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too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! #723406
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need some opinions guys. During the winter, I lost 2 cam lobes on my racer brown hydraulic cam(242@.050 543 int/510 ex). decided to rebuild with a solid roller cam this time. I called COMP CAMS, and they sold me grind 20-740-9(248/254@050, 616 int/582 ex 110 LSA. I also changed the intake to a victor 340, and had the dynamic converter reworked to 4200 stall(was 3800). long story short, took it to the track, and lost 1 full second. best with old motor was 12.7 @105mph. so, have been told too much cam is the fault. sorry, car is 1970 challenger, 3800#
408Ci, oob indybrock heads, 10.7cr, 727 and 3.55 rear gears. help me oput here guys.

Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: 70challenger408] #723407
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you have to start with the basic..

was the cam degreed? advanced?

timing set correctly?


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Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: 70challenger408] #723408
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i had to reread that 2 x
full sec??
hard to believe
racer brown really good stuff
thats not the total reason has to be
something going on
not enough info
say fuel related best guess right now

Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: 70challenger408] #723409
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What ever the old intake was, put it back on and eliminate that as a variable.

Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: 70challenger408] #723410
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Its not really that big... but with the gear you have
it might be a touch slow reving... give us the whole
low down on your engine... do your heads have any port
work done on them... need info... also like was asked..
did you degree it

Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: dennismopar73] #723411
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How many passes with the new set-up? It might take awhile to get timing, jetting and shift points worked out.

Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: forphorty] #723412
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NOT THE INTAKE

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I would start with the gears....3.55's???

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unless it retarted bad cant see a full sec
sure he didnt put the bad cam back in?? hahah

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NOT THE GEARS
comon guys
he has not given enough info to make even a good guess

Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: dennismopar73] #723416
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Let's see............

The intake, camshaft and converter was changed. What could it be?

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ok mr p-body, the engine is a 408 10.7:1CR
heads are oob IndyBrock(reworked like TA heads with pushrods moved over) no porting done. has 1.6 roller rockers on intake, and 1.5 exhaust. intake is a port matched victor 340 topped with BG 750 mighty demon. ignition is a MSD 6a firing a stock distibutor(recurved by don gould at 4secondsflat.com. Initial timing at 20deg advance, with 34 total at 3000rpm. still have stock jetting in carb. fuelpump is a holley hp150 billet pump. I think the pump may be a problem(flow tested after the regulator, an d found 31 secounds to pump 2 gallons.) ohh-cam was not degee'd-did not have the means at the time-installed strait up. did notice that the plugs were white, and the color on the ground strap started close to the threads---too lean?????

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unless it was retarded bad
those wouldn t do it
unless they were all bad??@@
something hes not telling

Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: 70challenger408] #723419
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there ya go
now theres some really good info
mmmm my first was ? ?

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Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: 70challenger408] #723420
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1st problem really need to degree the cam.
The cam that is in my motor right now when I put it in strait up and then checked it with a degree wheel it was off 6 degrees.


70 duster full chassis super pro 416 CNC Indybrock heads 727 w/brake

best so far 1.212 60 6.219 in 1/8 at 110.88 9.768 at 137.81 1/4
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was running 3.91's, but I drive it to the track, and the rpm's were up there. I changed to the 3.55's, and getting to the track was easier, and my 1/4 times did not suffer. woul,d a change in gears help too big a cam????? come on guys, I am learning here, if I wanted to take crap, I would talk to the wife!!!!!!!

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straight up will run!!
wont kill a full sec

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Quote:

ok mr p-body, the engine is a 408 10.7:1CR
heads are oob IndyBrock(reworked like TA heads with pushrods moved over) no porting done. has 1.6 roller rockers on intake, and 1.5 exhaust. intake is a port matched victor 340 topped with BG 750 mighty demon. ignition is a MSD 6a firing a stock distibutor(recurved by don gould at 4secondsflat.com. Initial timing at 20deg advance, with 34 total at 3000rpm. still have stock jetting in carb. fuelpump is a holley hp150 billet pump. I think the pump may be a problem(flow tested after the regulator, an d found 31 secounds to pump 2 gallons.) ohh-cam was not degee'd-did not have the means at the time-installed strait up. did notice that the plugs were white, and the color on the ground strap started close to the threads---too lean?????




Ok next ... give us the time slip numbers(all of them)
need to find out where its bad at.... you didnt degree
it in so that could be a MAJOR problem... you really
dont know where its at... and its lean from what you
said.... you have plenty of supply with the 2 gal
at 31 sec... also did you flash the converter or is
that the number it was suppose to be... if your cam
is way off you wont make the torque to work the
converter

Re: too much cam????? kinda long-please help!!!!! [Re: dennismopar73] #723424
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Quote:

straight up will run!!
wont kill a full sec




Straight up dont mean nothing... what happens if the
dots are off... is it still straight up.... NOT

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with the combo i see
a little tinkering i think you could very well see 11 sec car there??
but i see you drive it alot??
so the 355 is a great gear
i ran 391 for years on the street,
i wasnt trying to be rude
so looks like you have this in hand
have a

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