cam choice review..
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Earlie A
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You also asked about a brand - didn't catch that. Look at the spring specs and they should recommend a retainer. I would stay with the same brand as the spring and use the recommended one. That way you know all the diameters and offsets will work with the spring.
Icetech
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k.. thanks.. yeah not sure what the springs will be, he puts his own part # on them but i'm sure they are pac or someone else...
It's so easy to over build. It's also easy to be over-impressed with the maximum torque and horsepower numbers on a chart or dyno sheet and forget about what it produces from idle to say 4000 rpm which is where you will be spending most of your time on the street.
dusterbing the peace
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Also nice when you factor in the reduction from retainer weights.
Do you think you're gonna miss out on 50HP from one similar cam to another? Stop making yourself insane and just pick one and go. Everybody's recommending similar grinds, so there's your answer.
Icetech
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Every thousandth of lift and duration matters damnit!
No. It doesn't.
By that theory, you'd put a .975 roller in it.
Icetech
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Bout time. lolI already ordered the stuff.. just waiting for a confirmation email
Icetech
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It's a lot of money to me... i have to work myself up to it... i emailed him and asked him to respec the cam to 6000 and i'll take the cam lifters and springs... i will never go over that driving around town so silly to setup for that high
Hell, you're preachin to the choir about money. If that's you're biggest hangup (and mine too) we're in the wrong hobby. lol
middleagecrisis
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Max cubic inches = Max cubic dollars. Glad you have deep pockets. I would have built a 6-71 360, good heads with a SFT cam and called it done. But I'm a frugal SOB!I already ordered the stuff.. just waiting for a confirmation email
But it's also like it's gonna see 6000 and say "ok I'm stoppin right here!" How bullcrappin stupid does that sound? Of course it'll go higher.
Icetech
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haha my pockets aren't deep.. i'm just stupid
And i want a blower SOOO bad it hurts.. maybe in a few years... I paid my house off. .and have zero debt.. so this won't kill me.. still doesn't make it easy to hit the button though..
Icetech
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So for 'just a street car for fun" you need a solid roller 255/259@ .050" / .619"/.618" Net Valve Lift cam? I learn something new every day.
ps I hope its a great cam for your engine
well.... if you are going to have fun.. have fun
at the end of the day it doesn't matter.. i will do 50mph to work every day and never actually beat on it..I was thinking back to what Hughes recommended for my 408 Eddy headed 10.5:1 build. The cam was about 4 sizes smaller (hydraulic roller) @230 degrees and about 0.510 lift.well.... if you are going to have fun.. have fun
Icetech
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BTW.. i know how dumb i am and overkill it can be... i'm just having fun with it.. at some point i will get bored and sell the car for like 1/10th of what i have in it.. happens every time
Nope. We won't let you. Just don't over build your stroker to the point that it's not fun to drive, and I'm not talking about the fun you have jabbing the gas and the *** end want's to catch up with the front end. Well may be I am talking about that. We build strokers for low end torque but we seem (some of us anyway) to be building a stroker for maximum horsepower at 6500+ rpm. I laugh at those builds on a dyno, the operator starts testing at 4000 rpm or so. Hell, that's already out of my normal driving RPM range.
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