you cant reuse a flat tappet cam over again without having the lifters with it and the lifters need to match the lobe they were riding. not worth the effort
new mild flat tappet cam kits are under 200 bucks, get a new one
If you wanted a roller cam and roller lifters i have that for a 89 L98
Forgot about that, i just assumed 85 L98 you mean vette L98. Why do you need a 85 cam and prom to do a 350 swap?
you probly can run a 87-89 L98 prom with flat tappet cam of similar size to the L98 85 cam. Your probly never gonna find one with lifters so might as well consider roller L98 like factory or new flat tappet. Super tight budget i can understand but your doing a motor swap and cant drop like 150 bucks for a new cam? cam seems to be the smaller part of the whole investment
else check out corvette forum for those parts as they had L98s in 85-86
I am swapping the TPI setup from my 305 to the 350, but the wrong lifters were used in the 350. The guy said it SHOULD be ok as long as hydraulic flat tappet are used (It's a '72 engine), but I've been told I need an L98 350 specific cam and an ECM/prom to match. That's what I've been basing all my searching off of. Now I'm getting several different stories and TBH, at this point I have NO CLUE what lifters, what cam and what ECM/Prom I want to be using. I was under the impression that the cam from my 305 wasn't a good idea.
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What about CompCam 12-388-4, new set of lfat tappet lifters from summit and a 1985 corvette (L98) ECM?
Last edited by FireDemonSiC : 05-13-2008 at 11:49 PM.
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Could start a new thread for this but that setup will work just fine with just about any L98 prom if its a MAF system. SD may need some tuning but that cam is about same size as stock L98 cams and should work
IF all your doing is a basic 350 swap to make your car just like a factory L98, then yes use that flat tappet cam with new flat tappet lifters and a ECM/Prom for fbody L98. year depends on what your car is. What year is your 305 TPI car? reuse the stock MAF if its MAF and ECM, just get a PROM for a L98 car it will run fine. heck you could go up one size on the cam with MAF system and still run ok
