Reverse Split Pattern Cam - 318 Magnum Head swap
That's one heck of a response, AJ. Thank you.
I'm going to have to do some more reading and thinking about some of the stuff you mentioned, it does make sense, but my knowledge in that area is a little thin. From what I can gather, my SCR should be between 8.8 and 9.2 with the 62cc Magnum heads. I'll have to pull off the LA heads and see how far the slugs are down in the hole to know for sure. I plan to push as much CR as I can. I'm at over 5000' elevation, so I can afford a little more squeeze on the cylinder.
The Volare currently has 2.94 gears. The stock 7.25" was 3.23s, but it was on it's last legs (that's how I ended up in the junkyard in the first place). I grabbed the 8.25" out of that Fifth and swapped it in first, but I just couldn't stop thinking about the low miles roller 318 and sweet M-body instrument panel that I'd left behind, so I went back the next weekend, and the next, haha (had to get that V8 K-frame too). I wanted the 904, but the joker that forked the car into the yard broke the bellhousing. That's okay I guess, the car will hopefully end up with an A500 swap down the road anyways.
I've built a few econo-cruisers along the way, and learned something every time. My best so far was an '87 Firebird with a high compression roller cam 305, a mild Comp Cams grind, backed up by a short ratio T56 and 2.73:1 rear gears. I got over 30mpg with that car on several occasions with a Quadrajet and HEI. That car had a lot better aero than the brown brick that is the Volare though.
I'm hoping to get on the phone with Lunati tomorrow and figure this out. If I don't get a good answer from them, I'll probably just get with Amazon and pursue an exchange or refund. If I have to pay full price, I'll probably go with the small Magnum grind from Hughes Cams and pair it with some of their EQ magnum complete heads.
That's one heck of a response, AJ. Thank you.
I'm going to have to do some more reading and thinking about some of the stuff you mentioned, it does make sense, but my knowledge in that area is a little thin. From what I can gather, my SCR should be between 8.8 and 9.2 with the 62cc Magnum heads. I'll have to pull off the LA heads and see how far the slugs are down in the hole to know for sure. I plan to push as much CR as I can. I'm at over 5000' elevation, so I can afford a little more squeeze on the cylinder.
The Volare currently has 2.94 gears. The stock 7.25" was 3.23s, but it was on it's last legs (that's how I ended up in the junkyard in the first place). I grabbed the 8.25" out of that Fifth and swapped it in first, but I just couldn't stop thinking about the low miles roller 318 and sweet M-body instrument panel that I'd left behind, so I went back the next weekend, and the next, haha (had to get that V8 K-frame too). I wanted the 904, but the joker that forked the car into the yard broke the bellhousing. That's okay I guess, the car will hopefully end up with an A500 swap down the road anyways.
I've built a few econo-cruisers along the way, and learned something every time. My best so far was an '87 Firebird with a high compression roller cam 305, a mild Comp Cams grind, backed up by a short ratio T56 and 2.73:1 rear gears. I got over 30mpg with that car on several occasions with a Quadrajet and HEI. That car had a lot better aero than the brown brick that is the Volare though.
I'm hoping to get on the phone with Lunati tomorrow and figure this out. If I don't get a good answer from them, I'll probably just get with Amazon and pursue an exchange or refund. If I have to pay full price, I'll probably go with the small Magnum grind from Hughes Cams and pair it with some of their EQ magnum complete heads.