Cant find the right cam?
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I am replacing my cams in a pair of 300 Tempest SBCs. I want to change it from solid to roller, so I was told to get the specs on the stock cam and by a roller cam close to the same specs.
The problem is that I cant find anything even close.
My stock cam has a duration of 234,246 and a lift of 497 to 504, I dont know much about cams but I cant find any cams w/specs even close to this in the Jegs catalog. Am I looking in the wrong spot or what
The problem is that I cant find anything even close.
My stock cam has a duration of 234,246 and a lift of 497 to 504, I dont know much about cams but I cant find any cams w/specs even close to this in the Jegs catalog. Am I looking in the wrong spot or what
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Yup on Dean Gellner, I pushed my engines to the max last saturday and literally melted one of my gil manifolds. If the engine checks out Ok, I may throw on one stock manifold just so I can run it but I may be done for the year. No idea what really happened but I lost water on one manifold, It may have just been the air I was getting. Woohoo. Its fun to make a cruiser fly.
#10
If you're going with billet cams you might be happier with a cast distributor gear installed on them. It will cost a little more, but I think you'll be happier. If you go with a bronze gear they tend to wear excessively more and it will change your timing as it does. Ask your engine builder or whoever is advising you on your engines about it. You'll make a noticable difference going from a hydraulic flat tappet to a hydraulic roller though. Have fun.




