Thread: Need some advice

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my 2 bits... if you're pulling a boat or looking for torque of any kind i wouldnt go for a super extreme cam thats going to cause you to have to put a high stall torque converter... get a cam thats going to give you good torque .. NOT horsepower. dont quote me on this but usually a good torquey cam is hanging the exhaust valve open longer than the intake... and are also good for supers and turbos if you ever wanna end up going that route. just make sure to match the intake manifold and the carb to the cam.

I picked this hydraulic roller cam below for my build and had it desktop dynoed... 400 ft/lb tq and 350 hp... granted the guy said his dyno is about 25 over on each.. but my weak spot were my heads and exhaust manifolds .. im runnin stock exhaust manifolds and my heads are the 76cc 1.94's... i matched it with the air gap intake manifold and HEI so maybe this helps you learn from my lack of budget.. go with some better heads that will get you a little higher compression than what i got and they will also give you better flow and that better flow will be complimented nicely by some headers. ps. my build was with a 97 block..

Duration @ .050" Lift(deg): I:222 E:230
Maximum Lift(in) w/ 1.5 rocker:ŕ.6 rocker" I:.509 E:.528
Lobe Centerline (deg): 112