Shooting in the Dark

[greymouser7]

The 596's did not look so hot but also found a pair of these:

All the combustion chambers look the same. They come with valves and spring

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[RustyRatRod]

I would never run Rhoades On a cam that small. Why are you considering them? To help with vacuum? That cam will have good vacuum. To help with idle quality? That cam will have good idle quality. To help with bottom end torque? That cam will have good bottom end torque.

If you want it to idle like a stock 318, then run the Rhoades lifters. You may even have trouble running on pump gas using Rhoads lifters on a cam that small depending on what your static compression is. Rhoads lifters work GREAT when used in their environment. I cannot agree more with Karl that they do. But I would never run them on a cam that has less than 230* duration @ .050. They are out of their element there, IMO.

All that said, if you run the W2 or the RHS heads, you will be seriously under cammed, IMO, especially if you use the Rhoades lifters. That camshaft is just about right on top of the stock 340 cam, except it is ground on a 108* lobe separation. Using the Rhoads lifters on it and it will be about the same as the 340 piece. Possibly even smaller in comparison. Run what you want, but I think that combination is a mistake. Over and out.

Of course all this I simply my opinion.

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[greymouser7]

The rotten part of this math problem is that you cannot solve it with locking down cylinder heads. I could wait and buy another RHS LA X head.

Rob what cam would you run with the X head? Thanks for the input.

 

[RustyRatRod]

The rotten part of this math problem is that you cannot solve it with locking down cylinder heads. I could wait and buy another RHS LA X head.

Rob what cam would you run with the X head? Thanks for the input.

I am not sure, John. We've talked about so many different combinations, I forget what it is exactly you want out of it. Refresh my memory what it is you are wanting to do.

 

[66fs]

The rotten part of this math problem is that you cannot solve it with locking down cylinder heads. I could wait and buy another RHS LA X head.

Rob what cam would you run with the X head? Thanks for the input.

I'm going through my stuff also and trying to get ready to move. I'd pick a set of heads and run with them. I like the 051's or the 596's with your cam and intake, you can even use your headers. Before you put any time or money in any used head, have them magnefluxed. Watch out for truck heads with the rotators on the exhaust valves. Save a set that has the most promise for what you want, W2 LAX, down the road, and start selling things that don't fit in the now and later plan, to raise cash.