Reel Repair by Alan Tani

the only way to know for sure is to try changing the settings and then pull with a scale.  remember that there are two things that determine the drag profile.  one is the cam. the other is the bellevilles.  the visx 30 has lighter bellevilles. 

yeah, just gotta pull with a scale and see.

Interesting thread.
My takeaway is that changing one factory part will affect other parts.

I remember guy's would modify their factory hot rod engines to increase horsepower and speed. A mod such as shaving the heads might increase compression ratio, but that would put more pressure on parts not factory-designed for it, e.g. head gasket, piston parts and the crankshaft assembly. Expensive engine Blueprinting might eventually be needed after too many problems.

The cam-ramp thing sounds like if it were done right, paired-up with other mods, it might make the drag system last longer than normal and be much easier to use.

Has Penn ever addressed this issue? I like my 16 and 20 **so** much better after grinding the cams. I can see no advantage to a cam the way Penn ships them.

penn has not.  that much has been disappointing.   

Changing the design probably means renegotiating production contracts. Contractors love change orders.

With CNC it only takes a few minutes to change the drawings and they could make a minimum run to see if they sell.

We have reps on here who are kind. Why don't we (you) ask?

I did six last week that would benefit significantly from reprofiled cams...