Nice. I like everything but your gear shifter handle =]
Sounds rather similar to my situation and whatnot. New girlfriends can be hell on hobbies. And similar to my setup. I'm moving to a 461 with a 5spd
My girl doesn't know what she's in for...when warm weather hits. I"ll disappear with the car for quite a while
Where ya from?
Anyway, I'm thinking that cam is too large for your needs. Race or street car? SPidels cam is probalby designed for high flowing heads, race application?
The 4X heads might not be as bad as you think. If it's a stock 455, the pistons are probably down in the hole .020 or so, so your compression won't really be 9-1. Might be closer to 8.5-1. Possible to get some larger head gaskets?
I think i'd rather see the really low compression heads. They'd give room to turn up the boost and play around with it. Shave those 6H's if you don't want to find other heads
Of course, heads with chambers that large are easy to find and pretty damn cheap. Sell your other two pair and buy a set with chambers around 100+cc?
#66 heads, for example?
If i were you, I'd call butler and have them spec you a cam. Or, any of the other builders helping here - travis....P-Dude
They'll charge you a reasonably nominal fee to have a cam that will be tailored to your setup. Comp cams will custom grind you a cam based on their specs
$200 or less for a custom cam...would probably be the best $$ you spent, and you can sell Spidel's cam to help recuperate the cost?
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