Ichabod says, "Don't worry my friend, I'll rent you one of the 4 levels at Ferret Megaplex Towers at Casa De Dano".

What an awesome thing to do with your son!  Someday in the future when my daughter stops puking her milk all over me at 2am, we'll do the same.   

CAD is a very large door to a lot of possibilities.  I hope he take interest in it down the road.  CAD led me to 3d animation, graphics, and later to college to do CoSci and minor in math...despite having the "family handicap" of being "math dumb".  Where I am today is definitely traced back to beginnings in CAD and a great teacher.  He's off to a great start already.

For that combination you'd want a lot of midrange, so I'd be looking at a Comp Cams high energy street roller profile.  Their lobe 1476 has duration of 244@ .050", and .641" lift with the FE rocker ratio.  Advertised duration is 288.  I'd probably use that lobe on both intake and exhaust, with a 110 degree lobe separation, and degree the cam in so the intake centerline is at 105.  This will give you about 8:1 DCR, which should be safe for pump gas with your iron heads and still make good power.

Pulled the trigger and ordered the hydraulic roller this evening.  The lobe ended up being very similar to what you suggested above, 242@ .050" and .633" lift with a 110LSA.  Thanks again for all the info, really appreciate being able to bounce endless questions off an expert.

For that combination you'd want a lot of midrange, so I'd be looking at a Comp Cams high energy street roller profile.  Their lobe 1476 has duration of 244@ .050", and .641" lift with the FE rocker ratio.  Advertised duration is 288.  I'd probably use that lobe on both intake and exhaust, with a 110 degree lobe separation, and degree the cam in so the intake centerline is at 105.  This will give you about 8:1 DCR, which should be safe for pump gas with your iron heads and still make good power.

One thing I would be careful of is a guess on your static compression ratio.  Get the data on that, don't just trust what your machinist says.  Have the chambers cc'd so that you know their volume, and get the data on the pistons so you know how many ccs are in the eyebrows or dish.  You need to be confident of your compression ratio if you are going to pick the right cam.

I cc'd the heads tonight and they came in right at 74cc.  I'll be running Felpro 8554 head gaskets. 

Here is a breakdown of the engine and car.  What I'd like is some recommendations for solid roller cam and hydraulic roller cam and matching lifters, if you all would be so kind:

'62 Galaxie wagon
~4200lbs or so according to literature I've read, never had it actually weighed
4.11 9" rear gear, 4 pinion posi
26" tall tire (may go bigger slightly in the rear down the road)
TKO600 5-speed
428 +.030
TRW L2303 Forged pistons, 10.3:1 CR my machinist says
C4AE-G heads, nicely pocket ported, good 3-angle with CJ valves
FRP moly shafts, 1046 Comp roller rockers, ARP rocker studs, billet stands and supports (you are going to send those back to me, right Barry?    )
Sanderson Shorty Headers
2.5" exhaust with 3" x-pipe, 2.5" porter steel pack mufflers (probably soon to be replaced by magnaflows or dynaflow)
750 quadrajet with ported 4 hole 1" spacer ( may upgrade to 800 unit with this motor if it wants it)
Unported Edel RPM intake (may port it, dunno yet)
Duraspark dizzy, CDI ignition, Blaster 2 coil


Car will mostly be around town thrashing, canyon cruising and a few longer trips each year out of town to places like Bonneville for Speed Week.  I'd like to occasionally take the car to the drag strip for some entertainment, I know it will be a slow barge, but what the hell.  Just good all around hot rod.  I seriously don't mind adjusting lifters, been there done that with my old y-block and it was fun. 

So lets hear the recommendations.  I've seen Jay suggests the Crower HiPPo lifters for the solids, what matching cam would work good?

I just ran a small 1/32" bead around the pan surface on the trans, around each hole, then did the same thing on the pan.  Sandwich the cork between the two and torque it down.  Then install a 5-speed manual and ditch the C6 before you ever have to mess with it again.   

I've got a new long block 428 I'm assembling that is very similar to the 410hp 428 dyno mule in Jays book with the following exceptions: 282s cam with regular solid lifters, C4AE-G heads with good bowl work and 3-angle, unported RPM intake, comp roller rockers.  The rest of the forged internals and +0.030 bore is the same more or less. 

I'm wondering if a move to solid roller lifters would have any real power benefit on this motor, or is it really not worth the cost?  Would the comp valve springs need changed if moving to a roller lifter, or are the ones matched to the cam good with rollers as well?

Finally, has anyone got any good data for a brand of lifter that has a decent life expectancy in a street car?  Crower, Comp Endure-x, Je$$el?

I thought I'd post a follow-up to this issue.  Things have been a bit crazy the past week with my daughter arriving last Wednesday by surgically-trained stork.  This morning there was a box from Mcleod sitting in front of the door to the shop.  Inside was the disc, pressure plate and throwout I sent them for inspection and a note explaining everything.  The return slip said they had repaired the clutch disc with new rivets, however it looked like a new unit in a new box.  However the rivets look good on this one.  The pressure plate they said they also rebuilt, but again, new unit, new box and looks good.  The throwout had a "continuous sealed bearing" installed on it.  It looks and feels much tighter than the one before.  Does anyone have any experience with these?  I assume this type is supposed to live longer where it may be idling on the pressure plate fingers?  Oh, and the best part--all replaced under warranty including the return shipping.  I'll definitely give these parts another shot in the car, this is excellent customer service that sadly is pretty rare these days.