Camshaft help

RedFish said
What looks awesome ( tunnel ram, 2 4s and velocity stacks through the hood ), and what sounds good ( exhaust note while standing beside the car ) is rarely so great inside the car. One of your posts mentioned a 2 hour drive. Add a tall gear and she may come to hate this car.
The round town hotrod and the highway cruiser have always been 2 separate vehicles. Only recently have mfgrs added mode buttons to make the one vehicle seem like both.

Hey guys, I never said anything about a tunnel ram or anything poking through the hood. As most know, the D series or STR-12 Edelbrock's are a low rise manifold and fit under the hood. I am just trying to build a fun little cruiser for the girlfriend with a hint of cam at idle. I'm not looking for a loud exhaust, and all out max horsepower was never the main goal.

As I mentioned in the beginning, drivability and fun factor are more important than max cubic inches or max horsepower. Twin carbs on an under 6000k rpm engine street car is very doable, and if I give up 75 horse power in favor of vacuum for power brakes for the girlfriend, I’m okay with that. If I was building a street car for myself it would be entirely different.

FWIW, the vacuum information I found was the results from using google and most of it was from Chevrolet forums and people complaining about no vacuum with lumpy cams. :cheers: