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1970 440 cam question. #716004 06/04/10 12:25 PM 06/04/10 12:25 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 111 Loveland CO J Jimbo OP member
Jimbo OP member J Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 111 Loveland CO	i have a stock, low mile 440 that I want to run in my car, and was curious on how much cam I can run safely. I was specifically looking at the .528 purple shaft, but with the flat pistons, i didn't know if it will smack the pistons or not.

Re: 1970 440 cam question. [Re: Jimbo] #716005 06/04/10 12:42 PM 06/04/10 12:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet
Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md	you'll be fine. Once you adjust the lash out the cam specs are around 500-504 lift depending on how tight you set it. I set mine tight at .020/.022. You will need adjustable rockers though. [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/pui5j.jpg[/IMG] Coming soon!!!!

Re: 1970 440 cam question. [Re: Mr.Yuck] #716006 06/04/10 02:02 PM 06/04/10 02:02 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 111 Loveland CO J Jimbo OP member
Jimbo OP member J Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 111 Loveland CO	i was wondering about lash, the lash spec seemed excessive to me. how does the cam behave? I had it in a 360 years ago and liked it.

Re: 1970 440 cam question. [Re: Jimbo] #716007 06/04/10 02:33 PM 06/04/10 02:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet
Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md	worked great on my stockish 440-6 until I spun #4.

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