Crower M280H cam from tge 70s

[Gary Stavely]

So I was searching for a old school cam and stumbled upon this cam, snapped it up . I like the new old shool stuff, lol! I am seriously thinking about using though in my 383 build.
From the info I can find, it seems it was a good little cam for those who used it, I picked up matching springs as well. Any reason why not? 383 .040 over, 915 small exhaust heads, 10:1 compression, 323 gears.

 

[RemCharger]

@PRHeads would know. Looks like a not bad street cam.

 

[Geoff 2]

224 @ 050, single pattern, 110 LSA. Should work well. Find some old lifters & have them re-faced to ensure you do not wipe out the cam.

 

[Gary Stavely]

224 @ 050, single pattern, 110 LSA. Should work well. Find some old lifters & have them re-faced to ensure you do not wipe out the cam.

Been on the hunt for some NOS lifters for a bit, they will pop up sooner or later...

 

[1 Wild R/T]

I ran that cam in a 68 Coronet back in the 70's.... It's a good grind...

 

[Gary Stavely]

I ran that cam in a 68 Coronet back in the 70's.... It's a good grind...

Thanks, nice too hear

 

[lewtot184]

Howard's still has that lobe profile. It's an old crane pattern repackaged for crower. Howard's has several of those older crane lobes. I used a crower 201hj in my 383 back in the day and it was a crane lobe ([email protected], .480 lift); worked great in a 383. I put the 280/.460 in a 350 Chevy once and it worked out fine.

 

[toolmanmike]

So I was searching for a old school cam and stumbled upon this cam, snapped it up . I like the new old shool stuff, lol! I am seriously thinking about using though in my 383 build.
From the info I can find, it seems it was a good little cam for those who used it, I picked up matching springs as well. Any reason why not? 383 .040 over, 915 small exhaust heads, 10:1 compression, 323 gears.

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Contact "Big bill" here on the site. He sells old school Johnson lifters from time to time. Check any lifter you get to make sure it has a crown on the lobe end.

 

[PRHeads]

That was my first cam…….which went in my first build in 1981.
It was like $66 and change.
It was a good cam.
After a few things got upgraded on my car I ended up going like 12.70’s or 80’s with it in my 68 Satellite with a mild 440.

More upgrades got implemented in the car, and several cams were part of that……and the 280H ended up in a well used and previously rusted seized 400……that amazingly enough also ended up running 12.70’s in the Satellite.

 

[lewtot184]

I ran a couple of 12.90's with my 383 road runner and the 280/.480 cam; way back in the day.

 

[Brewzer67]

I was able to run lots of 12.01's in a 4200lb '67 Coronet with this cam in a stroked 383 (448" w/3.90 stroke) with crazy old JC Penny 7" Cheater slicks. Mine was ground by Chet Herbert cams though and had a 108 center. It had awesome street manners and was consistent as hell in the 1/4. Probably my favorite cam I ever ran.

 

[Gary Stavely]

I was able to run lots of 12.01's in a 4200lb '67 Coronet with this cam in a stroked 383 (448" w/3.90 stroke) with crazy old JC Penny 7" Cheater slicks. Mine was ground by Chet Herbert cams though and had a 108 center. It had awesome street manners and was consistent as hell in the 1/4. Probably my favorite cam I ever ran.

I would be happy to get under 14 seconds, lol! Glad to hear the positive comments, I kinda bought this on a whim. The fella I bought it off said it is still in the original packaging and in perfect condition, seems like it was a good purchase on a good old school piece...

 

[PRHeads]

My original combo was:
Rebuilt 440, untouched 906 heads with correct springs
Original Torker, 650DP, exhaust manifolds
3.23’s, 727, 12” converter, G50-15 tires
Best like that was 14.0’s, at close to(but not breaking) 100mph.