Thread: help with cam selection
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04-10-2006 10:28 AM #2
Tyler, like most young people, you're starting at the wrong end of the car. The first thing you need for more seat-of-the-pants feeling of performance is a shorter rear gear. My best guess of what's in the pumpkin now would be a 2.80 or 3.00 ring and pinion. Ford used some fairly tall gears in those old boats.
You see, what you would be doing with a more agressive camshaft is moving the power band up higher in the rpm range. You can see for yourself in the info that you provided that the cam manufacturers are suggesting shorter gears with their cams. If you install a hotter cam with the existing rear gears, you will not be happy with the results. The car will be slower than it is now.
I know you're going to do as you wish, but consider yourself forewarnedPLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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