WTruo
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Did I mention I'm doing full exhaust, rpm air gap & 4bbl carb?
Agree with Rumble...Small Thumper cam.
On another note...... gtf in her meow ?
Did I mention I'm doing full exhaust, rpm air gap & 4bbl carb?
Should go without saying if you're doing a cam..
None of that will help motivate two tons of steel to get off from a stop. The power and torque won't be appreciable until 2-2500 rpm, and a stock converter is going to lug that motor down below that for what will feel like an eternity.
If your budget can take it, call and get a decent converter (search around for company recommendations). Be honest about what you do with the vehicle and what you want - something suited to towing would not be out of place, IMO.
Thats all I do with this truck. It gets me to the gym, gas station and to walmart in the next town over. I'm not looking to turn it into a performance machine at all.
All I wanted was a nice choppy idle sound. That's it no light to light racing, no tire roasting, nothing. Just a choppy idle.
Yeah, but that idle comes at the expense of low end. You'll have to get past stall on the converter before it really begins to move. It'll be worse than it is now and will look and sound like hell every time you leave the light.
You might feel like a hero at the light, but it will be embarrassing until you cross the next crosswalk.
Start with the intake, carb, headers and exhaust. I bet even with a stock cam it will sound mean and not also drive like crap.
O, I get it now. Alright, I see what everyone's been saying all along.
Ok, but a convertor and gears can save this cam, right? How big of a stall would I need?
Thats all I do with this truck. It gets me to the gym, gas station and to walmart in the next town over. I'm not looking to turn it into a performance machine at all.
All I wanted was a nice choppy idle sound. That's it no light to light racing, no tire roasting, nothing. Just a choppy idle.
Gym, Gas Station, Wal-Mart ?
Not looking to turn it into a performance machine ?
Then why add a cam, intake, carb, etc ?
Put gas in it and go.
Gym, Gas Station, Wal-Mart ?
Not looking to turn it into a performance machine ?
Then why add a cam, intake, carb, etc ?
Put gas in it and go.
Exactly. The OP is stepping right on his dick and his truck will be neither cool or fast. It will sound like it kicks *** (maybe, I even doubt that) and it won't pull a hat off your head in a wind storm.
Another example of wanting to look some part and not act the part.
Surprised nobody recommended a custom grind. Is there a cutoff point to when one is and isn’t called for or something? Not a common option but how about in the 258-264 advertised range and slap em on a 106 LSA, use a faster “lift limit” lobe or? (since no specific size lifter has been mentioned I assume anything goes?) certainly someone could spec out something to suit for the guy, better than compromising with those dreaded shelf grinds!
The engine is a 360 thats in a 1986 d150. The truck is completely stock.
Being a truck, it likely has exhaust rotators on it, The "rep" didn't mention anything about the likelihood of a coil bind issue with the exhausts? Or was there further discussion making note that springs/ retainers would be needed also?The comp rep said it was a very mild cam.
... what I thought was a very very mild cam.
Bahahaha...If I could step on my dick I wouldn't be in the oilfield. I'd be making movies.