Help me plan the 78's future cam choice.

[1BEATK5]

I will throw them in the "Mitch" pile I have going.....

 

[y5mgisi]

HAHA! Excellent! What, if anything, did you come up with for a q-jet?

 

[1BEATK5]

I haven't looked yet. My nuts just want to warm up when I get home from work.

 

[y5mgisi]

Word up. Let me know what you come up with.

 

[1BEATK5]

Wait wait wait.. I have a core 010 4 bolt 350 block. It runs, but Has 300k miles on it. want it? It's a long block but I think the heads are cracked. I have had it on Craigslist for $50. Nobody wants it. I can throw it in the "pile" for you. Well....not actually throw it. I'm done with sbc's. At least that generation of them.

 

[y5mgisi]

Oh I just love AND hate you! I feel like I would be a fool to not take it, but I don't really have the space! Oh boy... Let me think about it I guess. If it will make your life easier for me to haul it off for you, I will do it just to help you out after all you have done for me. Cause I can make space for it.

 

[black dawg]

On the exhaust manifolds, the tbi manifold do have a bigger outlet. The vortec manifolds look better yet, but I couldnt get them to fit in the square body I was working on. They hang down from the motor a little lower and would hit the frame.

 

[y5mgisi]

Thanks for the info! I was wondering about that! I know the tbi ones will work cause theycame in squares , but didn't know for sure on the vortechs.

 

[79rustyk10]

Ive run the 1102 and I like it. IMO seemed like a good all around cam for a stockish SBC.

I know you said you want to keep it all stock, But I would look into a roller cam, and maybe more modern heads also. By the time the 882's or 624's are redone correctly youre getting close to the cost of new aftermarket stuff.

 

[y5mgisi]

Ideally, I would run a set of the heads that look stockbut have vortec ports and ccombustion chambers! But that's something I can do at a later date when I have the dough. To continue that thought about the roller cam, my ideal situation there would be to get a late model short block. This way it would have the one piece rear main and already set up for roller stuff. I the problem with that (that I still need to do a little research on) is that I want to stick with a mechanical fuel pump and I have heard different stories on the fuel pump push rod hole, and the availability of a camera designed to fit in a factory roller block that still has a fuel pump lobe.

 

[gonefishin]

I was running a crane cam with 210/216 @.050 duration and 1.6 rockers and I would never run anything smaller in a 350 great power down low to about 5500 barely noticeable idle and I pulled. My ski boat regularly with it. Look into the comp extreme energy line if your keeping the stock heads

 

[y5mgisi]

What differentiates the extreme energy line from the regular line do you know?

 

[gonefishin]

Faster ramp profile and split pattern cam with exhaust having more duration which helps with stock heads. I am going with the extreme energy 274 cam in my 327

 

[y5mgisi]

This one looks pretty good.

http://www.compcams.com/v002/Pages/385/XE250H-10.aspx

Obviously i wouldnt have nearly as much power with my manifolds, q-jet, and stock heads, but it still seems like a good cam. Maybe?

 

[Bowtie85]

I got a Comp XR276 in my 383 vortec, has a pretty thumpy idle(not crazy), Ive got it in my 67 Beaumont and I average bout 14 mpg. Not bad for a 3800lb car and my heavy right foot I must say.

http://www.compcams.com/v002/Pages/396/XR276HR-10.aspx

Edit, you posted that XE250 before I finished my post

 

[gonefishin]

I think that would be perfect choice and it would make great torque. Just be sure to use the correct valve springs with those fast ramps