Cam Info Please
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One thing to consider when you make your choices is matching everything. I personally think a 850 carb is to big. I can't imagine you spinning this motor fast enough to need that much room. SOOO:
Carb has to match engine built and how engine is going to be used.
Valve springs have to match cam.
cam has to match where the engine is going to be used(RPM).
torque convertor (stall) has to match the cam (RPM they both "come in"), vehicle weight, engine power, etc.
Carb has to match engine built and how engine is going to be used.
Valve springs have to match cam.
cam has to match where the engine is going to be used(RPM).
torque convertor (stall) has to match the cam (RPM they both "come in"), vehicle weight, engine power, etc.
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As Barry R says, "build the engine around the cam..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVKAuhxntbI
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For your towing duties I recommend finding the torque converter with the lowest possible stall speed. Even if that doesn't necessarily match the cam. A slipping/ Stalling converter creates TONS of heat, and heat is the number one enemy of the automatic transmission.
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Definitely wouldn't hurt. If your buying a new radiator, get one with an internal trans cooler too. Oil to Water coolers are way more effecient than Oil to Air.
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For your towing duties I recommend finding the torque converter with the lowest possible stall speed. Even if that doesn't necessarily match the cam. A slipping/ Stalling converter creates TONS of heat, and heat is the number one enemy of the automatic transmission.
I suggest to OP once you pick your cam and engine combo use Mike's help above to figure out the power you will have and contact the tech line at the torque convertor company of your choice. Note, the "stall" speeds of aftermarket high stall convertors is based off of a 350 CID engine. And we are talkin' 428 here.
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Good point there too Jeff.
I went with a stock stall converter when I put my AOD in. Advertised at around 1800, but in actuality it's about 21-2200. I could use more for all out performance. But it pulls like an ox!
I went with a stock stall converter when I put my AOD in. Advertised at around 1800, but in actuality it's about 21-2200. I could use more for all out performance. But it pulls like an ox!
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I remember the 1st time I felt a cam Come In. Back when I was working at Franklin Park L/M in Toledo, Ohio I was about 20/21. One of my mechanic buddies had a 70's Chevy 4X4 with a 350 belly button motor and A/T. He put a cam in it but no convertor and was happy as a lark. He took me for a test beat to show me. He nailed that chebbie off the line. What a DOG it was at first. I thought 
. Then about 1/2-3/4 way through 1st gear all of a sudden it started pulling hard and the q-jet was wailing. While this would be fun it wouldn't be very tow/haul friendly.
. Then about 1/2-3/4 way through 1st gear all of a sudden it started pulling hard and the q-jet was wailing. While this would be fun it wouldn't be very tow/haul friendly.
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