Anybody ever seen a roller cam like this? Only marking on it is between the last lobe & last journal. Guessing it's a serial#.
Looking to find out the brand to call them for specs.
Thanks

I had a small miracle the other day myself. I checked my 427 the other day as it's been sitting for a while. Cylinders 4 & 8 had a fair amount of surface rust in them. In panic mode now so I quickly say a prayer a grab the ball hone, chuck it in a drill and go to work. Thankfully they cleaned up just fine with no pitting. She is now lubed better and double bagged, hoping to start building sometime later this year. Sure dodged a bullet on that one!

  I remember back in the 90's when the small block stroker scene hit, i was really into the foxbody mustangs at the time. Every kit that you would see advertised for sale would list its rod/stroke ratio. But nowadays you don't even hear about it anymore. Why is that. Is it not as big a deal as it was once thought to be? Or is it because that most kits sold are marketed more toward high performance, assuming a higher cfm flowing top end.
  I'm no expert but it is my understanding that a longer rod tends to make better power when used with "bigger" heads, intake, cam...etc. and the shorter rods perform better with more velocity at a lower rpm. Is this correct?
If so, what about other applications like towing were you want more power down low or performance builds using factory small port heads and/or intakes. Wouldn't they benefit from a shorter rod?
 For instance I've been thinking about a 428 street build, standard bore and a 4.125 stroke using a 6.535 or 6.385 BBC rod, a relatively square engine. Using smaller port heads and intake for good velocity (TFS, or maybe stock iron) , not too radical of a HR cam and a good intake to match (streetmaster/ dominator or ?). How would the shorter rod perform vs the 6.7 or 6.8