87LG4FORMULA

I've got a stock LG4 in my bird with lots of $ in other mods right now. flowtech headers going on with 3" cat and cat back for later (next engine in a year or two) Meanwhile this motor needs some life and it is a roller block (centre bolt valve covers) so i was wondering if there was an easy way to cam this engine on a budget and without too much in the way of new parts? I am new to this stuff so speak slowly and i promise to get help before i wreck anything
Thanks, Tim

1991tealRSt-topGuy

luckily your LG4 is an 87 so you have a roller cam

that makes things cheaper if you want to retain a roller cam

Sitting Bull

F-Bird'88 knows of a really great little roller cam that GM uses in their 383 truck engines. It was available from Competition Products for something like $40 brand new. That is a steal for a new roller cam.

PM him and find out which one it is. It has great numbers for a nicely modified 305, should give you lots of torque down low and a lot more hp up top

F-BIRD'88

here's the cam

http://www.competitionproducts.com/page51.html

PN#264HP

If you have the "peanut cam in your 305 now this will help. will want some gear thou.

I also like the Cam in the Ramjet 350 crate motor.

Short(er) duration and higher lift than above.
But bigger and better than the lil cam you have now.
GMPN #
Camshaft: GM PN 14097395 hydraulic roller; 196/205 degrees duration at 0.050-inch tappet lift,
.431"/.451" w/1.5 rockers
0.460/0.481-inch lift (with 1.6:1 rockers)
More lift and area under the curve, should make good torque and power and maintain the low end grunt in a otherwise near stock LG4.
probabily should use LT4 style or better valve springs w/ 1.6 rockers.

Possible cheap source is GM Dealers that sell "upgraded" Crate Motors like Sallee Chevrolet or Pace Chevrolet.
They sell off lots of "take off parts"

MilehighBird

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Is that competition products cam the same as the stock 350 tpi cam? Would that much lobe seperation on that cam kill bottom end torque on a carburated car?
91tealRS -how do you like your xr252 cam?

Tobias05

50 bucks, thats a steal.

anyone got any new info on the 264hp cam?

Brandon