79 360 cam selection

goldduster318 said

use magnum heads...you can't loose...get a cheap set...more compression, good flow, less of a chance to detonate.

I've been running a low compression 360 with magnum heads swapped on, summit k6901 cam, air gap, and a holley 600 and it runs really strong...much better than it has a right to. It doesn't hook in 1st even with 3.23's.

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He's using stock pistons/short block w/pistons that are way down in the hole, the closed chamber 'might' raise the comp a lil, but they'll be no quench to counter detonation in that sense.

They flow alright stock, but after that they don't when comparing ported mag vs LA, the mag has a few cfm in the .200-.300, but we are lifting the valve more in this guys example and spending more time in the lift range where the LA heads shine.

but if he could get some and wanted to change to the mag intake,push rods,rockers,valve covers and upper hose outlet, he could.

If pushing the compression to the edge of pump gas was the goal, with pistons down that far...it would still be a dismal gain for all the work/$$$ into it.