460 cam recommendations
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460 cam recommendations
alright i'm wantin to put a cam in the truck i just bought... tryin to keep cost low and the truck will stay on the farm so im thinkin maybe a off road minded cam... i'd still like a pretty aggressive lope at idle though. what yal think... how much trouble to swap one out.
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A truck that will be useful on the farm, is not going to have a lope at idle. Sorry, they just do not go hand in hand.
That reminds me of a early 70's 4x4 truck I worked on that some guys had installed a built 390. It had a dual point distributor, large dual feed carb, and the cam in that thing would give you chill bumps when he started it. But he soon got rid of it because he could not drive it in the snow, which is why he bought it. He complained it would not do anything unless you revved it up, and then it would just spin. That's the problem with a hot engine in a truck. It's like a switch. It's either on and wide open, or it's off, and won't do anything.
If you want to use it as a truck, you need to stay conservative with a rv cam and a small carb on a dual plane intake. It probably already has the small 4bbl and and the dual plane from the factory correct?
That reminds me of a early 70's 4x4 truck I worked on that some guys had installed a built 390. It had a dual point distributor, large dual feed carb, and the cam in that thing would give you chill bumps when he started it. But he soon got rid of it because he could not drive it in the snow, which is why he bought it. He complained it would not do anything unless you revved it up, and then it would just spin. That's the problem with a hot engine in a truck. It's like a switch. It's either on and wide open, or it's off, and won't do anything.
If you want to use it as a truck, you need to stay conservative with a rv cam and a small carb on a dual plane intake. It probably already has the small 4bbl and and the dual plane from the factory correct?
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actually its got a edelbrock 750cfm i believe.. the local drag shop said that crane or maybe lunati makes a specific cam for mud trucks or off road trucks... thats what he recommended he said it is big enough that i would have to swap springs but shouldn't have to go to a timing gear setup.. he did say that specific cam would definatley talk and i can get it all for about 400
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Stay with a mild rv style cam if you want a streetable truck. The racey, lopy cams sound great at the drag strip or mud bog, but are worthless on a street engine, and especially so on a farm truck.
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That is the style cam you should be looking at for your truck. I would also recomend exhaust headers if you want some more power, as fords are notorious for having poor flowing exhaust manifolds. Just remember to keep it simple and basic for a farm truck, as im sure reliability is an issue for you as your truck is a work truck
COMP Cams SK34-225-4 - COMP Cams High Energy Cam and Lifter Kits - summitracing.com
That is the style cam you should be looking at for your truck. I would also recomend exhaust headers if you want some more power, as fords are notorious for having poor flowing exhaust manifolds. Just remember to keep it simple and basic for a farm truck, as im sure reliability is an issue for you as your truck is a work truck
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yea just pull the radiator and the grill and you can slide it in and out that way. Remember you have to buy new lifters with your cam and they need to be broke in per the manufacturers recomendations, and use lots of cam assembly lube when u install it.
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yea but be sure to vary the rpm back and forth 500 rpm or so. and get some diesel engine oil because it has a higher amount of zinc, which is a high presure lubricant that is vital for a flat tappet cam.
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