superfreak

well ive never really new how to read a cam, to tell rather its radical or just mild, could someone explain this to me so i can actually look at cams in the magazines or w.e and know how to read them and tell what their main purpose would be for, track, street, rpm band etc

Tims 88GT

best thing to do is ask/look on the web site of the company that made it. most of the time the more duration the wilder the cam.

OnyxCobra

if you gave an example i could tell ya how radical it might be... what cams are you lookin at?

superfreak

ford racing cams

e303 - 220 / 220 lift - 498 / 498
f303 - 226 / 226 lift - 512 / 512
b303 - 224 / 224 lift - 480 / 480
x303 - 224 / 224 lift - 542 / 542

Tims 88GT

even the x cam is not tht radical. try 510 lift and 318 duration on for size with a 94 ls

superfreak

i want something thats gonna gimme a 1,500 - 6,500 powerband, and gimme a nice good thump on idle

Tims 88GT

whats done to your car bud? a cam is not the first thing to do.

OnyxCobra

well Ford cams are kinda straight forward, i believe it goes like this starting with the least radical: E, B, F, X

What are you lookin for in a cam? The idle quality of a cam is related to the duration and lobe seperation angle of the cam. I believe it goes like this: as the duration goes up, the LSA would have to go up in order to keep the same idle quality...

superfreak

well car is mostly stock right now, but i like to plan ahead its just the way i am i cant help i like to kno everything iw ant and learn everything ahead of time yano... but i got my exhaust today bbk shorties, x pipe, and super 40 flows... next is tw's o ring'd, then cams, then find a 87-92 block in good cond because they have forged internals, then power adder such as a supercharger


im also still pondering rather im gonna leave it carbed or switch to efi.... id much rather have efi but i dunno, i was set on carb for a while but then people kept tellin me i wasnt gonna be able to switch it to efi and that just pushed me further to just want n to do it to prove them wrong, and id be the first to do it around my area i believe

OnyxCobra

im pretty sure they only have forged pistons...