Dougherty Racing Cams

frankoporsche · 06-05-2018, 07:26 AM

Has anyone experience good or bad with this company?
I heard it take forever but you will get your stuffs..
Is has being two months still waiting for my new cam and spring set..
what are your thought ?

MST0118 · MST0118's Garage

Yes, I use John exclusively. It took over two months but I was fine with the timing since I was not in any rush since I ordered the cams well in advance of when I needed them. John gives good advice on cam profiles for various applications so I like using him.

lvporschepilot · 06-05-2018, 09:30 AM

John is the best. Go nowhere else.

frankoporsche · 06-05-2018, 10:12 AM

I feel much better knowing it is all good...
Thank you pelican for your input..

Trackrash · Trackrash's Garage

He is busy for a reason. He is good with email. He will answer all your questions and knows his S*** when it comes to 911 cams and engines.

horizontallyopp · 06-06-2018, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by frankoporsche

Has anyone experience good or bad with this company?
I heard it take forever but you will get your stuffs..
Is has being two months still waiting for my new cam and spring set..
what are your thought ?

You and me both. John has had my cams for re-welding and re-grinding now for 3 months. Tough guy to get ahold of for updates. Thankfully, this isn't urgent on my end or I would have just bought new Web-Cams .

Trackrash · Trackrash's Garage

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Originally Posted by horizontallyopp

You and me both. John has had my cams for re-welding and re-grinding now for 3 months. Tough guy to get ahold of for updates. Thankfully, this isn't urgent on my end or I would have just bought new Web-Cams .

I chose to go with new billets partially due to the fact that the welding process adds to the turn around time.

frankoporsche · 06-06-2018, 10:00 AM

Well the good news
I just called John and some how my stuffs never got ship out from their shipper department...John was surprises my order never got ship out to me.. well today is very good news...I will get my order in a few days...wow

jjeffries · jjeffries's Garage

I've only built the one p-car engine but used John Dougherty to rehabilitate my cams to DC15 spec (if memory serves) in my SC rebuild. He was prompt, fairly priced and quickly answered an email call for help when I was setting cam timing. John/CT.

horizontallyopp · 06-12-2018, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by horizontallyopp

You and me both. John has had my cams for re-welding and re-grinding now for 3 months. Tough guy to get ahold of for updates. Thankfully, this isn't urgent on my end or I would have just bought new Web-Cams .

I guess I must have caused a disturbance in the force as I got an invoice from John so my cams must be done. But yes, re-welding and re-grinding cams in the peak of race prep season is going to take longer. Like I said, this wasn't urgent for me, so I'm happy to wait for quality!

mreid · 06-12-2018, 06:48 AM

I’ll give him another positive plug.

I bought new DC80’s from someone on this forum, but didn’t have the specs for alignment. I called John and was put on hold and then got the specs over the phone with a few tips for alignment. Btw, these went into my 3.2ss and performed perfectly.

frankoporsche · 06-14-2018, 10:57 PM

Oh well Oh well
after talking on the phone with John two weeks ago
I AM Still waiting for my new Cam and Racing Valve Spring set

may have to call John again next week

frankoporsche · 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by horizontallyopp

I guess I must have caused a disturbance in the force as I got an invoice from John so my cams must be done. But yes, re-welding and re-grinding cams in the peak of race prep season is going to take longer. Like I said, this wasn't urgent for me, so I'm happy to wait for quality!

Hi keith
hopefully I will get mine soon

horizontallyopp · 06-19-2018, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by frankoporsche

Hi keith
hopefully I will get mine soon

Mine arrived today.

mikedsilva · 06-19-2018, 07:21 PM

yes, good.

Mine also took longer than I would have thought but I would happily use him again and again.
And I shipped mine all the way from Australia.

175K911 · 07-29-2018, 05:21 PM

I’m now going on 3-1/2 months waiting. I know John’s a one man shop and worth waiting for but I ordered these cams on billets in mid-April so I’ve lost most of the race season with my engine on my engine stand. He told me in May he was roughing in my cams but even that was more than 2 months ago. Hopefully tomorrow when I call him again he has something to tell me before I move on. Very frustrating.

3literpwr · 07-30-2018, 03:14 AM

I also had timing issues with DRC. Waited four months for a set of DC 60 cams. The cams seemed fine, but showed about .010-.015 less lift on the intake lobe...exhaust side was spot on. I’m not the only one to have experienced this. If I get another set, i’ll use Elgin or Web.