Dyno graphs supplied by- Salt Lake City H-D Mike Sullivan Race dept.
Crane Cams replacement cams for Harley Davidson from Black Widow Cams
CAMONICS; I would like Thank Edmund Neino for his help in the early days about cam grinding. Ed worked for Racer Brown when he was a younger man grinding performance cams for the Chrysler Performance Division. Ed played a lot with the grinder finding out how to change things as to shape and durations. Later after several years Ed went into the cam bussiness and started Camonics in Southern California and invested in a Van Norman cam grinder. Now being sorry to state this but Ed Neino pasted a way on October 10th 2011. Ed was happly remarried and enjoyed Loving his new wife Larisa and spent his last days on the cam grinder and visiting with his daughter Linda. God Bless
We Have LOST CHET HERBERT may he grind in heaven as he did so here on earth.
IN DECEMBER 2009 WE LOST CR AXTEL ALSO KNOW FOR H-D PERFORMANCE.
Sigurd Harald Erson known to the racing community as just “SIG” passed away July 6th 2009 in Flordia Sig was reported to be in poor health. Sig was born in 1930. Erson cams was sold to Super Shops in1983 and re-sold to Prestolite - Mallory Corp & since sold and is still in operation in Nevada. Sig’s brother know as “Babe” Erson ( he ground cams under the name Babe Erson cams located in California passed away Nov. 25th 2001. Babe Erson cams is operated under the name SLR for Steve Long time former employee of Babe.

Harvey J. Crane, Jr. The Cam MAN was born August 17th 1931 and was 80years young this year BLACK WIDOW CAMS WANTS TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE RACERS AT STURGIS 2011 FOR SINGING HARVEY CRANE’s 80th BIRTHDAY CARD he deeply appericated it very much!!! HARVEY still designs Re- and consults on camshafts (Bump Sticks) to this day! “But his former camshaft company CRANE CAMS is dead in the water & 260 plus employees are out of a job”………….”Will S & S Cycle be able to meet the high standars of Harvey Crane Jr. ???
The founder of the Legandary
Crane Cams
As well as Chet Herbert passing away earier this year we have also lost Jack Engle who was also one of the pioneers of the hot rodding sport, Jack formed Engle Racing Cams in 1941 four years before the incorporation of the Harman & Collins Cam company in 1945 also in California!!
Ed Iskendarian still shows up for work………..
John Andrews is still working the day shift……..

And now there is Reid Greer one of kind-Reid was born in Arcadia, CA and lives in the same house from when he was a kid. Reid Greer studied at UCLA and majored in Thermodynamics and internal combustion engine design & A Graduate Engineer. During his prime years after serving in WW-2 and a P.O.W. Reid devoted his livleyhood to high-performance flat head Harley’s and Indians. He and long time friend Sandy Mc Greggor made some salt flat history-He made his own cam lobes on his home made camshaft machine form the nose by hand and press them in place and time them then weld the lobe in place Reid new more than most still alive about offset tappets and how the nose of the cam is affected as well as how the shape will be in referance to the……………….




