Cam selection help...
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From: Macdill AFB, Fl
Cam selection help... Alright here is the run down of what everything is going to be. its a 63 C-10 pickup with a Gen I 350ci SBC wil all stock internals and a fresh rebuild. it will have the upgraded Vortech heads from SDPC2000 and a Eldlebrock RPM air gap intake. the carb will be you standard Holley 800 cfm.
"Upgraded Vortec head kits - features our high performance Z28 valve springs with light weight LT4 retianers, good for about 0.550" lift with a hydraulic camshaft."
now the truck WILL NEVER see the track, only thing it will be seeing is my garage and car shows and the weekend rides from time to time. I want a semi-lopey idle that is noticeable but not so lopey its a workout to drive the son of a bitch! I have been trying to research as much as possible but I guess my brain just doent do the whole cam thing. I have no idea how to selection the proper duration and lfit and things of this nature. so help please?
"Upgraded Vortec head kits - features our high performance Z28 valve springs with light weight LT4 retianers, good for about 0.550" lift with a hydraulic camshaft."
now the truck WILL NEVER see the track, only thing it will be seeing is my garage and car shows and the weekend rides from time to time. I want a semi-lopey idle that is noticeable but not so lopey its a workout to drive the son of a bitch! I have been trying to research as much as possible but I guess my brain just doent do the whole cam thing. I have no idea how to selection the proper duration and lfit and things of this nature. so help please?
If you've got the RPM air-gap intake, the Performer RPM cam isn't a bad cam. I've ran it before and it wasn't bad at all. I had a 2400 stall in my 70 C10 with a 350. It's a 308/318 duration (232/242 @ .050 I think) with .488/.510 lift 1500-6500rpm. I'm going to put the same one in my boat next week.
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What kind of Idle are we looking at on those cams mentioned? Rough, or is it smooth? I prefer a very notceable idle but I dont want a all out drag race cam that you have to pedal the motor just to get it to idle.
Is this the cam your referring too?
http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/1976...mshaft-Kit.htm
Is this the cam you are referring too?
http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/780/...mshaft-Kit.htm
Originally Posted by The stunningman
For mild builds such as this the 274 extreme by comp cams is almost always a good choice.
http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/1976...mshaft-Kit.htm
Originally Posted by LS69TA
If you've got the RPM air-gap intake, the Performer RPM cam isn't a bad cam. I've ran it before and it wasn't bad at all. I had a 2400 stall in my 70 C10 with a 350. It's a 308/318 duration (232/242 @ .050 I think) with .488/.510 lift 1500-6500rpm. I'm going to put the same one in my boat next week.
http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/780/...mshaft-Kit.htm
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carb alittle big i think. i would stay around 480-490 lift and around the 230ish duration and 110 lsa thats your ganna be your best bet its ganna have a decent lope and wont have any power brake problems heres a vid of my 355 build its got brodix aluminum heads 750 demon air gap intake with cc 507-510 lift 240-246 duration and 110 lsa with 1.6 to 1 rockers is 540-544 lift
http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=MOV01953.flv
http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=MOV01953.flv
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Cool, THink I may hold off on the Carb, Apparently according to my lil bro the truck already has a Eldlebrock already sitting on top of it. so it looks like I will just stick with the heads, intake and cam for now.
Now what is the differance bewteen a hydraulic roller and a flat tappet cam? I know a solid roller cam is pretty much a race car cam and not very streetable. im still just trying to figure out the cam process here.
You referring to something like this?
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...4&autoview=sku
Now what is the differance bewteen a hydraulic roller and a flat tappet cam? I know a solid roller cam is pretty much a race car cam and not very streetable. im still just trying to figure out the cam process here.
Originally Posted by My01SSCamaro
carb alittle big i think. i would stay around 480-490 lift and around the 230ish duration and 110 lsa thats your ganna be your best bet its ganna have a decent lope and wont have any power brake problems heres a vid of my 355 build its got brodix aluminum heads 750 demon air gap intake with cc 507-510 lift 240-246 duration and 110 lsa with 1.6 to 1 rockers is 540-544 lift
http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/...nt=MOV01953.flv
http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/...nt=MOV01953.flv
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...4&autoview=sku
Last edited by Teh Wicked; Feb 11, 2007 at 06:54 AM.
