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Cam recommendation
I have a 1973 F250 High Boy with a 1965 thunderbird 390 4 bbl. The engine was rebuilt in 1983 and currently has 17,000 miles. The 390 runs strong no smoke. I am looking at upgrading to a hotter cam with a noticeable lope but not too radical I would also like to have more low end torque. Any recommendations are welcome. Thank you.
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Yes, don't buy an off the shelf camshaft. For just a few more bucks you can get a custom grind that will give you want you need and maybe even a little more of what you want. Call Brent at Lykins motorsports' Personally I would go the route of a hydraulic roller, it's a little more but there is no need to break it in only to have a lobe possibly go flat. There are many on here that have broken in a hyd flat tappet cam and added the required Zinc additive in order to run it only to have a lobe go flat for no apparent reason. There are also plenty that have never had a problem. What's nice about a custom grind is if you have any future plans for a little more soup, like new intake and possibly some head work or even aluminum heads. That T-Bird may have 6090 heads. Alot can be done with those. He can set you up for the present with the future in mind. A custom cam is much more affordable than you might think
https://customfordcams.com/
https://customfordcams.com/
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No idea until it gets torn down, sorry.
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The CJ cam was for a 10.1 car that could do decent on the strip. and in a 390 the smaller displacement would make it a little worse. not that the CJ cam was that extreme it's just not a 4x4 cam.
A custom cam takes everything into account. not only your engine but gear ratio , tire size, transmission altitude , desired fuel grade everything. it's made for your vehicle not just a generic small block chevy grind. it's only a few bucks more and a no brainer for any rebuild in my opinion.
A custom cam takes everything into account. not only your engine but gear ratio , tire size, transmission altitude , desired fuel grade everything. it's made for your vehicle not just a generic small block chevy grind. it's only a few bucks more and a no brainer for any rebuild in my opinion.
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I don’t think I’d be in any hurry to order a custom grind roller cam. Buddy of mine is waiting a year or little over now for his from Craft. The story is Comp can’t get blanks from what they tell him. I thought waiting 2 months for mine was bad when stuff was available. Good luck!
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I don’t think I’d be in any hurry to order a custom grind roller cam. Buddy of mine is waiting a year or little over now for his from Craft. The story is Comp can’t get blanks from what they tell him. I thought waiting 2 months for mine was bad when stuff was available. Good luck!
The comp family must be busy doing something, apparently it’s not monitoring emails or grinding cams.
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