Hey. does anyone know if the cam is a decent one? or will it have any lope to it at all? 368/398 Lift

Duration 184/194

 

The stock cam is 179/194 @ .050, .350/.385" lift if that answers your question. 204/214 @ .050, .423/.446 is NOT even noticeable in a 305.

 

Well. The motor is a 350 out of a 70 Impala?

 

I quoted the specs for your 305 in your car. The 70 impala should have a cam that measures 194/203 @ .050, .390/.410 lift.

 

That cam is pathetic, especially in a 350. I'd be surprised if it made any power at all above 3000rpm.

 

that's probably the tamest cam ever produced, no joke.

 

It is even smaller than the peanut roller used in the 305.

 

Now that was below the belt .
Here's the correct applications for that cam.
Letsee now:
1. Clean thoroughly with brake clean, paint with clear laquer and use as an interesting towel rack.
2. Make a conversation piece table lamp.
3. Put in trunk for extra weight to help wheelspin problems.
4. Use as a durable hood prop here in Alabama.
5. Keep in the back floorboard so when you tell someone you "have a cam in your car", you can actually show them.
Piling on is encouraged...

 

Since it's cast, it isn't even good as a prybar. The sharp edges render it unsafe for use as a can crusher. The lack of mass makes it unsuitable as an anchor.

Nope. I can't think of a good use for it.

 

File off any sharp edges & use as a club if/when needed...

 

ok, towel rack? Now that rocks, I am absolutely doing that one.
I would use it as an explanation prop. Maybe leave it in a mechanical engineering classroom, with all the other neato gizmos for explanation purposes.
Use it like a sword, to knight a car once it's running - "and with this cam, I knight thee..."

 

3 more just like it plus a piece of plywood and you have a functional and decorative coffee table. They even have bolt holes in one end for easy mounting to the plywood!

Or.....

You know what a "potato cannon" is, right? Imagine a really heavy-duty and high powered version of that and you could have the first piece of ammunition for your new "camshaft cannon!" Stock cam journal diameter is 1.87" so choose a barrel that's just slightly larger than that for best sealing and maximum muzzle velocity. Imagine how jealous yyour neighbors would be when they see you launching old camshafts more than half a mile down the street! On second thought.... maybe that's not such a good idea. Just go build a coffee table.