Thread: Just trying to learn a little more

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Hey Pat. I appretiate your input on my thread. Like my thread is titled I am trying to understand things before I make a choice. I am a little confused though; not trying to be a pain in the ass.

In previous posts you had told me to go to a more aggressive cam and hand fit each piston etc. I have never done that before and dont trust myself to do it correctly. You suggest the Canfileds over the Brodix, but suggest I up the CR , up the cam, and up the stall coverter.... when the car is mostly for street. I have heard so many times how people go too crazy on Cam profile and too much on the converter, I am just a little hesitant. I guess my question is considering car is mostly a street car (but by no means my daily driver) would I not be creating way to much detonation potential with CR so high as you recomend, and a stall so high that I will generate so much heat. I just figured the cam I chose (with help from Johnny O) was a good choice for a street car to run on pump gas. Wont increaing compr ratio force to to look at other fuels than pump. With 119cc and the pistons I have Im at 10:1 already.

Thanks again for your input...its much appretiated.

the canfield s are good heads for the money .but it sounds like to me you are looking for somthing mild and not to wild all the stuff that i talk to you as been used on the steet . the aluminum heads can take one point more cr than iron aluminum is not efficient like iron . aluminum is look cool but a good set of iron heads will make more hp so put a set of Oval on it and use a smaller cam . but i have been down this road with customers when you spend big$$ and some guy whips you with a set of gm iron heads on a stock 454 type engine will you be ok with it i am not trying to come off as smart a$$ but i have seen it so build it with a set of iron heads and take the money put it in a custom roller cam with a4-7 swap this is good for 20 hp call howards and take to john. i have race a lot of guys that had lot of$$ and beat them . the guy with the stock type big block it was me