Originally Posted By AndyF


I've read that article a few times and I think it needs some editing for clarity. I don't think the author ever says how the cams were installed. Were they all installed straight up? He also doesn't talk about the big effect that LSA can have on valve to piston clearance. And I think some of his conclusions are wrong. He says the 101 LSA cam has a wider powerband but I think that is wrong. Looks to me like the 101 cam falls off faster than the others.


yeah, i would've liked to know where they were installed. could the 113 lsa cam be installed advanced a little to bring cranking psi up and pickup the low end quicker?
my main interest in this is I want to build a mostly street driven low deck 451 (with trick flow heads probably) and i'm thinking a cam around 112 lsa (similar to the MP 528 solid) to try to clean up the idle and low rpm cruise range some...

and then, with great heads does the the wider LSA even matter as much.

I remember there was a thread here about LSA (i think) and Monte Smith seemed to like a wider LSA if the heads were good.