Im rebuilding a old style engine (not with roller cam) and Im going to put a TPI on it , the engine is going to be all stock put I would like to put in a better cam, what cam would be a good one for a daily drive?

Thanks
JD

 

i always have liked the comp cam's 268H , its just an all round good street cam it makes good power where you can use it .
just my 2 cents

 

Thanks fastvetteTPI84
I was thinking about260AH-14 cam from them but I will see what numbers that cam has, is it not a little to big (268*) for a street car?
What power band does it have? how much mpg do you get?

JD

 

Nobody out there has put a cam in his Stock TPI engine and likes it?

JD

 

hello, is it a 305 or 350? i have an 86 iroc with a 305 tpi. all stock, except motor bored .030, and a comp cam with lift of .444 on both intake and exhaust. i like it pretty good. comp cam says its for a 305/350 tpi. when i received the cam, the box said 350 tpi, i quickly called the 800 number for comp cams. they said the cam is for both 305 and 350 tpi. its what i use, good vacuum and idle (thats what i wanted...nothing too crazy) best of luck, tom....if you want, i may be able to track down the comp cam part number.

 

Thank you for that info Tom!

It is a .030 over 350 so it is 355, Im like you I dont want anything to crazy because I have that in a nother car I have just looking for something that would do good as a daily driver.

JD

PS it would be nice to see what cam you have.

 

I'm using a Summit cam in mine that idles nice and gets me around nicely.

204/214 dur @.050
.442/.446 lift
112 deg lobe sep

Makes excellent power for the street.

 

jd, it is a comp cam, computer compatible cam. the one i got is 1200-5200 rpm range. dur .050 is 212/212, lift is .444 on intake and exhaust, lsa is 112. they offer another cam with the following specs... 1500-5500 rpm range, dur .050 212/intake, 218/exh, lift is also .444 on intake and exhaust, lsa is 114. best of luck, tom.....you may want to call some cam companies to see what they suggest.

 

Thanks for the help guys, I will let you guys know what cam I go with and how it does.

JD

 

I used a cam by general kinetics(machine shop installed when they did short block.

216 @ .050 lift .454 lift with 1.5s 110 lsa. Idled like stock made great power from idle to 5500. This was a hydraulic non-roller.

I think the 268 would be good (I think it is a 219 @ .050).

Best advice call the cam company they do this for a living.