Thread: 289 cam choice help

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Welcome to the forum. I'll let one of the engine gurus quote cam specs to you, but I will say you won't want to go nuts on the cam choice. A little bigger hydraulic cam will work well with your intake and heads, but too much cam will lose you some bottom end and be a bear with a stock convertor.

I've always ordered cams from PAW, because their house cams are cheap, and are actually Crane cams. When I picked out the one for the 302 in my '27, they had a chart that listed 5 cams, from stock to wild, and I picked number 2. It was actually too mild, so I moved up to number 3 and it was much better. I know that wasn't very scientific, more like ordering at a Chinese Restaurant, but their catalog outlined some characteristics, like rough idle, etc, and I went by that.

Like I said, one of the guys will give you the straight scoop, I'm sure.

Don

There, Denny showed up in the meantime with some good info.

what were the specs on the number 3 you went with?

also 1 other question..what is the specs on a factory 289 cam?