Thread: max cam with factory 049's

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Originally Posted by jeepsnstuff

I have a freshly rebuilt '73 454 with the 049 heads. We are going to put it in my son's 79 camaro with the attached TH475 and the cars original 3.73 geared posi. We will install a slightly higher stall converter if need be. We are wondering what the best cam/intake would be to get all we can out of the engine with the factory heads and compression ratio. It does have a forged crank, but only 2 bolt mains. Probably just want a flat tappet cam for now, as this is a runner engine for him while we build the 427T stroker engine.
Any suggestion appreciated as we are fairly unknowing to the BBC world.
Thanks
Tony

two bolt mains take way more power then you think . i built many past 500hp .small hyd roller cam is what i have used in this type of build .you did not say what CR you have flat tops or dish .if you do not want a hyd roller then a hyd RV cam would be what i would look at .i do not care much for flat lifter cam s in bbc s i seen way to many wipe out on break in . the 427T block is ok block to build. but i done many more 496 with the 9.800 deck . there not much more CiD out of the tall deck if going this way i used a block that can go 4.500to 4.625 bore its at this point it makes up for the added work .if going in to a car things many not fit so hot headers intake .dist they make for the tall deck or spacers for the intake .some front brackets power .alt. may not fit with the tall deck heigth you can re work the dist on the lathe with a slip collar