Piston/Cam set up

Posted By: Slims63FURY

Piston/Cam set up - 01/15/10 06:25 PM

Hi,
OK, I'm working on a 383 rebuild that will be going in a 63 Sport Fury. Currently I have a set of rebuilt 452 heads and I'd like to see if I can get some feed back on the piston/Cam selection that I'm thinking of going with. This is just going to be a street cruiser, I have no intentions of hitting the 1/4 mile
For Pistons I'm thinking of speed pro's SEAL2315F
And For a camshaft I'm thinking of
Comp Cam's Xtreme Eng. with a duration of 218/224
or the Mag Muscle at 222/226.
My main concern of course would the the comp ratio I end up with and if the 452's were the best choice or if they'll be a good match up.
Any advice or recommendations would be helpful.
Thanks Guys
Slim

Posted By: draginmopars

Re: Piston/Cam set up - 01/15/10 06:31 PM

Welcome to the site.

I'm not up on those part #'s sorry, But, You will get some answers soon

Posted By: RapidRobert

Re: Piston/Cam set up - 01/15/10 08:30 PM

What octane are you running down there? here's a user friendly CR calculator. http://kb-silvolite.com/calc.php? to plug your dimentions into

Posted By: Slims63FURY

Re: Piston/Cam set up - 01/15/10 08:55 PM

Quote:

What octane are you running down there? here's a user friendly CR calculator. http://kb-silvolite.com/calc.php? to plug your dimentions into

The highest is 91, I believe the regular octane is at about 87.

Posted By: Dodgem

Re: Piston/Cam set up - 01/15/10 10:17 PM

I'd say you will be at 9 to 1 what is your elevation??

Posted By: Slims63FURY

Re: Piston/Cam set up - 01/16/10 01:43 AM

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I'd say you will be at 9 to 1 what is your elevation??

Sea Level

Posted By: Dodgem

Re: Piston/Cam set up - 01/16/10 02:39 AM

You will tight on octane I would go one cam higher than the bigger one you picked.

Posted By: Slims63FURY

Re: Piston/Cam set up - 01/16/10 05:47 PM

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You will tight on octane I would go one cam higher than the bigger one you picked.

With this information, and an email I just received it looks like this might be the cam pick
Xtreme Energy�, XE268H
Great for Street Machines, Slightly Rough Idle
http://www.compcams.com/Cam_Specs/CamDetails.aspx?csid=707&sb=2.
I'd like to also go a bit higher on the piston, but so far the best I can find with Speed Pro is a 9.01.
Thanks for the info!
Slim

Posted By: RapidRobert

Re: Piston/Cam set up - 01/16/10 06:06 PM

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I'd like to also go a bit higher on the piston, but so far the best I can find with Speed Pro is a 9.01.

No need to settle for that. Check out kb's offerings. You can easily get the CR AND QUENCH that's right for you and if you get your foundation (the short block) spot on then any addition (heads/cam/intake/carb/tuning will only compliment your build and you wont have to ever give it a second thought about what you left on the table because you didn't select the correct pistons the 1st time.