roller cams for la 360 /questions

greymouser7 said

On the Street? WHat if you had to idle in traffic, say waiting 45 minutes (in idle) to pick up your kid from school (nobody walks home from school anymore)?

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I don’t see a oiling or a mechanical problem with idling on any cam for a long period. If I was picking up the kids as a normal daily thing, it wouldn’t be in a hot rod that uses a solid roller though. If I “Had to”, fine. As an everyday vehicle? The vehicle would certainly be a different vehicle though. Like a mundane grandma driver. That’s not to say it couldn’t be equipped with some go fast parts though! I’d just like an absolute easy driver with a smallish cam, nice idle quality and high vacuum along with a darn good heating and A/C system.

This could be any car. For me it would look pretty stock. It would very much though, be a bit of a sleeper. Just for the sake of a quieter running engine, the roller cam would be a Hyd unit and not very radical. You can still make some very good power on a small cam. As you probably already know the secret is in the heads mostly.

As long as the breathing is easy in and out, the engine will respond.