Building a motor for my daily driver '67 383 Barracuda.
Car has a 727 & 4.10 gears with 28" tires & torque converter is a factory style high stall Dacco 764.
Engine is getting the basic clean up/machining now.
I bought 0.030 over forged flat top aluminum pistons w/ 1.920" compression distance.
I bought an Eddelbrock Performer RPM intake
I bought a pair of TTI 1 3/4" shorty headers
Planning to get the E-Street 75cc heads, thought about 440 Source Stealth heads, leaning towards the Edelbrocks.
Planning on the thin gaskets(not steel) & from what I can tell compression should be a little over 10:1.
Looking for a cam for a car that spends 95% of its time on the street & lots of driving-15k a year. Planning on running stock rockers & stock style push rods. Just don't want to oversize the cam & give up useable power on the street. I have a set of 516 heads that could be built but think for the money it's probably better running aluminium.
Any tips on cam selection for this combo?
Your build sounds exactly like a friend of mine. He has a 400 with stock heads, KB pistons and runs a purple shaft 509/292 duration cam. Car sound great is super responsive and turns heads everywhere he goes.
