I believe the cam you have is a Winfield Super No. 1. Lift is 325 and duration is 272. Probably falls somewhere in between mild and full race.
Thank you. any Pros or cons for street use ? It's In a pretty well built flathead with scintilla mag set at 12 degrees.
Great lookin' engine; love the magneto. The cam should be fine. One question : what's the displacement of that engine? That may change things.
"If I wanted one, that'd be the one I'd want". (Quote from about 20 years ago from a friend who was into this stuff big time.)
If that were my engine,I would throw that red plastic wire set away,especialy using with a Vertex.get yourself some good Packard 440.
I recently got my mag rebuilt by a gentleman named spud, who is pretty savvy on magnetos, and he was kind enough to throw in those wires for my set up. Perhaps in the near future I will use some blk 440's.
Looks like you bought a used motor. Is that the cam in it now ? Longish duration & low lift = a lazy cam. You can do a lot better than that Winfield grind, lots of options out there.
Winfield ground a cam for me in 1951. Anyone know where I might start to look for to find the records for this so another grinder could grind me the cam he did if they have the specs. I think the number is either 7109 or a 7009. TIA.
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