Ibought a set of Crane Cam off Ebay over a year ago - I just broke them out this week and is trying to determine if they are Crane and which Model Crane Cams I have for my DOHC Engine. Of Course I did not print out the EBay auction with the details.

How do you determine if they are Crane and which Model Crane - I am sure they are basic Cranes like a #10 or #12

If I put them on the table with my factory stock - they look very similiar in shape & Size

The only thing different about these cam are the color of the metal of the Cam - my factory stock are plain metal where these ones off Ebay have copper tint to portions of the cam

Any help - as Always - is appreciated!!

 

on the end of the cam shafts....opposite the side the cam gears goes onto...there should be model numbers and serial numbers etched into them..
find the number and post it....then i can tell you what kind they are

 

Thanks Spudsterier,

I will check agian - don't recall anything etched - but will double check later this evening and post

 

Again you are right - they are hard to read - but some cleaning and a magnifing glass I was able to get these characters off of each CAM - I tried a google search on the numbers - but no luck

Crane CAM CHR 242-6 Intake 180-30-01
Crane CAM CHR 242-6 Exhaust 180-30-01

 

sounds like crane #10's
#12's are CHR 246-8

 

Thanks Spud

If you had to guess - or if you know - what kind of gain off of a stock motor would the Cams add?? Ball Park!!

on a side note - how in the heck to you get the CAM Seals on??? I can get the Seals started - but I can not get them all the way seated - even tried to bolt on the Cam Gear - but it does not go back far enough to seat the Seals.

 

i really have no idea what kind of gain you would look at..... i have a set of #14's that are going in my car and i would like to know what they would do me as well...

as for the cam seal:
i use a few different methods that i use......if you have a big enough socket, you can try to put it over the end of the cam and get it to rest on the seal...then just lightly tap the socket with a hamer...
or
use a center punch and tap the seal into place
either one work fine

 

Thanks Spudsterier

I don't have a socket deep enough - I tried tapping it on - I got it on over half way - let it sit over night and try again this afternoon.

My Next question I was going to ask was there a different cam seal for the Crane - My New seals fits my original cams - they were a tight fit - but are alot easier then these Crane's

Might try to sneak over to a Dyna next week and see what my stock little baby is going to do

 

as far as i know the seals should be the same for the stocks and the cranes.....maybe try to put a little lube on the inside of the seal