360 cam choice......again

Posted By: elmor

360 cam choice......again - 04/02/09 12:12 AM

I'm trying to decide on a cam for my stock 74 360. I would like something snappier than stock, maybe make it run stronger than the Little Red Express did. Any suggestions from you smallblock guru's? The car is 67 Valiant 2dr post, automatic, headers, stock TQ intake, and 3.91's. This is something to cruise in for the summer, next winter I will build a warmer 360. Better compression, heads, cam, intake, etc... Thanks

Posted By: patrick

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/02/09 12:54 AM

comp XE262, works very good in my 5th ave....since you're car is lighter, with more gear (3.91 vs my 3.55's) you could maybe go an XE268, and reuse it when you build a new bottom end with better pistons.

Posted By: MoparforLife

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/02/09 01:21 AM

Nice little cam is a Crower 267 HDP. Nice lope but not radical with good vacume. lotsa low end and pulls well to 5500 or so. 267/271 split with 475/485 lift. real torqy cam. Am still running it on my street 360 in the 67 Coronet. To use good springs and get rid of the exhaust rotators if so equipped. No matter what cam you choose.

PS: will run good with stock compression too. Been there.

Posted By: 69DartGT

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/02/09 01:25 AM

Mopar cam don't have the complete number but the last 3 digits are 761, had one in my Dart's 360 great manners and really woke it up.

Posted By: rbstroker

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/02/09 11:41 AM

Just finished my '78 360 build with MP 231 (.484 lift, 284 duration) cam. Test drive yesterday was disappointing at bottom end. Really strong feeling above 3000 though. More testing and tuning today.

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/02/09 01:01 PM

I was'nt impressed with the m.p. 484 cam at all in one of my 340's...a great cam for your 360 would be the Lunati 60402 .475/.494 cam you'll need more then a stock converter to get everything out of it...

Posted By: mark7171

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/02/09 07:09 PM

P4452761 is a great cam.

268/272, .450/.455" lift, 5o * overlap. Nice for street.

Posted By: elmor

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/06/09 05:21 AM

Thanks for the input guys.

Posted By: Fishmarket

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/06/09 01:28 PM

Another vote for the xe268 comp. A little room to grow if you want to do upgrades in the future.

Posted By: elmor

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/14/09 08:31 PM

Mopartforlife, where did you pick up your Crower cam from? I haven't found any place that carry's the Crowers locally. What is the duration at .050?

Posted By: 68Bullit

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/14/09 08:58 PM

Good to see so many votes for the XE-268. That's the cam I have in my 360. I really like it. I'm nervous about flat tappets though, but I'm startin' to figure that if it goes, then it goes. Then I'll go roller from there. I'm also using a TQ on a Weiand Stealth manifold, aluminum heads and approx. 10:6:1 compression for about 400hp. Car is way streetable and runs well for a heavy car.

Posted By: BossRide

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/14/09 09:08 PM

Not sure who made it, but mine is a 443/465 lift, 280/290 advertised duration, 61 overlap with a 107 lobe center... Holley 4BBL, Offy intake, TTI headers... stock mad max gears out back. It's a little sluggish off the line but it pulls great and even once it's spooled up...

Posted By: Crizila

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/14/09 09:09 PM

I know a lot of guys on this sight arent real big fans of Dave H., but personalities aside, the Hughes #HEH1523AL is a very good grind for street small blocks. Good idle with lots of low end torque.

Posted By: Paul_Fancsali

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/16/09 06:26 PM

Comp 268 Hyd works good and pulls to 5800 and has bottom end from 1800 up. I'm now running 4.56 gears and hit the lights at 5800 so it will work With your 3.91s it would be perfect and fairly cheap

Posted By: RobX4406

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/16/09 07:25 PM

Quote:

Not sure who made it, but mine is a 443/465 lift, 280/290 advertised duration, 61 overlap with a 107 lobe center... Holley 4BBL, Offy intake, TTI headers... stock mad max gears out back. It's a little sluggish off the line but it pulls great and even once it's spooled up...

Sounds like the Speed Pro CS-1019R cam I have in my Dart. 288/298 214/224 at .050 .443/.465 107/117 cl's.

It's really nice, easy idle with some lope. Nothing crazy. It's definitely not a hot camshaft though.

The xe268 is a nice stick for a slightly hotter than stock build.

Posted By: 76dart

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/16/09 07:32 PM

Quote:

Nice little cam is a Crower 267 HDP. Nice lope but not radical with good vacume. lotsa low end and pulls well to 5500 or so. 267/271 split with 475/485 lift. real torqy cam. Am still running it on my street 360 in the 67 Coronet. To use good springs and get rid of the exhaust rotators if so equipped. No matter what cam you choose.
PS: will run good with stock compression too. Been there.

Posted By: patrick

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/16/09 08:02 PM

Quote:

Mopartforlife, where did you pick up your Crower cam from? I haven't found any place that carry's the Crowers locally. What is the duration at .050?

summit sells it

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=CRO-31241&autoview=sku

Posted By: elmor

Re: 360 cam choice......again - 04/17/09 05:50 PM

Thanks for the input guys. Now I have some ideas.