I just installed and degreed my cam im my 446 street motor and installed it 'straight up'. Before I button it up I thought I would check here and make sure 'straight up' is what I need for my combo. The motor is a 440/.030 with Diamond flat top pistons and 440 source i-beam rods. The pistons are at ZERO deck and the heads are 440 source aluminum 'stealth' units with 84cc's and a port clean up and some bowl blend work. With a .045 head gasket this gives me exactly 10.0 to 1 CR. The valve spring pressures are 145lbs on seat and 375lbs open. The intake is a sixpack with Promax prepped carbs and the exhaust is HP manifolds with 2.5 pipes all the way back. The cam is a Compcams part# 23-710-9 which is their starting level retro-hydraulic roller. The cam specs are: lift .538int/.534ex, duration is .224int/.230ex @.050 with a 110' lobe seperation and a 106' centerline. The advertised power band for the cam is 1,800 to 5,800 rpm. The car is my sig 70 Challenger vert with a Tremec 5 spd and a Dana w/3.54 gears. My goal is street/cruising drivability. Is staight up ok or should I advance it a bit? BTW the cam came in at exactly 106' on the install. Thanks.

Last edited by Classof70Chally; 02/11/09 04:35 PM.