What lift cam for this setup?
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What lift cam for this setup? What would be a good lift cam for a 350ci, heads 215cc intake-75cc exhaust, 750 carb, weiand xcell manifold? I was thinking of a .525/.546..is that too low, too high or just right?
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crane has a cam in jegs or summit its cheap been around 25 years 10s of thousands sold makes lots of power and its lopeeeee its called a saterday night special its 518 / 536 250 260 on a 106 i know their are bigger ones but that one with a 64 cc head flat piston 355 in a 3000 lb car will run very low 11s and some run better of course we are talking a special prepaired race car not a go to work semi its also a race car jz
what is your compression ratio? what is your desired rpm range? do you have a roller cam block or is it an older one for use with flat tappet cams? Do you want a solid or hydrallic lifter cam? What kind of ignition do you have?
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Originally Posted by 67SS&99Z28
what is your compression ratio? what is your desired rpm range? do you have a roller cam block or is it an older one for use with flat tappet cams? Do you want a solid or hydrallic lifter cam? What kind of ignition do you have?
I dunno the compression, so I will say it is stock compression? I had the car sitting in my garage over winter and just began to work on it. I dont think I wanna go higher then 6500 grand for rpm...probably 5600-6500. It would be mostly a street car (dont need top speed), and I would like to tear up the streets. Old stock flat tappet cam in it now I think a solid cam. Stock ignition w/points dist.
Upgrading distributor to hei, will eventually get a msd setup after car is painted.
Are those heads to big? Or is there never such a thing as too much flow if you have the carb and cam to back it up? I know the major thing about horsepower is the air going into and coming out of our engine so I would think they are good.
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yep different applications. 160-180 cc would make more tq but you have to put the whole combo into the equation. heads, cam, stall, tranny, rear gear, car weight, purpose, driveability.
? is how much do you want to sacrafice to go faster.
? is how much do you want to sacrafice to go faster.
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well its a 4 speed, M22 muncie, 3.73 gears. This is a 68 camaro just incase someone misread something. So like 190 is the biggest I should go? I just want motor for 6500 rpm, that has a lot of low end grunt some nice top end, nice street car that can tear it up.
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Listen to Nightrida.
You'll have NO "low end grunt" with only 350ci and 215 heads. You'll need a minimum 383 or preferable 415 or ideal 427 with those heads. That's what "they" make 200+cc heads for. Use 1.94 intakes, no bigger.
Bottom line; get smaller heads, (like the AFR's Nightrida describes) 600 cfm carb, 112deg cam and your trans and gears will work fine OR make your block (much) bigger and keep your stuff.
Listen to Nightrida.
You'll have NO "low end grunt" with only 350ci and 215 heads. You'll need a minimum 383 or preferable 415 or ideal 427 with those heads. That's what "they" make 200+cc heads for. Use 1.94 intakes, no bigger.
Bottom line; get smaller heads, (like the AFR's Nightrida describes) 600 cfm carb, 112deg cam and your trans and gears will work fine OR make your block (much) bigger and keep your stuff.
Get a set of vortec heads and put a comp cams xe268 cam in it. It is a hydrallic flat tappet cam, but it makes huge torque in a 4 speed car with a 3.73 gear. I know because my uncle has a 65 nova with this exact setup and it pulls like crazy from 2 grand to 5500 and thats where you need it. Horsepower means nothing in a street car. You want all of torque you can get, because thats what you feel.