Here are the cam specs:
Competition Came full roller
Grind number 4311B/4268B R 106.0 + .0
Gross valve lift intake .654, exhaust .655
Duration @ .020 tappet lift 302 intake, 309 exhaust
Valve timing @ .050 intake open 29 BTDC, exhaust 64 BBDC, close intake 61 ABDC, exhaust close 32 ATDC.
Installed at 106.0 intake center line
Duration @ .050 :. Intake 269, Exhaust 276
Lobe lift: intake .4360, exhaust .4370
Lobe separation 106.0
Valve adjustment: intake .020, exhaust .022.. however right now they are both set at.022. Before this past Saturday they were both set at .024 by the previous owner.
On the cam card there are hand written notes ... ' in at 102' and another handwritten note 'intake clearance .140, exhaust clearance .280'
Hopefully this info will help with suggestions.
Info on the torque converter currently in the car. Its out of Frank Lupo's Converter Dynamics shop. It's supposed to be a 4400 unit. The previous car owner said he bought it new from them but that it set, in the box, on a shelf in his garage for 14 years. I don't know enough about torque converters to know if sitting in a box for that length of time can degrade them.
The 727 Torqueflite was built brand new by LT Transmissions in Colebrook, NH this past April.
The engine was freshened this past April with a cylinder home, new rings and bearings. The W2 heads have K-Motion springs which the previous owner said were installed new out of the box when the engine was assembled. Allegedly this engine only had one break-in pass on it before I bought the car in July. So everything appears to be new or recent in the power train.
