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1965 gt350R model Camshaft
« on: March 09, 2022, 12:47:42 PM »
Hi everyone, I've been referred to this forum by shelby American in an attempt to get an answer to my question:
- What was the camshaft used in the 1965 gt350r's?
Was it:
- 289 k-code hipo cam C30Z-6250-C
- Le Mans cam C7FE-6250-A
- Gt350 racing cam SICR-6250-D
- custom grind from Engle cams (if so, specs?)
- or something completely different?

I have looked all over internet for an answer, but no one seems to know for sure.

Thanks, Sean.

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Re: 1965 gt350R model Camshaft
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2022, 01:31:06 PM »
Hi everyone, I've been referred to this forum by shelby American in an attempt to get an answer to my question:
- What was the camshaft used in the 1965 gt350r's?
Was it:
- 289 k-code hipo cam C30Z-6250-C
- Le Mans cam C7FE-6250-A
- Gt350 racing cam SICR-6250-D
- custom grind from Engle cams (if so, specs?)
- or something completely different?

I have looked all over internet for an answer, but no one seems to know for sure.

Thanks, Sean.
A pretty broad question because as typical with Race cars they evolved and as soon as a better grind was found it would be replaced. Inquiring about a specific window in time might get a more exact answer.
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Re: 1965 gt350R model Camshaft
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2022, 01:34:16 PM »
Randy may know for sure. There was probably an over the counter one that was also in each R Model delivered and another for their own team cars. My take is, it would have changed as the season progressed. They were always playing with porting and manifolds to increase HP a part of that is also cam grinds.
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2022, 02:07:15 PM »
Yes 98SVT that's what I'm looking for. I know it probably changed throughout the years of racing... I'm looking for the camshaft in very first gt350r's produced, as they rolled off the showroom floor untouched. Who is Randy? (Sorry new here)

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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2022, 02:37:40 PM »
I found a document that looks like a shelby dealer package detail list. It only mentions valve lift at .490". I also just got an email back from Curt Vogt from cobra automotive, here is his reply:
- Hi Sean,
Shelby American made some very unique changes to the engines that went into the GT350 but most of them were an external add on. In the case of a street GT350 the standard 289 Hi Po C3OZ camshaft was used. 
In the case of an R model engine these engines were completely taken apart and blueprinted and even though they were completely rebuilt I believe they still used the stock camshaft. In some of the Cobra race engines they did have a specific camshaft and yes some C7FE lemans camshafts did make their way into these competition engines but I don’t recommend this today. Very old camshaft technology and they do not perform very well.
Hope this helps
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Re: 1965 gt350R model Camshaft
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2022, 02:51:07 PM »
   Randy is me LOL.
       The R Model cam was by my records the S1CR 6250-D as the ''as built" cam. The C"7"FE 6250-A cam didn't exist until '66 so it couldn't have been used in '65. Obviously SAI  was tight lipped about "where" some parts were sourced but my research indicates the S1CR cam was made by Engle and was the HL56 grind. I have one in my "collection" with both numbers on the end. Camshafts were "open" to changes and many different ones were tried "in the day". Camshafts were not checked in the day.
    Curt is correct that R Models had fully blueprinted engines and were all dyno tested before installation.  I disagree with Curt that any of them used the C3OZ-C cam. Obviously the R models continued to be raced and engines were upgraded all the time so things did change. Again the C7FE cam was released in '67 , not '65.
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2022, 04:02:43 PM »
Thank you Randy, super helpful! Do you think Engle can reproduce that cam with the grind number provided? Oh! Do you happen to have pictures of that camshaft ends in your collection?! Or is it installed in a car?

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Re: 1965 gt350R model Camshaft
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2022, 04:13:09 PM »
Notice that the "official" list of the competition engines list not the part number of the cam or identifier but just the lift at .490 as shown below. Other later list of parts for comp engines list a fair number of different part numbers.


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Re: 1965 gt350R model Camshaft
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2022, 04:18:31 PM »



You have asked a question which may well be unanswerable, absent an authentic build sheet for a particular car for a particular race.
Agree that the C7FE went over the counter w a 1967 part number, but Don Sullivan profiles, of which the C7FE is one at 107, were used with differing phasing in years prior.
These may give you some context:


http://www.shelbytransam.com/walt/ShelbyTA/images/road289gt40.pdf

https://historicdb.fia.com/sites/default/files/car_attachment/1601034601/homologation_form_number_191_group_gt.pdf

https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=3222.msg28476#msg28476

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17239343-ford-small-block-v8-racing-engines-1962-to-1970

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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2022, 04:47:28 PM »
Camp upshur, good info! But i imagine the cams your are referring to were probably changed during testing, race season, development. My question was more towards this scenario: regular customer (spirited driver, weekend trackdays) walks in shelby american in 1965, wants to buy a gt350r, what camshaft is in that car "the basic GT350 competition version"

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Re: 1965 gt350R model Camshaft
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2022, 05:27:02 PM »
Thank you Randy, super helpful! Do you think Engle can reproduce that cam with the grind number provided? Oh! Do you happen to have pictures of that camshaft ends in your collection?! Or is it installed in a car?

    It is in an engine , sorry. Yes Engle still has the master and there "might" be someone there that could look up the information on cams they did for SAI back then . I know they also did the Cobra only ( stage four engine) roller cams. Sometimes it pays to be an "old guy".
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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2022, 06:01:43 PM »
    camp usher ,
       If you look at the Dan Case thread my reply #8 gives the chronology of the C7FE camshaft.  I have owned examples of all of them over the years. I also have SK  blueprint changes from Don to change lobe separation angle and advance. Don and Jack Engle were good friends. Don also knew Racer Brown and Harvey Crane. I met and spoke with Don once before his passing many years ago.  I spend a good time in the camshaft industry in the mid '70s and met allot if the industry "bigs".
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« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2022, 08:43:12 PM »
Thank you so much Randy, your knowledge and experience should be in a museum! You answered all my questions. I will remember you if i ever have other shelby questions!

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Re: 1965 gt350R model Camshaft
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2022, 09:02:58 PM »
SeanSide,

Randy is the man.  Between him and Dan Case, I don't think there is a SBF question they can't answer.  Especially from a historical perspective.
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2022, 12:01:41 PM »
   Thanks ,
      I haven't mastered walking on water yet , but I had/ have a voracious appetite for engine information / parts. Most of that is based on saving me time and experimentation when others already have. During that time  I have been MOST fortunate to be in the right place at the right time on many occasions. My automotive industry involvement has also been a plus . I am a lucky guy for sure and helping others save time and grief is a constant goal now.
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