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« on: January 16, 2017, 10:19:53 AM »
Another one of those "help me choose a cam" posts. Car is a 61 Starliner 406, 3x2s, toploader 4sp., ps & pb & either a 3.00 or 3.50 gear. Ignition is a stock dual point dist. Probably going with 225/70 14 tires. A little more detail, it has flat top pistons (going for .005 in the hole deck) C2SE heads, shorty cast iron manifolds running thru a mostly stock (probably go bigger on the pipes) exhaust. Everything is at the shop now getting machined and balanced. I was gonna go with the Crane factory type grind until I read the 114 lobe separation put the power at the upper rpm limit. Just using the car for shows and cruises I'll never get there. Here's some cams I've looked at.
Adv. duration. Duration @ 50. Lobe sep. lift
Crane C3AZ-AA. 284. 244. 114. .524
CompCam 33-244-4. 270. 224. 110. .540
Howard 252342-10. 265. 230. 110. .560
Lunati 30330511. 272/282. 236/238. 112. .569/.580
Lunati 30330508. 290/300. 241/251. 108. .525
Not a fan of dual pattern cams but I put a couple in anyway. Would any of these cams be a good choice or do you have any suggestions. Just looking for that good FE "thrash" without a radical lope.
Thanks, Dan