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.557 lift in a 408 stroker #892256 12/31/10 10:44 AM 12/31/10 10:44 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 915 Cincinnati OH B Bishop OP super stock
Bishop OP super stock B Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 915 Cincinnati OH	I'm buidling a 408(360)stroker with Edelbrock Alum. heads I have a .508 hyd cam for the motor now but was thinking about putting a .557 solid lift cam instead. The motor is going down in a 71 Demon that is basically going to be driven on the street only taken to the strip to see what it can run. Good idea or bad idea? Thanks Brian

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: Bishop] #892257 12/31/10 11:01 AM 12/31/10 11:01 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER master
MIKES_DUSTER master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	GREAT cam and a GREAT idea!!!!!!

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: Bishop] #892258 12/31/10 11:02 AM 12/31/10 11:02 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394 Q Quicktree I Win
Quicktree I Win Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,394	depends on the rest of the combo, if you have a good converter and gears to match nothing wrong with it imo.

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: Quicktree] #892259 12/31/10 11:25 AM 12/31/10 11:25 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,999 Frostbitefalls MN (Rocky&Bullw... gregsdart master
gregsdart master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,999 Frostbitefalls MN (Rocky&Bullw...	Leigh, member of this board ran it in a bracket race 360 for many years in his 69 dart. Went mid elevens. If he's on line I bet he will post all his motor stats for you. 8..603 156 mph best, 2905 lbs 549, indy 572-13, alky

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: Bishop] #892260 12/31/10 12:53 PM 12/31/10 12:53 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az Crizila master
Crizila master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az	Do you have the specs on that cam? Fastest 300

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: Bishop] #892261 12/31/10 01:02 PM 12/31/10 01:02 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,165 Left Coast B BobR master
BobR master B Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,165 Left Coast	Quote: I'm buidling a 408(360)stroker with Edelbrock Alum. heads I have a .508 hyd cam for the motor now but was thinking about putting a .557 solid lift cam instead. The motor is going down in a 71 Demon that is basically going to be driven on the street only taken to the strip to see what it can run. Good idea or bad idea? Thanks Brian If it's not a roller I won't use it. I'm sure I'll get a lot of disagreement.

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: BobR] #892262 12/31/10 01:20 PM 12/31/10 01:20 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,073 oregon G greendart408 super stock
greendart408 super stock G Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,073 oregon	Went 10.79 with that cam in my uncles 408. Had indybrock unported heads and a air gap with a 750 on it. 10.3 comp. Worked great. He built it for a 4 spd duster for the street. We stuffed it into my street strip car while I was building a new motor for it. It weighed 3250

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: greendart408] #892263 12/31/10 01:40 PM 12/31/10 01:40 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 915 Cincinnati OH B Bishop OP super stock
Bishop OP super stock B Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 915 Cincinnati OH	Part #4120655 .557/.557 lift 296 Duration Last edited by Bishop; 12/31/10 02:25 PM.

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: greendart408] #892264 12/31/10 01:41 PM 12/31/10 01:41 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 147 Milledgeville, (central) Georg... B Bighead440 member
Bighead440 member B Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 147 Milledgeville, (central) Georg...	The .557" MP cam will be a kitten in a 408/416. It is actually smaller than what I ran in my pump gas 10.25:1 416". I ran an Ultradyne ft solid, 259/263@.050 .590" lift 110LSA, and it idled (choppy)at 800, shift at 6,000 although it would rev 7K+. You won't neeed more than a 3000stall with this cam in a stroker, where a 360 might need almost 4000 and a 340 maybe more. Mine ran low 11s, 119mph with 3.91 gears, 89octane... RB

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: Bighead440] #892265 12/31/10 11:32 PM 12/31/10 11:32 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 948 Alliance, Ohio V Valiant_Showoff super stock
Valiant_Showoff super stock V Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 948 Alliance, Ohio	^ I agree that the 557 will be pretty tame in a 408. I'm currently running that cam (and loving it) in my street/strip 360. Has good street manners but with enough lope to let you know it's there. My best ET is in my sig line. Not sure how much umph you're after with your setup, but IMHO the 557 will be on the small side of "serious". 6389166-enginecompartment1.JPG (92 downloads)

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: Valiant_Showoff] #892266 01/02/11 11:14 PM 01/02/11 11:14 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 915 Cincinnati OH B Bishop OP super stock
Bishop OP super stock B Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 915 Cincinnati OH	I had someone PM told me to try A D.C. .590 instead of a .557, do you guys think that would be to big for basically a street car?

Re: .557 lift in a 408 stroker [Re: Bishop] #892267 01/03/11 12:08 AM 01/03/11 12:08 AM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 147 Milledgeville, (central) Georg... B Bighead440 member
Bighead440 member B Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 147 Milledgeville, (central) Georg...	Quote: I had someone PM told me to try A D.C. .590 instead of a .557, do you guys think that would be to big for basically a street car? In my opinion, a MP .590" cam is too radical and has too tight of a lobe separation (LSA) to be ideal in your setup. The .557" is close on the LSA but too small, I think you just ought to investigate a wider LSA (110-112deg.) for your stroker. I had a 110 with aggressive (short seat duration) lobes and mine was real forgiving. Maybe get with Lunati, CompCams, Engle or Bullet/Ultradyne and see what they recommend. I know people are gonna argue with this, but if you really intend to street drive this, even a big cam with a wider LSA is going to be more friendly... RB

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