I have read some good things on this board about the Crane Cams 2020 and 2030 camshafts so I wondered if they were 50 State Street legal. Well, like most great aftermarket products, they aren't but the Crane Cams H-260-2 camshaft is 50 state legal. Now this doesn't appear to be quite as an aggressive camshaft as either the 2020 or the 2030, nor is it a roller cam, but it does look to be much more stout than my insipid 2021 camshaft. Anyone know anything about the H-260-2 camshaft? Thanks!

 

sounds interesting, I was thinking about getting the 2021 myself.

 

dave186,

Someone posted all the specs on the 2020, 2021, and 2030 camshafts and as you can plainly see, the 2021 is simply a mild hydraulic cam. Granted, it doesn't affect your idle, drivability, or smogability, but I'm still trying to figure out if it was money well spent. I wish CC had some actual dyno figures for these cams in our applications. But I guess most people that swap cams also swap a variety of other parts and it would be almost impossible to give meaningful data given all the potential aftermarket setups as each one would probably be affected slightly different.

 

I went with the 2021 bout 3years ago and I have not regretted it, I chose it because as already said it doesn't affect driveability. I have a tremendous power increase but I can't say its all the cam, I built the entire engine from the bottom up, ported heads, etc. What I ended up with is just what I wanted, I can run with the new trucks for speed and pulling power, still gets around 14mpg (its a 4x4) with no problems associated with bigger cams. I also do not run a chip.

 

see thats kinda what im looking for, I dont want to convert to mass air or get a custom chip or anything. I would like to but I cant afford to go to a roller cam, so im thinking either the 2021 or this H-260-2 if anybody knows anything about it. My dad has a 268H in his 390 and that thing has gobs of power, but thats an entirely different setup.

 

I have not converted to mass air and don't plan to after reading a little bit on the differences, I don't think its worth it for the money it would cost.

 

I have the 2020 installed in my 351. However, it will respond slightly differently than on a 302, and I am not even sure if the 2020 is compatible with speed density for the 302. On my 351 you can notice a slight cam lope due to the 112 degree lob separation, but it will idle like a champ all day long without a hickup. Crane lists its power range from idle through 5500rpm, and I certainly don't doubt it one bit on either extreme. It seems to have a massive surge of power that comes on about 2600rpm that carries through to 5000rpm. This isn't the cam you want if you like the street/strip action, its more towing/torque orientated. It has more valve lift than a good majority of the cams out there, which is good, especially if you have improved cylinder heads. Is it worth it to upgrade from the 2021? I guess I would say its not worth the effort to swap out JUST the camshaft for all the work involved, but then again I don't know what the 2021 is like.

 

forgot to add, I am almost positive the 2020 is smog legal. I can check to make sure, but Crane sent me a special decal that im suposed to display in my engine compartment prooving it to be legit 50 state.

 

check out my last post

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...8&goto=newpost

 

Good news! For CA drivers any ways... the Crane Cams powermax 2020 hydraulic roller camshaft is 50 state smog legal! I didn't see the C.A.R.B. EO exemption number on some of the links, but I finally found it on one of them at their site. I think I'm just going to stop p*$$y fartin' around and convert to mass air so I can get a camshaft with some decent lift and heads that will flow so that my truck doesn't have to huff and puff with those 35's anymore. Now all I need is $$$