bores. If the bores are not correct when measured during pre assembly then this process can be preformed. That is engine building 101. I'm glad you posted that about grooving the lifter bore after the fact and you have it in writing now.

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4080930)

Bill stated he is not an employee of a shop and now your saying he is not in business for himself. Interesting.

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4080945)

Damn now its gone from 2 blower engines to 5. Bill any engine builder knows there are series of lifters. Price dictates what they want to use. Morel at that time had the 4606, similar to the Pro Series Crane, and the 4845, similar to the Crane Ultra Pro.. Both lifters are in use today. We have a set of AFR heads hear at the shop. Marine build, 540, that was done 7 years ago. My cam and a set of 4606. It has 280hrs on these lifters no issue. I have 2 sets of 4845 that were sent in for rebuild. Not my cams and I did not sell the customer these Morels. They have someone elses name on the tie bar. Marine builds, na, 300 + hours. Point is Bill the lifters although 2 different series are used in Drag, Marine, Truck Pull, Circle track. The lifter has no idea what it is going to be used for. It wasn't the lifters issue of lack of oil Bill.



I've got great customers and they are all good people. You calling them names will ever concrete the idea of you never being in business for yourself. You don't treat people you don't know like that.

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4080961)

Bill,
Coughlin called me Bill. Modifying lifters in the manner you are speaking is a patch for improper lifter bore clearances. I gone over this with John Callies on several occausions. Grooving the lifters or grooving the bores, Comp has tool for doing this to the lifter bores. If the bores are not correct when measured during pre assembly then this process can be preformed. That is engine building 101. I'm glad you posted that about grooving the lifter bore after the fact and you have it in writing now.

Originally Posted by sutphen 30 (Post 4081082)

Its always been 5 you idiot.

Originally Posted by Mrcapsize (Post 4080761)

Would you be interested in slightly used straub cam. You can run 650# over the nose on it. NO WAIT MAYBE MORE! (oh and by the way what difference does it make when and what day i post?)

Originally Posted by abones (Post 4081303)

So this has been some fun reading (as I do not have a dog in this fight) but I do feel bad for those who have been misinformed by the guest of honor in this thread. It seem that those who seek honest advise get hooked up with people who know little about the High Perf game so sorry to see But I don't understand how it perpetuates? I feel very fortunate that my mentors were among the best in the biz.

Originally Posted by Zone 5 (Post 4081246)

Straub is famous. His piss poor cam designs even make magazine articles[IMG]http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original[/IMG]

Originally Posted by abones (Post 4081303)

So this has been some fun reading (as I do not have a dog in this fight) but I do feel bad for those who have been misinformed by the guest of honor in this thread. It seem that those who seek honest advise get hooked up with people who know little about the High Perf game so sorry to see But I don't understand how it perpetuates? I feel very fortunate that my mentors were among the best in the biz.

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4081805)

So Timminator from the old HOT Boat days is your go to expert now. Funny all of you attacked him in the day.

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4081808)

It really is hillarious how small your world is for guys that do this part time, no time, rich parents, no job at......phone has run off the hook here since Jan. 1. Just today going to recam a new COPO.

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4081808)

It really is hillarious how small your world is for guys that do this part time, no time, rich parents, no job at......phone has run off the hook here since Jan. 1. Just today going to recam a new COPO.

Originally Posted by 47EXCALIBUR (Post 4081818)

Is this CSTRAUB guy for real. People make mistakes, make good on them and you wont have a bad reputation. This guys sounds like he has trouble running a pair of underwear correctly

Originally Posted by abones (Post 4081905)

I would be impressed if he could make some better cams for Mercury so they can make more power from the 1350s and 1650s but until then ?????

Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Jake (Post 4082097)

Are you saying he does design Cams for Mercury?? OMG...

Originally Posted by Zone 5 (Post 4082346)

Great, now he will be editing your post like I did and it will be all over. Those car guys will love it. Guys with ZR-1 Vette's will be ringing his phone off the hook.

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4082396)

Guys I appreciate everything, record sales month in camshafts and Morel lifters. Good talking to the 2 board members this week.

Originally Posted by liquidlounge (Post 4082408)

Hey Cstaub- not to derail this wonderful thread, but is the .750 wheel Morel lifter actually .750? The ones my engine builder got me measure under .750 but are quite a bit bigger than .700. The wheel is fully exposed. They came in a plain box. Does this sound like a Morel lifter to you? Thanks in advance, Dave

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4082702)

Somebody has sent the Morel lifter over to be copied in China. .

Originally Posted by Zone 5 (Post 4082479)

As PT Barnum said, more suckers born every minute. Must have got chump to buy a cam for a motor so you have 1 sale this month and none last. guess that would be a record. Did you screw him with cast too?

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4082724)

Not too many miles on this yet but, I have to give credit to Chris Straub for the cam and his help in influencing the parts package. The specs are smaller than I was thinking but, it has terrific response already (sure to improve with tuning) and revs hard to the rev limiter at 6400. The cam does it all!

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Originally Posted by sutphen 30 (Post 4082707)

and there we have it,,you selling them w/ the chinese junk heads you have.friggen conman
probably the 5 sets you sold us came from there.

you can't even install an intake and your using and reading a micrometer.why not give the real author of your info credit,you fraud.

Originally Posted by sutphen 30 (Post 4083161)

conman,conman,conman,
talk all you want,the fact that YOU sold them and spec them,,and they failed to oil is a screw up by you.A good conman,always has an excuse and tries to talk intelligent.fact is,bullet designs your cams.
now go learn to change a spark plug and sell some chinese heads and lifters,,conman,

Originally Posted by dereknkathy (Post 4063409)

bob madera is not the only guy on the planet who knows which end of the cam goes into the block first.

Originally Posted by sutphen 30 (Post 4083161)

conman,conman,conman,
talk all you want,the fact that YOU sold them and spec them,,and they failed to oil is a screw up by you.A good conman,always has an excuse and tries to talk intelligent.fact is,bullet designs your cams.
now go learn to change a spark plug and sell some chinese heads and lifters,,conman,

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4083638)

http://www.johncalliesinc.com/produc...ProductNo=4606

And I still sell them today. I will give the customer the options he or she has on lifters then they can choose according to what they want to spend. Now it is up to the engine builder to check the tolerances. Lifter bore clearance is no different then checking rod and main clearance. If this is missed and the engine goes down then it is the engine builders fault.


This lifter is used by many cam companies today under their own name and is still one of Morels top sellers.

Originally Posted by cstraub (Post 4083638)

http://www.johncalliesinc.com/produc...ProductNo=4606

And I still sell them today. I will give the customer the options he or she has on lifters then they can choose according to what they want to spend. Now it is up to the engine builder to check the tolerances. Lifter bore clearance is no different then checking rod and main clearance. If this is missed and the engine goes down then it is the engine builders fault. .