Why the !@#$ are SOHC cams so expensive?

[BlackVert]

Why the !@#$ are SOHC cams so expensive?

 

[WRXracer]

oh

cuzz they are raping us.. now bend over and take it..

 

[mogs01gt]

well for one thing you are buying 2 cams!

 

[SPKMustang]

edit

 

[VTEngines]

Hardly gettin raped.......

2 things....you are getting 2 cams and the volume is not there compared to the pushrod world, thus no great quantity deals on billet blanks, no volume means higher margin to offset the cost, etc,etc, on and on......

 

[ac1122]

STOP YOUR WHINING>>>

I HAD TO BUY 4 NOW THATS AN AZZ RAPING

 

[cjist1]

The price is inversely proportional to the number of lobes on each camshaft.
Thats why a cam for a pushrod V8 costs 2 x as much.

 

[mogs01gt]

Hardly gettin raped.......

2 things....you are getting 2 cams and the volume is not there compared to the pushrod world, thus no great quantity deals on billet blanks, no volume means higher margin to offset the cost, etc,etc, on and on......

See why VT guys are good. Now only if their CL was where I need it.

 

[VTEngines]

See why VT guys are good. Now only if their CL was where I need it.

....and where do you think you need it?

Let me know

 

[mogs01gt]

VT, you got a PM

 

[Roush21]

Why the !@#$ are SOHC cams so expensive?

LoL have you seen the prices for the DOHC??? Consider yourself lucky

 

[Rio96]

VT, since you mentioned it,
how much does the metal cost for 2 cams?
Or anyone else, how much does that piece of steel, cost?
Rio96

 

[neoclasiccl]

You only have to get two

 

[athensoutkast]

VT, since you mentioned it,
how much does the metal cost for 2 cams?
Or anyone else, how much does that piece of steel, cost?
Rio96

not sure about prices but don't forget the Research&developement, machining, and workers. Not to mentention the old law of "supply and demand"

 

[cobra killer]

VT, since you mentioned it,
how much does the metal cost for 2 cams?
Or anyone else, how much does that piece of steel, cost?
Rio96

$550-$600.........

tim

 

[DELOS02GT]

How much are cams for my car? Is the HP gains worth spending the $$$

 

[hognutz]

I don't understand you logic. roller camshafts are alwasy around $250. we need two camshafts. 2x250=500.

I wish they were cheaper too I just don't understand why you think you are getting raped.

 

[mrvax]

I wish they were cheaper too I just don't understand why you think you are getting raped.

Perhaps he has other plans for those camshafts!