... cam choice for 360? I need advice.

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mark the driveshaft at the trans output with a piece of chalk, mark a tire sidewall too. look under the car from about the front tire and have someone roll it forward slowly exactly 1 tire revolution while you count the chalk revolutions of the driveshaft. You should get it pretty close with these, ie. if the driveshaft turns 2 3/4's you got a very common 2.76. 3.23, 3.55 and 3.91 are common in cars, trucks get higher gears than cars. Stock 360 4bbl cams are so close to 340 cams, like the same! I pulled a 360 4bbl out of a truck and it had the 340 spec cam in it stock. They didnt change grinds from the 340 auto cams when they went to the 360, but the 340 being a smaller displacement and smaller stroke motor acted much differently than a 340 with the same cam grind. I had a bone stock 68 340 motor in my '65, even had the 340 logs and that car was quick with its 3.55 7.25 SG rear, Faster than a 340 Duster that lived by me that I would come across about 3 times a month.
 

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The car cam from the factory with an 8 3/4, but I don't know what the gears are. Would the build sheet have that info? I have it, or is it on the axle itself? I'll have to find out somehow, spin the tires, count the rev's of the driveshaft? ?

Checking it like pishta said is the best because you never know if someone has changed the gears sometime in it's life.
 
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