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Old 04-12-2014, 02:53 AM   #78
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Re: Another 489bbc question

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Originally Posted by 68c10owner View Post
This is completely wrong. You need to know what heads your using before picking the cambut the the camshaft and the heads together determine the power band. I have seen dyno where the victor jr made more power across the board over the dual plane when the dual plane should have come out the winner. I have never heard of doing it the way you describe in the 25yrs i've been playing with hot rods.
Please see the bold quote from above. This is why I said the cam is the last item would spec in a motor build. Only after every thing else is figured out as far as supporting components to achieve the rpm band desired can you spec an appropriate cam.
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60'---1.53---------------1.41
1/8---6.58 @ 105.92----5.87 @ 118.41
1/4---10.38 @ 126.97----9.24 @ 142.49
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