Thoughts on cam selction?
If you look at most dyno cam shootouts you can go to about 220• before you start trading bottom end for top.
I pretty much agree with this in stock sized small blocks. A bunch depends on the rest of the particulars involved. I have a 224*@050 in the wife’s Cuda w/a 360 backed with a custom converter, 904 & 3.55’s rolling on 26” tires. The car is relatively light. It drives like a stock car would.
Also on my sons ‘91 - W150 4spd truck, I have the small Comp Thumper @227 on the intake duration. It behaves and drives surprisingly excellent. It is a 10.5-1 - 360.
4spd manual - 3.55’s turning 28” tires. I really wasn’t sure how well this combo would work.
A lot of how big of a cam you can get away with, with certain manor’s, while being subjective, is a variable that is not only engine combo dependent but the entire vehicle combo. One last thing to this is the actual cam itself. How are the lobes cut and where the timing events are.
Truly the sage advice given over the years is still perfect.
When in doubt, use the smaller cam.
I can tell any new guy here that choosing to big of a cam can really suck.
