help me pick out a cam?
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help me pick out a cam? ok i am going hydro roller on a 388 stroker with ported vic jr, dart pro 1 plat heads with some mild work, all 4340 forged internals, and a T400 and plan on running a better stall but as of right now i have a TCI 2,200 which will get me by for a minute until i save another $700 for the TC i want...... anyways i was running the voodoo flat tappet cam and lifters and had a failure occure and ruined cam and lifters....... so i am going to do it right this time plus pick out a better cam if i can...... i plan on spraying this engine every now and then but would rather have a cam that was nasty on motor and performed decent on nitrous..... so no need to a "nitrous cam" so if you guys have seen any good grind or custom cams for carb small block GM cars let me know...... i want to have the best hydra cam i can possibly pick out and i know its possible! some cam are better than others and if you dont pick out the right one you are just loosing power that you could of had...... i have a few ideas but have ot finalized on anything and any info or opinions will be greatly appriciated! jake
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awesome man! was that on the engine dyno i assume? and i will be looking at your website in a second and check out what ya got..... i wll be ordering in about a week or so..... thank you so much for your reply! jake
This would be my choice IF it were mine.... It will sound SUPER rowdy and make great power all around......
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...8&autoview=sku
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...8&autoview=sku
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high hp STREET car is exactly what i am wanting! shawn you know me oh too well already! lol but to overkill thanks for the idea there, even if i dont go that route its nice to know guys are trying to help...... im not exactly a cam guru, i know of a few good cams for different engines but i know in the last 5-10 years alot of stuff has come out that is great and i want to know what they are and put it in my cars! some of these guys do this stuff everyday fro a living and im glad i can talk to them and get info for my own projects...... jake
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Comp XFI280HR-113 is my choice. It made 380 RWHP and 450 RWTQ on a friend's 400ci TPI engine. Chevy High Performance mag recently did an article on a 383 engine with this cam, and with nitrous, does anyone remember? I dont have the issue in front of me.
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To make real power it needs a big solid roller, however he asked about hyd roller and thats the cam I suggest.
BTW the camshaft in my "Street" is .714"/.714" 262*/272*@ .050" 114* so if you were running a super rowdy bumpstick and stepped down sure I could see a power loss. Otherwise it was installer error, that exact camshaft has made 547hp/577lbft at the crankshaft for me in a 10.5:1 383 w/AFR's.
i'm not going to argue with you about this.Yes that cam will make over 450hp in a 383 in fact i made around 580hp with that camshaft in a 10-1 383.But the one i suggested made 605hp.The camshaft was installed properly,i degreed it in as i do every camshaft.You need to understand that bigger is not always better.Its the combonation of parts that make a good engine.With the parts Jake has i suggested the camshaft i did becuase its very similar to my 605hp 383.I'm not trying to be a dick either,but i build and dyno engines all day every day-and do it well.I do have a clue as to what i am talking about.
i'm not going to argue with you about this.Yes that cam will make over 450hp in a 383 in fact i made around 580hp with that camshaft in a 10-1 383.But the one i suggested made 605hp.The camshaft was installed properly,i degreed it in as i do every camshaft.You need to understand that bigger is not always better.Its the combonation of parts that make a good engine.With the parts Jake has i suggested the camshaft i did becuase its very similar to my 605hp 383.I'm not trying to be a dick either,but i build and dyno engines all day every day-and do it well.I do have a clue as to what i am talking about.
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well as long as what shawn said ran as a street car i would say its would do about the same in my car...... we had the same stroker engine, similar aftermarket heads, very similar intake....... if all i was wanting was tons of power it would be had, but i want good power without having to mess with the engine every few weeks...... but either way lets stay focused as to we are trying to help me find a good street cam not see who knows more on here cause clearly both you guys both know your stuff..... so anyways i am looking into this stuff and will be ready to order in a week or 2 at the most.....shawn when you get a chance can you PM me the price of the comp lifters and cam combo? jake
You'll be very pleased with either one was more the point I was trying to convey, I wasnt the one who spouted off that his cam choice was no good for power LOL as I believe it would run well also. I bow down to his infinite wisdom, he's knows all 
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haha na man i dont think shawn was trying to imply that....but hey the words back and forth were all in good fun so its all good..... nobody hurt in the process, unlike the forums im from originally..... but thanks for all info!
Hey man,i wasnt trying to be as *******,what i meant was that i did back to back tests on that cam compared to the one i suggested in a silimar combo to Jake's and that it made 20 less hp.Thats all.