Is your Z fast enough to beat a fourth gen v8Camaro? Just curious as to how fast your thirdgen Camaro got after swapping in a highly modded engine. Would it be to much for me to assume that I could smoke a fourth gen Z? I don't think so! What about you all?

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Big 454 72 Chevy Nova
383 86 Camaro Z28
10.5:1compression 186 casting Heads,234dur.488lift exh&int,Edelbrock performer intake, Holley750 vac.sec 400 crank,flat top pistons,edelbrock valve springs and lifters,tranny shift kit,kickdown kit and tranny oil cooler. Will install 3.73's later on and might go with a more aggresive cam.

[This message has been edited by Big454blockchevy (edited April 10, 2001).]

 

Ummm... yeah.

Yours is alot like mine, except that cam has got to go. There's about .3 sec hiding right there. Get a Comp XE274H.

Mine is:
400, 12.5cc dish (10.4:1)
186 heads, lightly worked over
Comp XR282HR
Comp 1102 1.6 roller rockers
Holley 800 CFM man sec DP spreadbore
T-5
3.73

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Right now i am looking for a cam. Can you(RB83L69)give me the specs on this cam that you've got on your engine.

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Big 454 72 Chevy Nova
383 86 Camaro Z28
10.5:1compression 186 casting Heads,234dur.488lift exh&int,Edelbrock performer intake, Holley750 vac.sec 400 crank,flat top pistons,edelbrock valve springs and lifters,tranny shift kit,kickdown kit and tranny oil cooler. Will install 3.73's later on and might go with a more aggresive cam.

 

COMPETITION CAMS CAMSHAFT SPECIFICATION SHEET

PART # 12-432-8
GRIND NUMBER: CS XR282HR-10
ENGINE: CHEV SML BLK 265-400
INTAKE EXHAUST
VALVE ADJUSTMENT HYD HYD
GROSS VALVE LIFT .510 .520
.006 TAPPET LIFT 282 288
VALVE TIMING OPEN CLOSE
AT .006 INT 35 BTDC 67 ABDC
EXH 78 BBDC 30 ATDC
THESE SPECS ARE FOR CAM INSTALLED
AT 106 INTAKE CENTER LINE
INTAKE EXHAUST
DURATION AT .050 230 236
LOBE LIFT .3400 .3470
LOBE SEPARATION 110
THIS CAM SHOULD USE SPRING # 986-16

Except I have 1.6 rockers

Runs OK

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"So many Mustangs, so little time..."
ICON Motorsports