Howdy pardners. I only recently discovered AUSMIN & I'm happy to join. I've found it both informative & amusing as I get to know the different personalities that use the forum. Those with knowledge & those that think they do! (chuckle to myself) But thats what its all about learning from each other, which brings me to my question. A few years ago i picked up a nos AEA 649 factory race cam commonly known as a 648 cam. has any body used one of these? how do they perform? are they too wild for a road going cooper s? any feed back would be appreciated and in return i will try & share my limited knowledge or 2 cents worth when i can. regards the "SHERIFF"

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I put one in my Mk1 Cooper 'S' when I was a lad. It ran three into one race extracters and twin 1.5 SUs. This was a real pig. The engine had sweet FA down low. Too wild for the road.

Too many better cams available nowadays. Sell your cam and move on.

from Feralsprint talking about the recent passing of Barry Jones..

"That is really sad news, the guy was a great engine builder as well as a
hell of a nice bloke, he ground up a cam years ago that Waldo ran in his 5
port super mini motor, it was the fastest 5 port in NSW and when Waldo went 8 port he gave me the cam it was a ripper, much better than the works 648 full race but he could never remember what grind and lift he designed."

RIP...Barry Jones

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g'day sherrif what part of nowra you in
i get down to the paper mill every second week
used to live out at ... hmmmm i can never remember the name of the place on the other side of the river from greenwell point ... mmmm greeny pub i wonder how gav is going
makka

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forgot to add, you need a super close gearbox.

You'd need to scream the tits off it in each gear to keep it in the sweet rev range.

It was the best cam in its day for race applications. Modern cams with scatter patterns allow a better spread of power and are more drivable down lower in the rev range. The 648 produces excellent power from 6000 upwards and is useable from 4000. Mine wouldn't drive under 3500 so was hopeless as a road car. I also found that it was more tractable with a pair of 1.5" SUs, than with a Weber.

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G'day guys thanks for your input.Thats just what i needed to know .I'd rather find out now than try it & have to pull it out after finding out the hard way. Makka i live in south nowra & Orient Point is on the other side of the river from Greenwll Point. once again thanks fellas "Sheriff"

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Gday Sherriff - welcome to the site. Just a quick question. I spend a bit of time down in the Nowra area(Creswell and Albatross mainly)and last Friday we saw a white clubby tearing up the Princes highway on our way back to Canberra early Friday morning...had a really nice centre mount muffler too...

Welkommen mein herr

Rob Forsyth
Miniot!!

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my brother used to live in east nowra
nope behind orient point
i love the south coast
and the banks is my fav fishing spot and the block and chesse
makka

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