514 cam stuff for Dennis

[Tom Wells]

Dennis,

Welcome to the madness...

Your info is correct about my Cobra's cam, lifters & springs. I don't recall the specs - it was over 11 years ago - but the solid roller springs are almost assuredly too strong.

Alas, Crane has died, was bought out by a motorcycle parts business and is slowly returning to the cam market.

Knowing this, I'd be strongly inclined to go with one of the ClubCobra vendors/engine builders such as Keith Craft or Brent Lykins (watch out for my spelling!) for a recommendation for the cam and valve train components. There has been some progress I think from Comp or one of the other cam folks since I got mine, and one or more of the newer vendors can even grind your cam to suit the rest of your engine (heads, manifold/carb etc) and get some pretty amazing performance out of it - probably matching your solid setup since there are some newer hydraulic rollers that can go to 8500 rpm.

My setup started out as a carb, then went to throttle body injection and vacuum has never been a problem, as the Crane cam is pretty mild in a big engine.

Have fun with it,

Tom

[scootter]

I had to rebuild my 514 many years ago. I called Ford Racing and got all the parts from them for the rebuild. Slightly less aggressive cam( not much), flat hydraulic lifters, same rocker arms, longer push rods and different valve springs. Engine still makes tons of power. Rebuilt it at 13,250 mile and now have 40,000 miles with no issues.
Scott