Big cam
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I am curious how this goes but I think you are going to be disappointed unless you run it 12:1 compression. I really think that for max effort on a 346, 237-242 intake and 242-246 exhaust is the best spot. Look at the top performing 346s and that is what they run.
It will def sound cool at idle!
It will def sound cool at idle!
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So I've worked my way up from baby cams now its time for a donkey dick cam (246/250 627/630 112+3) so I can say i tried all before next year's plan of going boosted. Plan is for it to go in saturday I have all supporting mods hand ported 799s, 3.73 rear 10 bolt, will get more gear when that lets go. 6 speed car. What do you guys think I should get power wise. This is not a DD
Won't make great power but will be fun in a stock motor. FYI I burned 5gallons of e85 in about 2 hours of idle tuning lol.
KW
Curious why you would want to flycut and weaken the pistons just for an experiment, which later you plan on going FI? I wouldn't want to do anything to weaken the stock bottom end when going to an FI setup.
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I have a Boost ready 5.3 ready to go in the car for when i go turbo thats y I dont have a problem with it i also have 2 more ls1 short block on the shelf as backups lol
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What are the spec’s On the Howard’s Cam? From my personal experience you are not gonna go any faster and actually will go slower. You might make a few more peak power tho. I’d say it will make around 440whp depending on dyno.
I had a 234/242 Cam and went to a trex style 242/248 and lost a tenth on 11.2 to 1 compression with the best 243’s and Mamo 102 and a MaMo MSD. If I had more compression and tighter quench the bigger Cam would have been great.
I had a 234/242 Cam and went to a trex style 242/248 and lost a tenth on 11.2 to 1 compression with the best 243’s and Mamo 102 and a MaMo MSD. If I had more compression and tighter quench the bigger Cam would have been great.
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From: carroll county, md
What are the spec’s On the Howard’s Cam? From my personal experience you are not gonna go any faster and actually will go slower. You might make a few more peak power tho. I’d say it will make around 440whp depending on dyno.
I had a 234/242 Cam and went to a trex style 242/248 and lost a tenth on 11.2 to 1 compression with the best 243’s and Mamo 102 and a MaMo MSD. If I had more compression and tighter quench the bigger Cam would have been great.
I had a 234/242 Cam and went to a trex style 242/248 and lost a tenth on 11.2 to 1 compression with the best 243’s and Mamo 102 and a MaMo MSD. If I had more compression and tighter quench the bigger Cam would have been great.
The specs are 226 236 .525 .525 on a 110lsa
Area under the curve over the intended RPM range wins races, not peak numbers. Look at the honda stuff. A 600hp honda can get waxed by a 450hp Fbody cause a good area under the curve will pull on a honda that makes 600hp for a split second and is a dog elsewhere.
What converter and gears did you have in each combo?
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So I got a little update for you guys. car is running and driving. still working on the tune havent had much time to play with it lately was able to run it a little pulls alot harder then my old cam after 3000 through 6000 (Not pushing it yet till tune is 100%) but blows tires off through 1st and 2nd. Dont have a clue how to post a video up on here. Had a little ptv issues but nothing a little home flycuttin couldn't handle. Didnt bother with the heads machine shop was backed up and 2 weeks out from milling my heads. But so far it pulls a hell of a lot harder then old cam.