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Originally Posted by 71 Ventura II
"310 HP and 411 TQ wasn't awful but what did they expect running a tiny "Baby" sized cam...."JD
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Originally Posted by Kcturbo
"The cam was 212/225 whitch I think is the 068..."
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You mean the same '068/K2801' grind that one sees almost universally recommended here in this forum as the 'holy grail' of Pontiac camshafts, regardless of SCR??? Not surprising results at all.
Chevy guys do the exact same thing...They take the 327/300 horse cam, (which is also the 283/250 horse cam, the 350/295 horse cam and the 400/265 horse cam) originally designed for a higher SCR and put it in everything. They reckon that because it appeared in so many different engines, it just has to be great.
In reality, It is nothing more than the factory's attempt to use one cam in a bunch of applications (just like the 068) because it costs them less per unit to produce. It's a great cam, but there are literally hundreds of better grinds available today.
With those 98cc heads and low subsequent SCR, the wide LSA of the '068' and its relatively late IC event, was certainly not the best camshaft choice. I would have liked to see them shoot-out some different camshafts (on tighter LSA's) that would build DCR in a lower SCR application.
I agree with you guys 100%....they need to think outside the 068 camshaft box for a change...Robert