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Reply to "Another Camshaft Recommendation Request..."

You asked a cam grinder and he is the expert.

From what I know, this cam is going to have a very stock like idle and the engine will pull with a lot of torque into the 6000 rpm range.

With the duration and overlap shown it will idle hot somewhere in the 750 rpm area and should have 15in-mg at idle.

It is going to like the typical 14-16 degrees initial timing and probably won't have any problem with 36 degrees total advance but that's something you need to determine after you brake in the engine.

The timing curve on pump gas is more an issue of how fast it advances to full rather than the total.

The open chamber heads with the domes in my experience are forgiving in that respect but they give up the crispness that the opposite set up, i.e., the closed chamber heads with flat top pistons give.

The trade off is that the closed chamber heads regardless of the pistons tend to detonate quicker and probably would need to be held to 32 to 34 degrees total.

As a matter of fact I seem to remember playing with the advance in the 38 degree total with the open chambers but that got complicated and 94 octane was needed.

I think that this cam is as close to what you asked for as you can get.

The question is whether or not when you drive it, you find the engine disappointing and expected more?

So that's my "Skippy Peanutbutter Hour show" opinion. You asked for it, you got it. Wink
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