Cammers are rubbish... They last only 50miles of street use, and then aren't worth the warranty.
But YOU already know this, and that's why you don't have one
As for losing 50lbs... Yikes, That would amputation for me to achieve.
Somebody must be able to build a reliable Cammer out there, CC member Damage's Cammer notwithstanding. Jay Leno has had a Cammer in his Cobra for a couple decades. He famously appeared with it in a TV commercial many years ago.
I'd probably look to Robert Pond down in SoCal to build one, if I suddenly got the itch to torch $50,000 +/- of my money.
As for losing 50 lbs, amputation of a limb is not required. A more desirable approach would be just converting fat to muscle and that would work OK too.
Years ago, two cammers I helped work on were NOS crate engines and we did nothing but install them and they worked great.
Then we worked on a couple of "rebuilt" ones and had nothing but troubles.
I guess the story there is that if you're going the cammer route, know who you are dealing with and what his knowledge is in this particular engine.
I see them on Ebay all the time and cringe...
My Cammer would definitely be very reliable.........nestled between the frame rails of my Kirkham.................sitting in the garage, under a car cover, year round. I think at some point, I'll just move it into the living room, so I can look at it more often.
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A more desirable approach would be just converting fat to muscle and that would work OK too.
Earlier on in this thread you were seemingly one of few that could do the math (ie: EZ$'s post & calculations) but now, I'm thinking maybe you just got lucky?
Converting 50lbs of fat in to muscle, still leaves you with 50lbs of muscle.
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Originally Posted by Dimis
Earlier on in this thread you were seemingly one of few that could do the math (ie: EZ$'s post & calculations) but now, I'm thinking maybe you just got lucky?
Converting 50lbs of fat in to muscle, still leaves you with 50lbs of muscle.
Enjoy...
You beat me to it!
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Earlier on in this thread you were seemingly one of few that could do the math (ie: EZ$'s post & calculations) but now, I'm thinking maybe you just got lucky?
Converting 50lbs of fat in to muscle, still leaves you with 50lbs of muscle.
Enjoy...
Hey, I was trying to save you from amputation.
I don't believe there's a 1:1 correlation between converting fat to muscle, but I'm not an expert. In my experience, people will gain muscle, lose fat and lose weight in the process, depending on how much their metabolism has increased due to their exercise regimen.
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