I don't know a whole bunch about cams. I have done some reading and from what I gather...higher lift and less duration will aid torque or did I misunderstand? I am trying to narrow down a cam for my 302 since I can't afford to do what I want and put a 460 stroked to a 533 in any time soon. I am trying to select a cam and maybe some other goodies but the $$$ are limited so I can't afford to do gears right now. I will have some money possibly for a lift around income tax time but for now I am going to start with a decent cam. Any suggestions on a "off the shelf" cam would be great. My motor is stock, the whole thing is stock except for the 33's and that's only because I found a steal of a deal on them and couldn't match the price for a set of 31's. Thanks for any help in advance. The motor is a mass air 302 with the E4OD.

 

updated my signature with info also.

 

Don't know of you knew or not but, FTE has engine forums for engine related questions.

Maybe try the V90* (labled small block) forum.


There is also a performance forum as well.

 

I put the comp cams 4x4 cam kit in my 351w. I am very happy with it. A little over $300 to my door.

 

best thing to do is call compcam and see what they recommend. do you plan on doing the work yourself? if you are still running the stock exhaust a cam wont be helping to its potential. you might consider just getting some 1.7 rockers and getting headers and a custome 2.5 or 3" exhaust out stock location.

 

First off... recalibrate your PSOM for your 33" tires. You will be incurring a considerable amount of wear and tear on the E4OD if it still thinks that 30" tires are rolling the truck. The link below will describe in detail, how to calibrate the unit.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ND_BRONCO.html

Kemical is right on there... if you are running the stock exhaust, the cam will not reach full potential. Long tube headers, with a matching Y pipe and hi flow cat will open up the low end.

As for cam... go big for the 302. I run the comp 35-308-8. Great low end boost on 302/351 motors. It's a 0.533" lift exhaust and intake, with low duration. I think the stock F4TE cam is around 0.430"/in and 0.445"/ex lift... someone will correct me... but its around that range. 1.6 rr's work fine with that cam setup. There are plenty of other potential grinds as well. You have many more options for cams with mass air. The one I mentioned is only recommended for mass air applications.

Good Luck,
Mike

 

Get a performance coil and wires first!! If you are not completely burning what fuel is in there you will never make the true power of the motor. With a high voltage coil you can run a wider gap on the plug to get more spark exposed to the mixture, forget the wacky electrode plugs, stock plugs with widen gap will work better. I just saw that mallory coil and it looks cool it has aluminum heatsink fins, I wish I got that one.
At night get a spray bottle of water, spray the wires down from dist to plugs, turn off
all lights and start motor, look for sparks jumping to ground, other plug wires and to low voltage wires. All those sparks are lost power you need to reroute the wires add seperators or put split loom over the wires. Take out your O2 sensor and clean it run
the tip through a propane torch flame for 20-30 secons to burn off any deposits, If it
has a lot of build up and it is slow to react your A/f ratio is not going to be optimized, Every 15,000 miles or so cleaning them will keep them top notch. Do not forget to put
silver antisieze on the threads and do not use rtv or dielectric on the where the wires come out of the sensor body, it has to breathe and if it gets clogged up it won't read right.