Reply to "Seeking advice on camshaft selection"

Helping someone pick a camshaft is always difficult and often risky of potential hard feelings.

It is almost impossible to predict that you will be satisfied with any that have wandered from stock.

There is a reason that Ford used certain style camshafts.

Driveability is their main concern.

I'm thinking that the one with the best drivability is going to be the original '70 351c 4v camshaft.

It certainly will be the most balanced under real world driving conditions, idle the smoothest and cleanest, and require the least maintenance.

George's spec is a good one for your application if you want a stock +1, so to speak.

For me it is way too mild, but I'm not you. Mine is not an everyday car.

The fact of the matter is that the stock Pantera is quite capable of cruising safely at speeds well over 100 mph by virtually any driver who has about 10 or 15 minutes to familiarize themselves to the car and can drive a manual transmission car.

So really, you don't even need more than the stock 4v hydarulic cam.

Aftermarket cams for the street don't really get picked for what people "need". They get picked more for what people fantasize about and sometimes that works out ok, if even for just a few minutes of driving once in a while?