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Going down this road again Cam suggestion
Ok, I know I've been down this road again about changing out my cam in my 72 lemans convertible. Many suggested the Crower 90916 cam, which In fact I bought, I did not install it yet because after running some Dyno 2000 simulations comparing it to my current cam the Crane 272H, the 60916 seem to lose some low end and mid range horseppower and torque but gains in the upper rpm range. I'm thinking my car would actually be slower with the 60916 cam. I don't have a higher stall and only 3:23 rear, which I don't want to change out.
Here is my current setup again. I'm thinking a Hydraulic Roller would be the best choice. 400 +0.030 TRW pistions Stock Rods with arp bolts Stock crank with studs for the mains 72CC E-heads ported and polished. Overkill I know. Edelbrock RPM instake Holley 750DP carb Crane roller rockers 1.65 Crane 272H cam currently in car Heddman Hustler headers with 2.5”, flowmaster mufflers CR is 10.2. Runs fine 93 octane pump gasoline TH400 with shift kit. 3:23 10 bolt safe-t-track rearend The car runs a 13.6@102MPH with street tire and a 2.1-2.2 60' time. Any suggestions for a cam upgrade to provide some additional power? Thanks!
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You are currently undercammed for those heads.A roller cam would be an excellant choice.I'd guess something in the 225/235 range with as much lift as your heads can handle with a 110 to 112 lobe seperation would wake it up.You would be in the mid 12's easy with properly matched camshaft for your current combination.
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Yes a Custom hyd roller in the 230 range would run faster and still maintain great street manners.
Only change would be cam, lifters and pushrods. |
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Wouldn't I have to change the valve springs on the E-heads? They are lunati springs not the springs that you would normally get with out of the box E-heads.
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Need to know seat and open pressure......... (at the lift you are gonna end up with). Plus how much coil wire clearance at lift.
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How about a CompCam XR276HR?
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I'd have to dig out the paperwork from the engine build. Not sure right now.
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Take the guess work out of it - just call P-Dude and he'll set you up with exactly what you need for your combo. I had one of his custom grinds in my Catalina and beat the dog-sh#t out of it at the strip and drove it on the street nearly every day.
Liked it so much that I ask him to set up a new hyd roller for my next motor. Jim Keefer's Nut Hugger
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65 Catalina sedan. Allen Thomas Performance 495. KRE Heads at 310cfm ported by SD Performance, ProSystems Dominator carb on ported Victor intake, P-Dude custom grind hydraulic roller, MSD ignition, 3.50 Moser/Ford rear. F-Glass front bumper by son Rob, rear by the old man and joint effort for trunk lid. 3950# w/driver. Best of 9.5761/139 on 175 shot, 6.01 /114 in 1/8. |
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What torque converter are you using? This is the key player in what camshaft is going to work well with your combination. Unless you have some stall speed, a stock cam is probably going to outrun most any high performance cam you would purchase, at least on the first part of the track. Big cams are also horrible on the street, so a true steet car needs a cam that produces good vacuum at idle, and strong power right off idle.
With just over 10 to 1 SCR, the 60916 cam is a pretty good choice. With a good converter behind the engine, the larger 60243 cam would work even better......Cliff
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Right now the car has a stock converter and 3.23 rear. I can change out the converter no big deal, but right now I want to keep the gears because it makes for a great highway driver. If I were to go with a 2000-2500 stall converter with those read end gears would the 60916 cam work well? Right now the car has great street driving manners with lots of torque. And like I said it runs a 13.6@102 right now as we speak.
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I run a small hyd roller in my 400. 220/224 @ .050 with .513/528 lift. It's a Comp Cam and P Dude ordered it for me 3-4 years ago.
400 .030 over. Mildy ported #48 iron heads TRW pistons (I'd figure more like 9.5-1 compression by what I've read with a 72cc chamber) 800cfm qjet I built Factory iron manifold...gasket matched Stock crank and rods. 1.5 Harland Sharp rockers Dougs headers with 2.5 pipes and 20" super turbos Stock T400 with an 11" PTC converter 2000/2300 stall 3.55 gear Makes 15-16"vacuum and idles nicely at 725-750 rpm in gear. Just enough "bump" to say it's got a cam. On a 2.12 60 ft (3-4 year old 255/60-15 Radial T/A's) it did 13.2 @ 105.5. With some traction it should be a 12.90 something car I have the trans set to shift at 5200. Get a 225/230ish Hyd roller. You'll like it.............
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frittering and wasting the hours in an off hand way.... 1969 GTO, 455ci, 230/236 Pontiac Dude's "Butcher Special" Comp hyd roller cam with Crower HIPPO solid roller lifters, Q-jet, Edelbrock P4B-QJ, Doug's headers, ported 6X-8 (97cc) heads, TKO600, 3.73 geared Eaton Tru-Trac 8.5", hydroboost, rear disc brakes......and my greatest mechanical feat....a new heater core. |
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I agree, keep the gears, no need for any more gear than that. I use 3.42 gears, and a Continental 10" converter. Drives very much like a stock converter, you never really know it's there till you go to the track. Flashes to apprx 3400rpms with good traction, the rest is in the signature below.....Cliff
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