Cam Ideas

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Early Magnum exhaust- what I have on my pickup
HE Hyd roller Garrett thanks
but as far as HFT cams lunati Has at least 3-4 all at 112LCA
HE 714 258-264 207-217 .485
HE 217 258-268 206-215 .485
VD 715 264-270 213-219 .485 same spec as VD 717 IDK difference there is also a VD 270

How 254-262 201-209 .480.480 114lca 8.5CR
How 262-270 209-217 .496-.496 112lca 9+CR
HOW 274-278 221-225 .507-.533 112 9+ and 1800 stall
you can find .200 in lobe list catalog
before I picked one I'd have to see the .200 and also match to compression ratio


but recall the custom lobes @ 1.6
.006 .050 .200 lobe 1.6
260° 211°126°.316″.505″
260 208° 128° .327″ .523″ .
260°210° 132° .313″ .500″
264 212° 128° .310″ .496″
264 218 139 .340 .544

nothing from melling? try the early 318 cam or try Elgin (they are all the same mfg)
 
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Like Wyrmrider, I also like the LA318 cam, too. Lift with the stock magnum 1.6:1 rockers comes out to .461 with close to the same duration of the stock 360LA hydraulic roller and a wide 115 LSA. It's a very strong stump puller cam in a 5.9 Magnum. We almost did a 5.9 Magnum instead, but our junkyard 5.9 had to scrapped due to improper storage. If we had, we would have went with the LA 318 roller cam that was in the engine we pulled. A good exhaust on the truck in the videos with 3.91 axles would make it stronger, but the 5.9 would have overcome the 3.21 gears a lot better.
 
UPDATE - Cancelled the order for the LA360 cam as I found a LA 318 that will ship today!
Treblig is no longer doing the manifolds so glad I was able to find a set.
 
That's great! What manufacturer and do you have the specs for it? The LA roller cams don't seem to have as many stock replacement variances as the hydraulic flat tappet cams, so I'm thinking it's going to be pretty close to the specs I posted.
 
It's a Melling MC1261 so pretty sure I can get the specs off their website. As it worked out I'm getting for what I paid for the 360 cam, just had Summit cancel the order.
 
I wanted to give you a heads up on that camshaft that it appears to be a stock replacement for a 5. magnum with 1.6:1 rockers. Here are the specs:
MC1261 INT. .260 .417 110 EXH. 191 .260 .417 110
I'll see what I can locate for you in a 5.2 LA replacement to give you the extra lift you're looking for.
 
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