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Reply to "Bullet Cobra Jet Cam"

I sent Bullet the G.P. recommendation (see below) copied from a previous thread. I read in the same thread that Bullet was recommending a 112 LSA then a 113 LSA. The reader finally got his way (customer is always right). My question was/is: Will the 113 LSA, based on my earlier spec's, make that big of a difference seeing as how the closing/opening events are still centered at TDC with minimal overlap @.050 lift. Assume a new timing set. Bullet must think it will make a big enough difference as the Gentleman I spoke to said he had run plenty of Clevelands over the years. As I have only run 1 I must assume that plenty means at least 2! Ha ha.

Camshaft Spec:
Grinder: Bullet Racing Cams of Olive Branch, Mississippi
Telephone (662) 893-5670
Engine: Ford 351 Cleveland, 4V cylinder heads
Hydraulic flat tappet camshaft
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Intake Lobe: #HF275/328 (CRA, designed for Ford 0.875 tappets)
Intake lobe mathematic centerline = 112° ATDC
Exhaust Lobe: #H287/3283 (CRA)
Exhaust lobe mathematic centerline = 116° BTDC
114° lobe separation angle (camshaft degrees)
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Exhaust valve opening = 79.5° BBDC
Intake valve opening = 25.5° BTDC
53° overlap
Exhaust valve closing = 27.5° ATDC
Intake valve closing = 69.5° ABDC
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275° advertised intake lobe duration
223° intake lobe duration at 0.050"
Intake lobe hydraulic intensity = 52
0.567" theoretical intake valve lift (1.73 rocker ratio)
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287° advertised exhaust lobe duration
235° exhaust lobe duration at 0.050"
Exhaust lobe hydraulic intensity = 52
0.568" theoretical exhaust valve lift (1.73 rocker ratio)
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