Thread: How about this cam in a 283?

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OK,I understand the reasoning so far. But lets say I am stuck with this block and pistons and want more horsepower than this setup would produce but yet keep it a streetable vehicle.What would you do? And I do believe that the biggest valve I can use is 1.94". Gears,converter,special grind cam,,,? I am trying to learn and I believe that this motor/vehicle could be a screamer if built right,,,considering the limitations of bore size and compression. Maybe I should ask it like this,,,does the late ICP really reduce compression pressure so much that the motor won't make horsepower with the bigger cam? If it creates such reversion back into the intake then is the 'only' answer a blower for such a motor? I seriously understand about half of what this means but I am trying to learn why 'bigger isn't better' when the motor is just a pump???