Usually
The bigger the cam, the lower the cylinder pressure will be, and the less likely to detonate the engine will be. But this comes with a penalty, the softer the low-rpm take-off will be. And that leads to a higher stall TC to get off the line, and bigger gears to continue the acceleration.
To do it all requires a very careful co-ordination of parts. So if the rear gears have to stay then you sorta have to build around them. If the TC has to stay, then you really have to be careful. After that the Cylinder pressure and camshaft have to be friendly one towards the other, or it all goes sour in a hurry.
Best advice I got is to forget that 2899205. That cam scrubs pressure from a build with too much, and leaves you with a pretty small .050, yeah just try spinning tires with that in an 8/1 engine. You're not at that point,yet
For a nice torquey 340, Ima guessing a 218/222 intake duration at .050, and 9.6 Scr , will have a lotta potential. The lower your rear gear is, the higher your stall will need to be. If you need a hieay gear like 3.23s, then you might like a 2800TC If you have 3.91s then you could probably use a stock teener TC.
With the Go-To 3.55s, the factory TC is a good starting point.
Usually
The bigger the cam, the lower the cylinder pressure will be, and the less likely to detonate the engine will be. But this comes with a penalty, the softer the low-rpm take-off will be. And that leads to a higher stall TC to get off the line, and bigger gears to continue the acceleration.
To do it all requires a very careful co-ordination of parts. So if the rear gears have to stay then you sorta have to build around them. If the TC has to stay, then you really have to be careful. After that the Cylinder pressure and camshaft have to be friendly one towards the other, or it all goes sour in a hurry.
Best advice I got is to forget that 2899205. That cam scrubs pressure from a build with too much, and leaves you with a pretty small .050, yeah just try spinning tires with that in an 8/1 engine. You're not at that point,yet
For a nice torquey 340, Ima guessing a 218/222 intake duration at .050, and 9.6 Scr , will have a lotta potential. The lower your rear gear is, the higher your stall will need to be. If you need a hieay gear like 3.23s, then you might like a 2800TC If you have 3.91s then you could probably use a stock teener TC.
With the Go-To 3.55s, the factory TC is a good starting point.
Timing 18* initial
32* total mechanical
8* vac adv.
Mech. Adv all in @ 2400
It will not detonate on 91 with this set up.
But it is very sensitive to plugs and timing.
34* it will detonate, 32* is max
Just keep the dynamic compression "cranking" at or below 165 psi for a non quench open chamber 340 iron head.There are a lot of threads on the subject of camshafts and compression ratios, but I haven't quite found one that shows comprehensive approaches to this question:
From a standard bore 1968 340 block, what are the cam, piston et-cetera selections to get an engine that runs great on California's 91 octane fuel and is as close to original 1968 4-speed as possible? This is for a 68 Barracuda 340 Formula S convertible. I'm trying to keep the restoration as close to original as possible. So, I'm starting with a 68 block and X heads, standard crank and connecting rods. I need pistons and camshaft. I'm interested in what your recommendations are, so please share.
You have some constraints I think you need to verify and/or clarify:
-Stock numbers 68 340 carb at 525-600 cfm with one idle screw (center) type
-68 340 hipo exhaust manifolds
- 340 X-heads open chamber
- stock 68 intake (a pretty good piece though)
- stock-ish sounding exhaust and idle.
- California emission spec 91 mtbe pump gas.
I used Wallace calculator.Sireland67, may I ask how you come up with those numbers? Any particular calculator? <1 point spread between SCR and DCR is not normal with that level of cam.... (FWIW.... I get 9.5 and 7.8.) Just curious....
Roger. I'm gonna guess the .050" lift intake closing angle was put in. The 'advertised' intake closing angle needs to be put in for that calculator.I used Wallace calculator.
And you might as well throw in some extra, to compensate for the time from advertised to no-longer bleeding-pressure, cuz .008, or .006 or .004 ain't closed yet. And few there are that know how much to add. I sure don't.........Roger. I'm gonna guess the .050" lift intake closing angle was put in. The 'advertised' intake closing angle needs to be put in for that calculator.