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02-07-2012, 07:35 PM
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Help me pick a camshaft
Ok, this isn't going into a 4wd, but there are some pretty smart guys on here...
The car is a 1978 Pontiac Phoenix (think 4th Gen Nova, but uglier). It's just a cheap ass weekend play toy with maybe some time at the track on test and tune nights. Call it 3500 lbs with a turbo 350 and an limited slip 8.8 in 3.73 or 4.1 flavor...I have my pick. No converter yet...that will follow the engine (so suggestions there are appreciated too.  ).I got an engine on the cheap. It's a 97 block with a cheap Eagle rotating assembly...the cast steel crank, 5140 rods, and 12 cc dished Speed-Pro hypereutectic piston variety (the $600 rotating assembly). The thing was a basket case so I'll pull it all down and clean it all up...cut the deck and the heads to get about .035-.040 quench and right around 10:1 SCR depending on just how much gets cut. The heads are 062 Vortecs with stock size 1.94/1.60 valves with a 3 angle and the guides cut to clear ~.535 lift at the valve. It has the LT4 retainer/Z-28 spring kit from Scoggins-Dickey. There is no work to the heads other than cleaning up some really minor flash and pinning the studs. The intake will be either an Air Gap or a single plane like a Vic Jr. The carb is up in the air because I haven't found the right deal on the right carb yet . I'm cheap... So far I'm looking at the XE282-HR from comp or an Isky 201272/282. Thoughts? Suggestions? Other ideas?
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02-07-2012, 08:43 PM
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sympathy, empathy and apathy... i dont know which one is which.... But i know you can find sympathy between shit and syphilis in the dictionary. Win this car for a whole BUCK! |
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02-07-2012, 08:59 PM
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Excuse the question, but I'm just some dumb guy that works at Ford so this Chevy thing is a mystery to me (
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[QUOTE=abig84;9192789]i swear id be gay if it wasn't for all the gay sex that's involved[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=TexasBlake;10305687]She's not that hot. I was just looking for a quick lay and she all wanted to like go on dates and shit. [/QUOTE] |
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02-07-2012, 09:05 PM
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Sorry, andy....
Howards makes a cam for you... check into it. and tickets will be for sale very soon. I promise... we just gotta get the rest of the prizes on the tickets first.
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sympathy, empathy and apathy... i dont know which one is which.... But i know you can find sympathy between shit and syphilis in the dictionary. Win this car for a whole BUCK! |
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02-07-2012, 09:07 PM
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http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HRS-180255-10/
Figure I'd be ok with a 2400-2600 stall converter on the street with 3.73s?
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02-07-2012, 09:12 PM
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sympathy, empathy and apathy... i dont know which one is which.... But i know you can find sympathy between shit and syphilis in the dictionary. Win this car for a whole BUCK! Last edited by Grumpy_old_fart; 02-07-2012 at 09:18 PM. |
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yup, you will be fine with a tire smaller than 31 inches use the tightest lobe separation you can, 106-110.... or call Mike Jones Cams or UDHarold...
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sympathy, empathy and apathy... i dont know which one is which.... But i know you can find sympathy between shit and syphilis in the dictionary. Win this car for a whole BUCK! Last edited by Grumpy_old_fart; 02-07-2012 at 09:23 PM. |
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02-12-2012, 11:33 AM
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Elgin E1091p. I used it in a bunch of Hot Daily Drivers. It likes tight quench and at least 10.5 to 1. tight 3000 stall with 3.73 gears. Specs are 105 lobe spread, 99 intake center line, I believe about 252/260 at .050 and 504 lift. Advertised is like 292. idles at 1000 with 6 or 8 inches vac. It is a tight .020 lash solid and pulls like a raped ape from 3000 to 7000. Not very expensive. And sounds really mean. I had the E1090p in my D/D car which is the same cam with an extra .050 lift and then put 1.6 rockers for almost .600.
Bob Darn here are the exact specs. http://catalog.elginind.com/app/engi...9;s+by+Part+No.
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