I need some cam recommendations. I was supposed to buy a Hot Cam but it was accidentaly stored in a water puddle in a friends garage. I got offered another cam from someone else but it seems like it would be too much. It is a Comp I think, but the specs are 234*in 244* @.050 and 560 lift with 1.6 rockers 112* lobe sep. Does this seem to big or Should it run ok? My heads are mildly ported and the rest of the mods are in the sig. A rough idle doesn't bother me, I just don't want to over cam and slow down. This is going in a L98 shortblock.

 

Stock springs will bind well before 0.560" of valve lift. However, as a safety feature, the factory pressed-in rocker studs will start to pull out and prevent valve spring coil bind and possible valve/pisont interference.

In other words, you're going to have to spend a lot more time reworking your valve train before you can use such a cam.

 

Judging from you sig, I dont know about your transmission. If its a manual, thats fine. If its an automatic, i can imagine something like a 2500-3000 stall speed would be on tap to tame that cam. And as vader said, youre valvetrain needs to be up to par to handle that cam.

 

haha *** that actually made me laugh.. thanks

 

The heads have ARP screw in studs and comp 987 springs with guide plates. The problem is I only spin to about 6000rpm and wonder if I will actually slow down due to the less than ideal heads and relativly low shift point.

 

Are you sure the duration is 234/244. I think it may be 230/244 which means its the COMP cc306. You will have to spin that cam higher than 6K I guarentee that. There are stock headed LT1 guys running that cam w/ little to no problems. Personally I wouldn't go that big w/ mild ported heads, it screams for a set of AFR or hogged out Vette heads. But you can do it if the price is right!!!

 

Well the price is $75.00. I'm just not sure about spinning over 6000 with a stock bottom end, nor do I want a cam that will be a complete mis-match.

 

I bet your mild ported heads flow about what stock LT1 heads flow, so if those guys are running that cam on stock heads, you should be fine.

I see you are from KY, if you ever get on the KYFU board, then ask Chad W. he spins his motor to. He has the 306 in his LT1...