i talked to bullet cams today to nail down a good profile. they recommended a 275/283@50-.685 lift/1.6 on a 108. sounds a bit large for my combo, what do you guys think? 408 indy 360-1 flow 312@600/209@600, 12:1 comp,ported indy intake,1 7/8 tti,4500 stall,727,4.10,28" tire,car race wieght 3400. street/strip. current cam is 258/264@50-630 lift on a 108. still uncertain.

Thats the same cam that was recomended for my 414 , 12 to 1 w5 rig with around the same head flow, I was thinking of something around 5* less, but thats just me , I have noting but seat of the pants to go by , we have run 280@ .050 and 260@ .050 my next one will be 270 when I can find a used solid roller, after that I will have one built from what I have learned

i was thinking something like a 268/268 or a 265/270, but i'd really like to try a straight pattern cam next since they are said to make more mid torque.

my 408 is 12.25-1 360-1 cnc heads 17/8 tti headers 410 gear 4speed bullet cam 274 276 at 50 668 668 with 1.5 rockers

do you like that cam? closer to what i was thinking i should have. whats the lda? does it pull hard right from the bottom to the top?

if you were talking to me i looked at cam card it is 272 278 ground at 106 in at 105.car pulls from hit to higher than i care to rev to. has been 7600 to 8000 rpms and feels it wants more.kind of scared of that much spring pressure with the cam.if you still have indys rockers on it they will break as i know from exp. 1200 dollar t&ds took care of that.

Is that bullet 272 a shelf cam?

emarine, what was your experience like with the 260 and 280 cams?
fasthawk, thanks for the info. i use nothing but T&D rockers. any other info would be great to have on cams that have worked well in the 408's.
nice car fasthawk, here's mine.

yeah, 268/272 sounds about right for me also. bullet first told me 269/274 which sounded good to me and as big as i would like to go, but he left the phone and came back and told me 275/283 which i think is way more than i would like. i want to keep the r's under 7200. he told me my exhaust port was'nt good enough for a straight pattern cam.

Any other sb strokers wanta kick in specs vs results it would help alot

I believe the cam in my 422 is a Bullet with 280/283 and lift of .712/.694. I may be off in some areas. Installed at 104. RyanJ spec'd it for my for a 13to1 motor. Pistons didn't work out and ended up with 11.58to1. With 360-2 heads and intake, 850 Quickfuel, 1 7/8 Hedmans. Has run a best on 6.42@105 in the 1/8th with no tuning. Had some main bearing issues so it is coming back out. The car 60' well but was low to me mph wise. But tuning will help that. Also will mill the heads some to get around 12 to 12.5to1 when putting back together.

Good info thankx, where is your power band now? what is the vert stall?

hay fasthawk have you any time or hp figures on your combo , i have the same heads and 11.8.1 ,flat tappet 259/263 on 109 600 lift ,been told to cam her up those heads like big revs, flow 343@650

I have a 416 with Indybrock heads 12.8-1 comp with a tiny Erson it is 246/254@ 50 with .592 lift with a 108 in at 108 and am running 6.53 at 106 in a 2961lb car.

Hey, if you guys can add the effective rpm range with your specs it would really help < the rpm with the most power>

mine seams a bit flat 6700 tops need cam 5000 to 7500 to get the best out of the heads according to indy