[Chevelle-list] Cam choice?

[bad66chevelle454 at aol.com]

I can attest to that. My BBC flattened the cam, so I put in a new, bigger cam. It was cool...lumpy idle, and when you got on it, it sounded mean as hell. Its basically a stock 454. Unless it was completely warm, the darn thing wouldnt idle. I remember the day I had enough. I was coming home from work, uphill on a long street, in traffic. I had to move 10 ft, take out of gear, left foot on brake, right foot on gas just to keep it idling. I said screw that, and put a cam from a stock 502 in it. It lost some top end power for sure, but I think bottom end it gained a little bit. And you cant beat the fact it just purrs like a kitten now. Just food for thought.


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Vander Werf <inthewind54 at bellsouth.net>
To: The Chevelle Mailing List <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
Sent: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 4:49 am
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Cam choice?



Although I think your cam choice would work, I believe it's at the far end of what I would put in a daily driver street car.

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It really depends on what you want. Do you want a car to show off??Is a?lumpy idle is more important than practicality? If that's what you want, then I think it's a good choice.

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Do you want more practicality and drivability? I can only imagine what you pay for gas where you are. Let's face it, a big block isn't going to get very good gas mileage by today's standards anyway, but is economy important to you? If it is, go a little smaller.

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If you are building a daily driver then my philosophy is this; less is more when it comes to cams. A lumpy idle is cool but a smaller cam will give you more power where you can use it...in the lower to mid-range.

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Even in drag racing less can be more. I have a 3600 pound 71 that runs 11.50s with a Crane 224/236 @ .050 hydraulic roller in a 461 (.030 over 454). Most people don't believe that's all the cam I have in it. I think it works as good as it does because it gives me the bottom end power to get a heavy car moving.

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Staying within the Edelbrock line, I would recommend this cam for your application:

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http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=EDL%2D5062&autoview=sku

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Bill Vander Werf

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: Pelle Andersson 

To: chevelle-list at chevelles.net 

Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 6:41 AM

Subject: [Chevelle-list] Cam choice?



Hi!
What do you guys think about putting a edelbrock 7162 cam in my 402?
Stock heads, 800cfm holley, performer rpm intake, hooker pro comp headers
Mallory Hei.
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=EDL%2D7162&autoview=sku
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