Call mornings only, please!
Please use the navigation links at the top and bottom of each page to view and print for your harvey CRANE's secrets notebook.
If you have heard of Harvey's "book" and wondered if it will ever get published, volume one is now available to read on-line here or download the PDF version to read off-line here FREE! Harvey suggests you print it (approximately 32 pages) so you may read it at your leisure.
HARVEY CRANE ® has spent more than 55 years in CAMS and CAMSHAFT MEASUREMENT, CAM ANALYSIS and CAM DESIGN. His personal consulting services and software can provide you with the answers you need to solve your camshaft and valve train problems.
Harvey Crane, "The Camshaft Man since 1953" is happy to present the Camshaft blog. Please visit our newest addition and leave your comments.
Harvey Crane does not sell camshafts! (Well, a few billet Ford Model A & Model B camshafts only).
harvey CRANE, Inc., is in the consulting business and charges an hourly rate for services. Your first call is FREE! MORNINGS ONLY PLEASE! He offers experience, expertise and innovation in the field of camshaft and valve train technology.
In April 2006, Secrets #17, CRANE ENGINEERING - THE START and Secrets #18, CAM SCHOOL BOOK INDEX, plus additions to Secrets #8, HISTORY OF THE BERCO CAM GRINDER. In May 2006, Ford Model A & Model B information was added.
Ramp Secrets! A listing of sample roller cam designs using different RAMPS, some of which have never been described in published literature. Graphic views are now available of each of these RAMPS. These graphs show lift, velocity, acceleration, and jerk curves of these UNIQUE RAMPS.
Other previously unpublished secrets are from the Original Camshaft Man (since 1953) - Harvey Crane. These secrets are numbered and additions will be published periodically. Secrets 1 and 2 have been on this site for several years. Secrets 3 through 7 were added in 2002. Secrets 8, 9 and 10 were added later. Secrets 11, 12 and 13 were added during 2003. Secrets 14 was added early in 2005. Secrets 15 was added March 2005! Follow the links at the top or bottom of each page to learn the Secrets Of The Camshaft Man!
He formed Crane Engineering on January 1, 1953. Later as he expanded the cam business, the name was changed to his LAST NAME CRANE + CAMS, Inc. This firm became the best known in the field of racing camshafts in the late 1960's. In 1989 the ESOT (employee owned) firm's executive committee of 10 (from a total of more than 250 employee owners) decided they could save money by "letting Harvey go". They FIRED HIM on Tuesday afternoon, January 24, 1989! At that time he only owned 17% of the company stock shares, so there was nothing he could do to save his position as the technological leader of the company that still bears his name. As of September, 2007 there are only 1 of the 10 left at Crane.
After his one year noncompete expired in 1990, he began to offer consulting services, cam profile measurement, design services, cam design software and cam analysis software.
A member of the Society of Automotive Engineers since 1958, his acknowledged leadership in the automotive field was recognized by the SAE in 1988 when it awarded him a fellowship in the SAE.
Late in 2007 he was awarded a 50 year certificate of active membership with SAE International.
The harvey CRANE, Inc. phone will normally be answered by Harvey Crane during daily business hours of 8:00 AM to 12 Noon Eastern time, Monday through Friday. Please note that I do not work afternoons! When you reach the age of 76+ you too can work half days!
His cam design and analysis software is not available for sale. All software is available ONLY with HARVEY CRANE'S Personal Consulting Services.
Harvey would be pleased to assist you in the camshaft business. Your first call to him is FREE! He will recommend other camshaft manufacturers when you call with a specific engine request. Please do not send an e-mail requesting a referral of a camshaft manufacturer. The only e-mail listed here is for the webmaster for questions or comments about the web design. Overseas potential customers may send e-mail to the webmaster with any questions for Mr. Crane. These will be forwarded and eventually answered. Please allow up to 14 days for a response.
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