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    Hartwell sold what they named "the Hartwell high-torque camshaft" for £6.10.

    0 - this was their high torque touring camshaft.


    They also had a Sports camshaft for £17.10.0 and
    a Racing camshaft with carrier for £23.15.0
    Cam carriers for Hartwell camshafts cost £2.15.6 each.
    Ray Payne of Hartwell also produced the RP3 cam which was somewhere between an R22 and an R23 cam.

    To my page on Hartwell in the Tuners / Builders section

    Greetham Engineering
    Andy Chesman of Greetham Engineering at Edgwick Road, Coventry produced the GE2 cam. It had a 0.3125" lift and timing something
    like 28-58-66-20 (exact figures of course depend on what you line the cam in at). Torquey: Apparantly the Greetham GE1 camshaft
    pulls much more clearly lower down than the R17, although its profile is similar to an R22.
    Late in the 1970s Chesman developed heads which used smaller inlet valves (1.375") and a higher lift camshaft (0.420") which gave a
    better spread of torque and more power (123 bhp). These camshafts required very special cam carriers with bronze liners.

    From: Ian Perry (a NZ address)


    Date: 12 August 2020
    Subj.: GE3 cam

    Can't help myself now I'm on a role.

    I thought you might like a full set of data for the GE3 taken from my cam doctor sheets as what you have is not
    complete.

    Lift 395
    Installed lift 385
    Theoretical valve timing 70 77 90 51
    Duration inlet 332
    Duration exhaust 327
    Cam timing 102.5
    Inlet lift @TDC 175 thou
    Inlet tappet clearance 10
    Exhaust tappet clearance 10
    Power Band 5500-9000

    In its day it was the best full race cam around and is still hard to better.

    Regards
    Ian Perry

    From: Ian Perry (a NZ address)


    Date: 11 August 2020
    Subj.: GE5 cam data

    I've been built up another engine with a cam stamped as a GE5 and thought you might want to add that data to your list.

    I've doctored the cam and using what I believe is the same assumptions for the theoretical cam timing (as opposed to
    installed or at 50 thou lift) I get the following:

    Lift .408 (inlet) - possibly a bit worn


    Inlet lift installed 398
    Theoretical Cam timing 49 82 81 47
    Duration inlet 310 degrees
    Duration exhaust 307 degrees
    Cam timing 107
    Inlet lift @TDC 137 thou
    Inlet tappet clearance 10 thou
    Exhaust tappet clearance 10 thou
    Uses - Comp Race
    Power Band 5000 – 8500

    Not the most out and out powerful of cams when compared to the GE3 but it gives a very good spread of both torque
    and power.

    Now I understand what your table is showing I can give you the same for the IR4 if you want to add that to the table.

    Regards
    Ian Perry

    Ben Boult
    Ben Boult has designed camshafts:
    "...the best I achieved was a 1040cc engine running one of my .410 cams through a Hewland MK9 gearbox, that gave 125BHP at the
    wheels at 7500rpm.
    Incidently if anyone needs Cams I keep most profiles in stock."

    Piper
    Piper camshafts on the Need for Speed web site.
    Repro on BP285 only available on Imp Sport cam.
    pipercams.co.uk 2008 cam folder (page 29 of 51) - TALBOT (HILLMAN) IMP

    Piper say they have no details on any of their old cams. However, if you ask them, they will measure your classic Piper cam for you
    and tell you what it does and how to time it.

    R.J. (Bob) Gayler was the co-founder and Technical Director of Piper Cams from 1966 to 1990
    Piper Tuning Manual -> The BG Tuning Manual (BG = Bob Gayler) index to the manual

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