'71 cam install complete
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'71 cam install complete My old cam specs were
Hydraulic flat tappet
240/246
.560/ .573
114 LSA
New cam specs are
Solid flat tappet
244/252
.590/.598
110 LSA
And believe it or not it idles better than the old cam did. I actually had my 17 yr old daughter warning me about the noise so late at night so I didn't get a chance to really check it out lol ! Other than a little more valve train noise it sounds about the same as the old one, maybe a little smoother ??
Anyway this one should pull hard all the way to 6500-6800 rpm I hoping. The hydraulic cam was falling on it's face at 5900
If I can get it to hook up to the tune of about 1.6-1.7 60 ft. then 11's shouldn't be any problem 
I'll get dyno #'s on the first Monday that isn't raining
Hydraulic flat tappet
240/246
.560/ .573
114 LSA
New cam specs are
Solid flat tappet
244/252
.590/.598
110 LSA
And believe it or not it idles better than the old cam did. I actually had my 17 yr old daughter warning me about the noise so late at night so I didn't get a chance to really check it out lol ! Other than a little more valve train noise it sounds about the same as the old one, maybe a little smoother ??
Anyway this one should pull hard all the way to 6500-6800 rpm I hoping. The hydraulic cam was falling on it's face at 5900
If I can get it to hook up to the tune of about 1.6-1.7 60 ft. then 11's shouldn't be any problem I'll get dyno #'s on the first Monday that isn't raining
Last edited by Racehead; Feb 7, 2005 at 12:32 AM.
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Nice! looks like wash on numbers(loss's due to lash in lift and duration) but should pick up the top end like you want! the 110 LSa should really help with idle and make more power over all then the last one.
NICE Choice!
NICE Choice!
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Originally Posted by mykdiver
So is this the car you are going to race this year with?
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Originally Posted by Tranzor_Z28
Sweet! Looks like that will definitely do the trick to get you into the 11s... 
Maybe an 11.99 to my 11.98? 
Maybe an 11.99 to my 11.98?
Hehehe I bet he can DRIVE into the 11s before you do
hehehe 
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Originally Posted by TwoFast4Lv
Hehehe I bet he can DRIVE into the 11s before you do hehehe
hehehe 
Yeah, I bet Bill could probably post a better time in my car than I could in it...
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Originally Posted by Tranzor_Z28
Sweet! Looks like that will definitely do the trick to get you into the 11s...
Maybe an 11.99 to my 11.98?
Maybe an 11.99 to my 11.98?
Ooops did I say Mark ? 
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Originally Posted by Racehead
Yes Mike this is the one. You've seen me race it before haven't you ? I'm thinking about going with a Hal front coil over setup for the front to help with launching. Tight gears and big torque are hard to nail down on the launch
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Thanks Jason. I'm hoping the weather holds out on the 13th so we can find out for sure on the "other" question mark Ooops did I say Mark ?
Ooops did I say Mark ? 
Not sure I'm going to be ready by the 13th. I may be tearing the EGR & AIR off next weekend. Not that I'm hot about going that day anyway. I won't see any improvements unitl my car spends a couple weeks at the 'Monroe Health Spa for Hot Rods'. I'd mostly be going to watch the rest of you guys run.
Nice cam Bill. Should be interesting to see who can pull who on the top end now. Gonna be a fun year!
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Originally Posted by WAHUSKER
Nice cam Bill. Should be interesting to see who can pull who on the top end now. Gonna be a fun year!
(I shoulda gotten a bigger stall) 
Originally Posted by Racehead
Yeah it's hard to say exactly how much top end this cam will give me ?? I'm going to go put my new license plates on i, and go check out the SOTP gains in about 1/2 hr from now ...... I'll let you know
Originally Posted by 99LSS1
Very nice Bill. You should have posted up so some of us novices could see how you did the cam swap. 
Glad you got it done. Now when we gonna get to the T/A?
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Doug, until I either fix my daughters car or buy her a new one my T/A is my new daily driver. No cam swap until after I can park it again
Rick I have the Comp Cam Pro Magnums . They are a full roller design and should take me a long way into the future of my modding plans
Rick I have the Comp Cam Pro Magnums . They are a full roller design and should take me a long way into the future of my modding plans
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Originally Posted by Rokko
I have 1.75 pro mags ready to go in my Formy. In light of what we just found out, I hope their rockers are heat treated and tempered better than the cam cores are.
When I chose mine I was going to run my '71 in the '01 SSCC ORR event, so I chose them with durability in mind. They are a very good product.