Thread: hydraulic vs solid

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Originally Posted by vortec king

i'm thinking of putting a solid flat cam in my 406sbc, but i just had a few questions about solid cams, is a solid camshaft worth anymore power over a hydrualic flat ? i know the hydraulics are getting very good and i had lot of success with them,but i'm hearing that solids are just better for power, if solids are better how come?. i don't care about adjusting lash, but how often do you have adjust the lash for street/strip engine? if anyone has experiences with solid cams, much help would be appreciated.

Solid cams do have an advantage. You can run a shorter seat timing but bigger number everywhere else. This allows for better vacuum, drivability, etc. They can use a more aggressive ramp design to reach a higher lift in shorter time. That is because the force can't compress the plunger that a hydraulic lifter has. I have run flat mechanical but now run mechanical roller in two of my street toys. A stud girdle is the difference between night and day on a mechanical cam. I check them but haven't had to "adjust" any in quite a while.

Originally Posted by erik erikson

Dave,you know there is a reason why you have not seen that and I have not seen that.
It is because we have all that bad air here in the Midwest.

yup, must be the bad air.

Sorry no picture of the Tac but Jeep is on the cover of OCT 1969 4 wheeler mag. Jeep Nickname was the Godfather if you ever went to Pismo Beach Ca and did the drags you would remember it. Cam was developed by Elgin Machine Shop in Redwood City Cal. I still need a Front Grill for my 40 Plymouth....