Where to degree my cam?
Well this is going in my daily driver, so I wanted a very usuable power band an torque curve. I'm not going for peak hp, just a good all around performer.
Well then just slam in in there, and start smoking tires
That 222@050 cam is a monster torque maker, and the 268* gives it just a tiny bit of lope. At least it was/did in my Eddie-headed 367.I absolutely loved it. I would still be running it if somebody wouldda told they were gonna take the ZDDP outta the oil.
I'll tell you a little secret.
If you gear this combo with a super tall final drive,to get 60mph@1500rpm, and then put a metering rod carb on it, you will be able to tune it lean enough to get fuel economy well into the 20mpgUSs. It will take a ton of timing. Just keep giving it to her. It might take 45 or more degrees; just give her what she wants, don't make her beg.
I had a bit more compression than you and a lot more weight than you and when I tell people what mine did, they say that's impossible, so I'm not gonna tell you.
Speaking of carbs, mine liked about 750 DP on the AG, with long-tube headers. It also liked any rear gear I threw at it, from 2.76s to 4.88s. It was not happy with either the 600VAc secondary nor the next bigger one. It did like the smaller TQ. That was awesome on an Excelerator manifold. It also liked the 3.09 low box, and with 3.23s. I put a GVOD behind an A833od on it for double OD and gear splitting. That was 7 useable gear ratios, from 3.09 to .55 in Double od. Yeah those were the days.That's also the combo that used to spin out on me almost every corner I took. It took 295s to cure that, jus saying.
>I took 200 pounds out of her one day and scaled 3467 at the track, with me in it. We went 93 in the 1/8th, best of 4 runs, the other 3 of which were no good.
I ran those Eddies at 10.9 SCr/8.9Dcr@185psi, and she liked 87E10 with full timing.
With sub 3000 pounds you are looking at an awesome little mover.
