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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 09:16 PM
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From: o'fallon mo
Car: i have a 2003 ford zx2 and a 1989 f
Engine: 350 tuned port, 4 banger on the Z
Transmission: 700r4 poop loser
Axle/Gears: 3.23 standard ...one tire fire
ok id like to learn about cams ( 350 )

ok ive got a mostly stock 350 a few mods not to much to the motor right i would like to get a slightly mild to mid range cam jsut to wake up a couple of those sleeping horses ya know what i mean ... its an 89 formula 350 can some one point in the right direction also can someone explain the lift numbers and such ... thanks for your time
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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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From: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Car: '83 Z28, '07 Charger SRT8
Engine: 454ci, 6.1 Hemi
Transmission: TH350, A5
Axle/Gears: 2.73 posi, 3.06 posi
www.compcams.com

They have alot of useful info there, and their since their catalog 'suggests' certain cams for differing levels of engine hotness, you can browse the catlog a bit and see what works with something similar to what you have.
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 02:05 PM
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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From: loxahatchee fla
heres a brief course on cams to get you up to speed on the concepts

http://www.oregoncamshaft.com/cam-basics.html

http://www.symuli.com/vw/camp1.html

http://www.symuli.com/vw/camp2.html

http://www.auto-ware.com/combust_bytes/camspecs.html

http://www.rpmoutlet.com/camfac.htm

http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/techarticles/95298/

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/43418/index3.html

http://hotrod.com/techarticles/113_0209_cam/

http://hotrod.com/techarticles/113_9811_cam/

http://hotrod.com/techarticles/113_9804_cam/

http://www.ridgenet.net/~biesiade/camdegree.htm

http://www.mousemotor.com/cb_1.htm
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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From: o'fallon mo
Car: i have a 2003 ford zx2 and a 1989 f
Engine: 350 tuned port, 4 banger on the Z
Transmission: 700r4 poop loser
Axle/Gears: 3.23 standard ...one tire fire
whats the diffrence between the magnum Xtreme and drag cam .. im not understanding witch one i would need can someone please point me in the right direction ive started to read the materail but that only gose so fare ... thanks
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