Originally Posted by Cab_Burge
I have a customer who wants me to build his stock motor and use it for cruising in town and to out of town car shows. Stock specs. show it had either 95 or 97 HP stock, I would like to hop it up 25 to 50 HP more so it will cruise fast enough to keep up with traffic on the weekends, not to race it.. He likes the early to late 1950 cruising looks and performance work
He already has a 2 one barrel intake manifold and he wants to put twice pipes on it with Smitty glass pack type mufflers
I'm looking for suggestions on camshafts to use and piston brand to raise to compression ratio up to around 9.0 to 1 comp. ratio help


I can't answer your question. But my old 51 PU sat for 25 years or so. All I did was change the oil, new cap/rotor/coil, plugs, plug wires and sent the carb to be rebuilt. Started up and ran great. I think to get any power you'd have to mill the heads. I'm guessing a "cam" guy to grind you up something. You can check https://p15-d24.com/forum/6-mopar-flathead-truck-forum/ that's where I got all my info. They also have a "parts" section.

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