Thread: newbie help building engine

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Originally Posted by 1gary

The point of the provided link I posted in summary is too big of a duration on a low compression engine makes it preform worst.The days of just sticking in a cam are long gone because we know so much more about cam timing,how that interacts with compression ratios,formulas about SCR's and how to use DCR's because of pump gas,how to use aluminum heads for a increase in SCR's,sizing intake runners for the c.i. of a engine,targeting a .045 quench and piston types to get there.

The cam quest will only give you answers in the point of view from cam use and there is a ton more to it than that.

On a budget less the $1,000.00, SCR, DCR, Aluminum heads, Runner size, quench, and all the other hi dollar engine building stuff doesn't even come into consideration!!!!! The OP wants to change cams, period. Not be made to feel like an idiot as usually happens when an engine newbie asks a simple question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS---For this and many applications, Cam Quest is a very accurate program on selecting a cam and components for an engine.... At least IMO it beats the heck out of studying all this online bs about engine building that is no more or less then someone else's opinion of how things should be!!! It's a whole different world just changing out a cam and lifters then building a one off race engine that every component is optimized for performance!!!!! The main difference is, the OP wanting to re-cam an engine on a tight budget is real world stuff, not some imaginative engine build that some spend months researching and most never actually even turn a wrench on building something!!!! This man's budget wouldn't began to cover the machine shop bill for a race engine!!!! I say more power to you, OP!!!! Build and do what you can afford to do now, there's lots of time to build some perfect to the nuts engine sometime in the future!!!! Just do it!!! That's what Hot Rodding is really all about!