Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 9:06 am
The best cam for you depends upon how you'll be driving the car, the weight & gearing, and whether the rest of the engine components are compatible (carburetion, exhaust, heads...)
Things aren't light and a "bigger" cam that works better at high RPM will also cause an annoying loss of power at the bottom - with normal gearing you could easily overcam (and a cam that's too big is a whole lot harder to live with than one that's a little too small!)
Tell us more about what's going into the engine and how you'll use the car. Do you know the compression ratio you'll be shooting for - how good of gas will you be feeding it?
Things aren't light and a "bigger" cam that works better at high RPM will also cause an annoying loss of power at the bottom - with normal gearing you could easily overcam (and a cam that's too big is a whole lot harder to live with than one that's a little too small!)
Tell us more about what's going into the engine and how you'll use the car. Do you know the compression ratio you'll be shooting for - how good of gas will you be feeding it?