Will this cam work?
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Will this cam work? Selling my old 396 stoker to a friend to drop in his F body. I originally had it in my 96 Impala with Lloyd Elliot LE2’s and a .585/.544 236/244 112 LSA cam. Fast forward some years, I put Advanced Induction 200cc heads/ported intake on it and received a custom grind cam from AI that is almost identical to the old one save for maybe a degree or two added to duration and a little more lift. It was actually spec’d for a supercharged setup but it is damn near identical to the n/a cam Golen spec’d me for my LE2’s.
anyway, my friend wants a very streetable setup. It’s a 6 speed car, not a drag car by any means. He doesn’t mind a little bit of a choppy idle but doesn’t want anything extreme. I’m not sure how this cam would do in a lighter/std transmission f body. Anyone have any idea of whether or not this will be a good choice for his street car, or maybe a little too much on the extreme side?
anyway, my friend wants a very streetable setup. It’s a 6 speed car, not a drag car by any means. He doesn’t mind a little bit of a choppy idle but doesn’t want anything extreme. I’m not sure how this cam would do in a lighter/std transmission f body. Anyone have any idea of whether or not this will be a good choice for his street car, or maybe a little too much on the extreme side?
Selling my old 396 stoker to a friend to drop in his F body. I originally had it in my 96 Impala with Lloyd Elliot LE2’s and a .585/.544 236/244 112 LSA cam. Fast forward some years, I put Advanced Induction 200cc heads/ported intake on it and received a custom grind cam from AI that is almost identical to the old one save for maybe a degree or two added to duration and a little more lift. It was actually spec’d for a supercharged setup but it is damn near identical to the n/a cam Golen spec’d me for my LE2’s.
anyway, my friend wants a very streetable setup. It’s a 6 speed car, not a drag car by any means. He doesn’t mind a little bit of a choppy idle but doesn’t want anything extreme. I’m not sure how this cam would do in a lighter/std transmission f body. Anyone have any idea of whether or not this will be a good choice for his street car, or maybe a little too much on the extreme side?
anyway, my friend wants a very streetable setup. It’s a 6 speed car, not a drag car by any means. He doesn’t mind a little bit of a choppy idle but doesn’t want anything extreme. I’m not sure how this cam would do in a lighter/std transmission f body. Anyone have any idea of whether or not this will be a good choice for his street car, or maybe a little too much on the extreme side?
IMO, that cam in a 396 would be fine for a daily driver with a 6 speed. It would be like a 228 in an stock cube LT1 or LSX. Just make sure to set the idle at 1000 rpms and not super low like 750-800rpms to make it lope harder.
