hey, i have a 1985 305 TPI that has a few things done but not much and i am looking at getting a cam for it. Im just not sure what i need or what would work the best for my car. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

 

I here the LT1 cams work pretty good in the 305 tpis and they are cheap.

 

lt1 cam won't work in the 85...it's not hyd. roller..

i'm looking at going with either a elgin e1015: .465" intake lift, .488 exhaust lift Dur. @ .050 224 degrees intake, 234 degrees exhaust 112 lobe center

or Comp nitrous hp: dur. @ 0.05 224 int., 234 exh, .477/.490 113lsa

in my 85 ta

 

I'm an idiot. What he said.....

 

hey n8man, will either of those work on a pretty much stock 85 305 tpi motor? and where can i get one at?

 

does either of these cams sound good for my setup?

crane cam for low end and mid range
Duration: 254º/264º
Gross Lift: .401''/.423''
series : 2030

crane cam for mid range and top end
Duration: 264º/274º
Gross Lift: .423''/.446''
series : 2040

 

I think I found the cam your looking at the emission legal cams or at least thats the only cams crane makes with those lift numbers. the first one looks about like a stock peanut cam. The second one looks like a stock non-peanut cam. Advertised duration tends to have to many variables to be accurate. For the most part people tend to look at .05 duration #'s. I'd look for something close to or under 210 intake duration and around 218 exhaust duration. You may want a cam ground on 112 LSA that won't lope as much as one ground on 110 also.

N8MAN1068 that cam will probably be way too big for a 305 unless you plan to really rev the **** out of it. Remember that roller cams peak earlier than flat tappet cams.

 

1bad, i'm probably the worst person to ask about which cams to run.
I get my info from sharing DD2000 cam files and running them with my setup, and from asking here and cam companies.

Most people here are saying that the cam i mentioned is too big for a 305. I guess it all depends on what you want to do with your engine, how you drive, what parts you're upgrading .
Would I get a larger cam and stick it in an other wise stock engine? no. I'm running the full gammut of heads/intake/headers, stall and cam, and still won't know how the 305 handles it until it's all put together later this summer.

 

Here is a cam I am running right now in a 383 stroker:

Specifications:
* Advertised duration: 272 intake/282 exhaust
* Duration at .050 in. cam lift: 214 intake/224 exhaust
* Gross valve lift: .442 in. intake/.465 in. exhaust
* Lobe separation: 112 degrees
* RPM range: 2,000 to 4,500
* Good idle quality

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...2DK1103&view=1

I think it would be a good cam to run with a 305 and pretty much stock TPI.

Here is a whole kit but smaller cam:

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...2DG5000&view=1

 

In my car 86 TPI I ran a crane cam from JEGS with great results. It was 440/454 lift and can not remember the duration. WORKED GREAT. Look in Jegs under their Crane cam section. Ran 9 flat in the 1/8'' with just that and Edelbrock shorties


Chris

 

does something like this sound good?
Advertised Duration: 266º
Duration @ .050: 210°
Lobe Separation: 110°
Gross Lift: .440''
RPM Range: 1600-4600

Fevre im a little nervous running a summit brand cam in my car. I would rather go with comp or crane, if somebody could help my find one that would be great! thanks