Through my first MoPar club, the PR guy worked out a great deal with the local Dodge dealer who gave us a, at cost price on the MP parts.
back when I was hungry for info and eyeball deep and into tearing engines apart to see how stuff worked, I purchased cams like crazy. Since this was before...
Originally designed for exhaust manifold engines with its extra long exhaust duration, these cams remind me of LS cams.
My opinion won’t be popular, but this is what I’d do with it.
10.5-1, RPM intake and well ported heads using 1.6 rockers or Edelbrock Magnum heads with an 1.7 rocker exiting...
The larger exhaust port is a plus
(and great if it flows well.)
If this is on a performance 5.9, I would suggest 1-3/4 headers with a performance cam.
1-5/8 will work very well for stock to moderate builds.
A 10-1 ratio with an aluminum or iron head will be just fine with 91 octane and provide enough compression to use with some pretty hot cams for the street.
Cheaply done? Run a LA cam and do the math on the new lift.
The cam specs I can write about later when I’m home. BUT! A duration of not more than 218 with a stock converter and a smooth idle is a wider LSA like a 112, but it’s a low end power looser.
A tighter one makes more torque but less...
You can get away with another point to point and a half of compression and still run pump fuel.
In example, I run a 11.5-1, 360, Trickflow heads and a Hyd roller @226@050 on 93 octane.
Watch your timing. You will not require a lot of total timing under load.
(Floored gas pedal)
Use a cam with as much lift as the heads can flow (or try to as much as possible) and run the Edelbrock heads. You’ll be miles ahead in the power game.
I can not actually say.
If the big block guys had issues as well, they need to chime in.
I mainly focus on the small blocks.
If the other brands had issues, I do not know about it.
I run a 11.5-1 360 with a Hyd roller cam
15* smaller than the written 241@050.
226@050.
The fuel is any gas...
@matthon My ‘79 Magnum is currently, what I’d called, pretty quite with the ability to speak at a slight up tone in the voice. Bare metal floors currently. Carpet and sound deadened will go a long way.
Hooker 1-3/4 into true 2-1/2 duals with long Dyno Max super turbos. This will be addressed...