318 driver - cam change or not?

Like most Teen owners we want more. A 4 barrel, some free flowing exhaust, and a recurved distributor will really make a difference. If you want more performance yet, a bigger cam is usually the next step. Because Teens are easy to over cam, you will probably have to add a high stall converter and/or a steeper rear gears to make it work. You spend most of your time driving around town between idle and say 3000 rpm. A bigger cam can make that Teen a dog, often worse than the stock cam. It depends on how far you want to go. Often times it makes more sense to keep the stock cam in there.


Every time we talk about cam changes in low cr, high gear, stock stall etc... you got to choose conservatively, but don’t mean you can’t upgrade. There’s a ton of mild cam choices out there.