Cam grinder/manufacturer opinions

Re: So who is Ruben racing cams?
Post by W.Todd » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:58 am

Ruben was the cam grinder at Chet Herbert Cams.The masters belonged to Chet but he paid Ruben to grind the cams.Then Ruben bought the cam grinder and the masters from Chet,but he still made all of the roller cams for Chet.
Ruben finally moved out of Chet's building to another location in Anaheim.

Then Donnie Johansen moved his cam grinder into the building and started making the cams for Chet.
After a couple of years,I think Donnie recv'd a large sum of money from an estate and then sold the cam grinder to someone else. <new Howards?>
But I think Donnie was seperate and Howard's was already sold>

As far as I know,Ruben still grinds the roller cams for Doug using Chet's masters and the Herbert name.I sold a lot of Chet's cams for 10 years and had a return of less than 1%.His cams made a lot of torque and horsepower for circle track cars,street,bracket cars,marine and tractor pullers.Ruben has expanded the line of roller cams since Chet passed away.

Re: So who is Ruben racing cams?
Post by SchmidtMotorWorks » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:59 pm

I don't think it is correct to say that Ruben only has old masters, he has a the capabilty to copy any cam he wants to and I assume he does that.
Ruben is more like a job-shop, a guy that manufactures cams at low prices and is happy to let others resell his work with thier name on it.
You won't find a nicer guy in the business if you come to him with with a request that he can do. he helped me out whan I was making my first cams.
That said, his business is about manufacturing, not engineering, if you need someone to spec out the cam to help design your combination

Ruben is not the guy to go to, go to someone like Jones for that.

If you need 10 or a 100 cams a month and price is the most important factor, go to Ruben.

Re: So who is Ruben racing cams??
Post by bigjoe1 » Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:49 am
"Last time I ran one, it was 55 HP LESS than a good Comp Cams profile I like"

On the 55 Hp deal, the Comp Cams grind was a newer design, as opposed to the Herbert that was a 30 or more years old grind they have been making forever= Similiar duration at 050 though

JOE SHERMAN RACING (Joe is a go to expert on chevy cams)

RIP CHET