Which cam profile to use?
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Which cam profile to use?
'77 F150
460
Edelbrock Performer intake
Edelbrock 750 cfm
C8 or C9 heads=cr of approx 9.5:1
Headers
To tow a car/trailer approx. 5-6000 lbs.
All dur @.050" of course
Comp Extreme:
210/218 505/505
218/226 505/515
Generic:
204/214 479/504
218/228 503/503
Crane:
204/216 487/518
216/228 518/513 <<<<??
Edelbrock:
194/204 460/480
Thanks
460
Edelbrock Performer intake
Edelbrock 750 cfm
C8 or C9 heads=cr of approx 9.5:1
Headers
To tow a car/trailer approx. 5-6000 lbs.
All dur @.050" of course
Comp Extreme:
210/218 505/505
218/226 505/515
Generic:
204/214 479/504
218/228 503/503
Crane:
204/216 487/518
216/228 518/513 <<<<??
Edelbrock:
194/204 460/480
Thanks
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From: Pryor
Which cam profile to use?
Go with the bigger of the comp cams. If not even the next step up. I just put the 218/226 duration Xtreme 4X4 in my 460 and it is super stout on the low end. You won't loose any low end power with it. I almost think I should have gone with the next notch up. I think comp cams are the best off the shelf cams available right now.
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From: Pryor
Which cam profile to use?
My dad towed a car with it the other day. He said it did great. I really only built it for a play toy. It has plenty of low end grunt. It will stall the stock converter to around 2000 RPM's or so. I tried to take off in second once, just to see how high it would stall the converter, and it just smoked the tires!!! That's with a 3.25 ratio 9" Ford unit with a 4 pinion locker. Them's pretty high gears to be smoking them when taking off in second. That's why I think I could have gotten away with the larger cam and not lost any low end. It will pull out to past 5000 RPM's anyway. I can do 90 in second gear. I think it is a great combo overall.
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