Oh great and all knowing board...

Well, I am putting a serpentine belt setup on my EB and decided that since I have it down to the water pump anyway I may as well change the cam to the HO firing order (it matches the firing order of the Mustang fuel injection I have on there).

Anyway, I need a cam. I had the Edelbrock Performer in there and it was alright.

I have a 302 with the Edelbrock Performer aluminum heads, MSD, and Hedman long tube headers.

I don't do a lot of mud or sand, mostlly rocks, Also, this is not a trailer queen, It gets driven it to the trail (and most of the time back).

Thanks!

-Jack

Stock compression ratio? I'd think something mild like a 204/214 @ .050"

edit: yep, advertised duration isn't what I meant..

I think Slagburn means duration at .050". The duration he stated should be good for a stock CR. I would think something in the area of 430/460 lift would be nice. If you got a computer, make sure to get a cam with a fairly wide lobe seperation. Something at or above 112*.

I would recommend you go with a single pattern cam because you have good flowing heads. Dual patterns are mainly designed
for weak flowing exhaust ports. The duals also work well with all
power adders(nos,blowers,turbos). I would recomend comp cams
268 high energy. It specs out at 218/218 at .050 and has .456
lift. I ran this cam for years and it worked great. Its powerband
comes on at 1500 to 5500 rpms but it still makes good torque at
idle. Good luck.

Keith,

Still like that 12-388-4?

I got mine, but the engine isn't coming together until next week.

An awsome cam for a port matched free flowing 302, is the Ford Racing B303 Cam. I currently run that cam in my 5.0. I originaly set the engine up with an E303 Cam, and although it was great running it down the highway,..it did not have good predidctability above 1800 rpms,, and tended to want to take off like a rocket when trying to feather up the power.
The B303 does give up a bit of HP, but the power band is super predictable, and the engine will power up very fast, from as low as 500 rpms, even under heavy load(no need to side step the clutch when you have that kind of low end HP, and torque). It crawls smoothly all day long without loading up, but it will still launch hard when you light the fuse.
I believe the duration is .050: 224/224 lift .480

Originally posted by Charly
Keith,

Still like that 12-388-4?

I got mine, but the engine isn't coming together until next week.

yep I do......