Consumers rank the best camshaft brands
We are now on Day 56 of our 66 Trends countdown and today, we’ll look at the best camshaft brands as ranked by parts buyers. These are camshaft brands that buyers trust the most from an automotive market research project we conducted. We reached out to more than 3,000 buyers of automotive parts and accessories for their opinions.
According to our BrandZoom™ Camshafts report, based on surveys of automotive enthusiasts who have shopped for or purchased a cam, the top 3 camshaft brands that are most trusted are COMP Cams, Crower and Edelbrock (in alphabetical order). Each of these three had a 90% or higher positive perception. There were a total of 16 different brands of camshafts included in this survey and enthusiasts could select more than one camshaft brand.
Camshaft ranking criteria from our research study
Consumers were asked to rank camshaft brands and select the words or phrases they felt best describe their opinion of the brand.
These words and phrases were:
• Behind the times
• Boring & Uninteresting
• Cool & Trendy
• Easy to install
• Economy product
• Good customer service
• Innovative/cutting edge technology
• Overpriced
• Quality product
• Reliable
• Trusted brand
• Unreliable
• Would recommend
There were 3,853 total responses to our consumer survey and of those, 417 consumers had purchased or had shopped for camshafts. Words and phrases were randomized to prevent survey order bias.
Brands included in our camshaft research
We surveyed buyers on 16 listed camshaft brands. These brands made up the core of the responses but read farther down on the page to see additional brands cited by consumers with unaided recall.
• COMP Cams®
• Crane Cams®
• Crower®
• Edelbrock®
• Erson Cams®
• Ford Racing Performance Parts
• GM Performance Parts™
• GReddy®
• HKS®
• Howards Cams®
• Isky Racing Cams
• Lunati Cams®
• Melling®
• Mopar® Performance
• Sealed Power® from Federal-Mogul
Other brands identified by unaided recall
In addition to the 16 brands specifically listed in the survey, consumers could identify camshaft brands that were not included in the survey. This is how we measured unaided recall of camshaft brands.
Unaided recall indicates brand preference and high awareness.
These brands were:
• Bullet Cams
• Cam Motion
• Colombo & Bariani Performance Camshafts
• Doug Herbert Performance Parts
• Elgin
• Engle
• Huggins Cams
• LSM
• Red Shift®
• Reed
• Schneider Racing Cams
Of these, the two brands with the highest number of listings as “other” were Bullet and Doug Herbert Performance Parts.
Note: This article was originally published in 2012 as a series of 66 trends, leading up to the 2012 SEMA Show. This page is kept live as reference material although if this survey was duplicated today the results may be different.
List of most camshaft brands
This is a list of camshaft brands available in North America. This is not comprehensive, especially since new brands enter the market each year.
• AGAP
• AMS Performance
• Andrews Products
• AVL Racing
• Brian Tooley Racing
• Briggs & Stratton
• Bullet Racing Cams
• Callies Performance
• Cam Motion
• Camcraft Cams
• Chevrolet Performance
• Clay Smith Engineering
• Colt Cams
• COMP Cams
• Cosworth Powertrain
• Crane Cams
• Crower
• Crown Automotive
• Edelbrock
• Elgin Cams
• Enders Racing Engines
• Engle Racing Cams
• Erson Cams
• Fast Forward Automotive
• Ford Performance Parts
• GS Products Inc
• GT Automotive Parts Ltd
• Hamilton Cams
• HKS USA
• Hot Cams
• Howards Cams
• Isky Racing Cams
• Jesel
• Jim Wolf Technology
• Jones Cams
• JR Race Car
• Kelford Cams
• Kent Performance Cams
• LACO
• Lingenfelter Performance Engineering
• LSM
• Lunati
• MAHLE Original
• Megacycle Cams
• Melling
• Militia Racing Products
• Mopar Performance
• Mopar Replacement
• Newman Cams
• OMIX-ADA
• PBM Performance / Erson Cams
• Piper Cams
• Polgain
• PROMAXX Performance
• SCAM
• Scat VW
• Schleicher Fahrzeugteile
• Schneider Racing Cams
• Sealed Power
• Sierra Marine
• Skunk 2
• Speed Pro
• Speedmaster
• Streparava S.p.A.
• Summit Racing
• Trick Flow Specialties
• Web Cams
