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Thanks everyone for the responses. Seems like 10.5-11.5ish compression with the correct cam should be fine. What do people do to pick a cam and have cranking compression end up where it needs to be? Is that adding more duration? Or overlap? Just curious what would be different in a pump gas cam compared to a high compression/race fuel cam? I would leave spec'ing the cam to the professionals, more just curious ow they would be different.



Dwayne spec'd the cams in both of my motors. The 440's cam is a more radical profile...pretty much race only. Yet you see the compression difference.

My little 440 makes my Hemi sound like a 383, lol.


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'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax