8 3/4 gears
I beg to differ, it's all about the complete build. We had a 340 (yes a stock stroke 340) on the street with a 267 @.050 cam, 11.5 compression, ported iron x heads and a tunnel ram with 750s, idled at 1000-1100 and was very streetable. He also had the appropriate 4.56 gears to make it drive the way it should. You are giving advice based off your experience with one car that obviously wasn't fully optimized but coming across as if you have years of experience with multiple successful builds.
To the op Ken at Oregon cam is a smart man but I suspect he won't be around too much longer since he sold the place a while ago, Jim at racer Brown is also a smart man and if you give him the right input you will get the right cam.
I beg to differ with your begging to differ LOL... Like you right now talking about other people's combinations I have worked on multiple different combinations and also multiple brands...
So you think 456 gears and a 267 duration is going to make this Op happy on the Florida 70 mph freeways? When he only goes to drag race 10% of the time and likely it will be less than that?...
You refer to my Duster as if it's the only car I've ever worked on LOL.. with its multitude of gear changes engine changes transmission changes I've had quite the little experience with that car in itself. The Power Wagon build I almost have done now has its stroker motor and its purpose and its gears transmission transfer case and so forth. Just dropped at 440 off at the machine shop planning on doing that soon well not too soon I can't afford that right now LOL..
Let's see in the machine shop right now is the motor for a customer's iron pig and that's just going to be a factory build. Now the 65 GTO has a great running 400 that we have dialed completely in right now but a 389 block is in the machine shop awaiting it's 454 stroker kit and the tripower is already done and waiting to go on top... The 72 Ford FE motor is already in place now we're just waiting on the cab to come back from paint and we'll break that in and get it running...
Just some current stuff I'm working on right now with customers and my own stuff...
Now Ken has sold out to Don's machine shop but he's still there giving advice...
And that's why I was saying also as you may be get the advice while the getting is good... As much as he was questioning my want for such a radical cam the first time around I was still a bit green and wanting to set the world on fire at the drag strip... But he gave me what I wanted and it was a lot of fun and yes everything was tuned in correctly.. the distributor curve was perfect the AF gauge was perfect the spark plugs were perfect everything was running optimal...
Now traction suspension and 4-speed knowledge we're lacking... I wish I would have had the money to chase all that stuff down but found drag racing to be too freaking hot and expensive...
Now the next time around I told Ken the characteristics of drivability on the street was still lots of performance and he had the cam re ground into something that is perfect for my needs...
I'm no guru just giving my experience with a multitude of vehicles...
Everyone's entitled to their opinion and you have yours and I have mine...
