Hello Gerry, any motor you build must be a combination of parts that will complement each other and work together toward a common goal. It's common for a newcomer to think that you can just choose a cam out of thin air, not taking anything else about the motor into consideration and that's the way a lot of newbies do it. Then, after they have the motor running, if they get the motor running, they are showing up on this or some other forum asking why they have less power than they did with their stock cam.

The first thing that you should understand is that you and most everybody else start at the wrong end of the car. The first things that need to be addressed are wheels, tires, suspension, shocks and gears, with gears being first in that list. Many times, with a gear change, the car will be so much quicker that you won't need to do anything else to the car. Amaze your friends and start at the rear of the car. If you plan a killer motor down the road, then install a narrowed 9 inch first thing. Use a set of performance gears, somewhere in the high 3's and install a locker in the diff.