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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

I loved the fact that someone challenged the Hemi's dominance in Top Fuel. The "Cammer" showed some real potential. Unfortunately, Ford lost interest when NASCAR banned it, and the NHRA would not allow it in Super Stock and, later, Pro Stock.

Jim Green's Performance Center was just a few miles from my house. He won the NHRA Funny Car world championship in 1972 (I believe, could have been +/- a year). Hemi powered car, though. He had the world's biggest collection of Cammers, and my neighbor worked for him. I got to spend a lot of time around those motors. I wish the concept had been allowed to compete. I thought it represented a worthwhile step forward in American V-8's.

The Ford Cammer was the only production engine to have fully machined intake, exhaust ports and combustion chamber. It was designed from the start as a high RPM, endurance race engine with no compromise