Problems with mod 302
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Conanski- Good post, thanks. I'm not really sure how changing the cam would be a bad thing. At first you were saying that my cam is all wrong for my application, but now you suggest keeping it. Plenty of people run Performer RPM heads and intakes with different cams, so I don't think that mismatching is really an issue.
I have come up with two Ford specialists in Tampa, one of which being Ramsey's Performance and the other FordSpeed. It appears that Ramsey has a good reputation and races a Mustang in an Outlaw 10.5 class. The next time I am down there I plan on trailering the car to his shop, getting it on his dyno (w/ sniffer), and letting him make adjustments.
I have come up with two Ford specialists in Tampa, one of which being Ramsey's Performance and the other FordSpeed. It appears that Ramsey has a good reputation and races a Mustang in an Outlaw 10.5 class. The next time I am down there I plan on trailering the car to his shop, getting it on his dyno (w/ sniffer), and letting him make adjustments.
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I'm not really sure how changing the cam would be a bad thing. At first you were saying that my cam is all wrong for my application, but now you suggest keeping it. Plenty of people run Performer RPM heads and intakes with different cams, so I don't think that mismatching is really an issue.
As for mismatching components, you have to look at all the components. 302 cubic inches only moves so much air at any given rpm, the VIC heads and intake are relatively high flowing parts on a 302 and will only make power in the upper rpms. If you swap in a 260 degree cam(for example) you will only get marginally more low rpm power because the air velocity isn't there with the big volume heads and intake. The kicker will be you will have also killed power above 5000rpm.. the cam doesn't work up there. To get good power with this cam you need smaller heads and intake.. the whole package has to be proportional.
