Buying A Used Cam Shaft

[mattpiotr]

My neighbor who builds race cars all his life built him self a really nice built up small block 327 to put in the Malibu to go down the quarter mile. he ran the car once and changed the oil......took it down the quarter mile once and tore the top end of the motor apart. he is putting a bigger cam in it. he is trying to sell me the cam that was in it. its a comp cam .454 lift with 268 duration. the lifters where all market when they came out. ive been wanting to do a top end rebuild on my motor for a while he told me he'd sell me the cam and lifters for $100 and help me install it i was wondering if it is worth it? i know that nothing is wrong with it. the only reason he went with a bigger cam was for more top and power......would i be getting a good deal here? he has all the paper work and everything it says $225 new with lifters.