Sorry I did mean advance the cam, not sure what I was thinking in going the other way.
I was looking at the opening and closing specs of the whiplash and ive better cams on hand to increase compression around .440 lift.
The whiplash says stock gearing to 3.55 and I know the 2.45 is on the extreme end even though the 2.45 is stock and the reason for asking.
Trans is the 904/998 with the low first gear.
The motor/trans and 2.45 rear was a matched factory combo and seemed to run ok for a cruiser.
I just want to keep the 2.45 since its 35 miles to anyplace. My 4:56 and 4:88 geared stroker cars cost a lot in fuel just to go the 70 mile round trip.
Obviously by no means a hot rod combo, just a cruiser that the wife wont be afraid to ride in.
Ive got a sealed power oem 318 cam/lifter kit from 1983 so I will probably for simplicity just run it and maybe advance 2 degrees. We used to advance the oem 318s 2 degrees and they towed a lil better and we better off idle.
Thanks guys, saved me a phone call.