who's our cam gurus?

Posted By: 70Cuda383

who's our cam gurus? - 11/15/13 11:07 PM

looking to put some calls in to the resident moparts cam doctors. I have a 5.9 Magnum motor, bone stock bottom end (around 9.0 compression with stock heads and stock head gasket) I'm putting some aluminum eddy heads on it that flow around 230-240 as cast. with 1008 head gaskets, I should be around 9.2 compression. I don't want to mill the heads now incase I end up building a 408 later and want a little more chamber volume to keep compression reasonable.

stick shift viper spec T-56 trans with a .5:1 OD 6th gear. rear axle is 4.56 gears and tires are 27" tall.

Trying to find a cam that gives me great power till around 6,000 rpm, makes the most of the flow available from the heads, yet still gives good street manners at around 2,000 rpm for my part throttle cruise.

anyone here have any ideas? Who would be good to call to discuss cam specs?

Posted By: FastmOp

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/15/13 11:24 PM

I'd call Comp. they will make it special and I had mine in two days.

Posted By: WO23Coronet

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 12:38 AM

I'm pretty sure Dwayne Porter comes highly recommended

Posted By: ek3

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 01:18 AM

70cuda383, I don't think the cam will be your first issue , if you have less than 365 cubic inches [Non boosted] , you will most likely not benefit from the large port heads. in fact , you will most likely lose some. now when you add the stroker , absolutely. I think you -may- gain from a cam that was designed for mid range hi- velocity if you do use those heads but, a set with 195 runners would be better for the cid. that you now have..

Posted By: 70Cuda383

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 02:46 AM

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70cuda383, I don't think the cam will be your first issue , if you have less than 365 cubic inches [Non boosted] , you will most likely not benefit from the large port heads. in fact , you will most likely lose some. now when you add the stroker , absolutely. I think you -may- gain from a cam that was designed for mid range hi- velocity if you do use those heads but, a set with 195 runners would be better for the cid. that you now have..

um...how many small block magnum motors have you built?

I've seen time and time again where "big" flowing heads have responded VERY well on these EFI magnum motors, so thanks for your

--Edelbrock RPM heads are stock magnum based heads, not some exotic W-x head with large ports. they are a stock replacement head that flow 30-40 cfm better than stock. Remember, a stock production Magnum head found on EVERY 5.2 and 5.9 Magnum flows around 200 CFM as cast and can easily support 400+ crank hp. (the 380 crate motor when dyno tested by Mopar Muscle made 408 hp with stock heads, stock pistons, stock rods,and stock crank.)

Posted By: 383man

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 03:10 AM

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I'm pretty sure Dwayne Porter comes highly recommended

He come's very highly recomended by me as I consider Dwayne the best or in the top 3 of the best out there. Every car I see with his cams and heads seem to always run great. So I went to Dwayne for my custom speced solid flat tappet cam for my 63. I also bought heads from him that he did some work on for me. I am and old school guy who likes to do my own work on everything on my car but I figure no matter what I know and have learned over the years there is no way I can spec a cam as good as the pro's. I mean they do it everyday and know cams inside and out. Yea I feel I could pick a nice cam for my combo but no way as good as Dwayne or other cam people as they do it for a living and they are pro's at this. It was tuff for me to not pick my own cam as I like to pride myself on builing my own engines as many of us racers do but I have to be smart at this and use the best which Dwayne is in my opinion. I am 100% satisfied with the work he did for me. And he is a nice guy and very easy to work with. Ron

Posted By: Hemi Allstate

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 03:15 AM

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I'm pretty sure Dwayne Porter comes highly recommended

Very knowledgeable and friendly. I highly recommend him.
I bought my last custom cam from him, and I am very pleased.

Posted By: ek3

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 06:30 AM

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70cuda383, I don't think the cam will be your first issue , if you have less than 365 cubic inches [Non boosted] , you will most likely not benefit from the large port heads. in fact , you will most likely lose some. now when you add the stroker , absolutely. I think you -may- gain from a cam that was designed for mid range hi- velocity if you do use those heads but, a set with 195 runners would be better for the cid. that you now have..

um...how many small block magnum motors have you built?

I've seen time and time again where "big" flowing heads have responded VERY well on these EFI magnum motors, so thanks for your

--Edelbrock RPM heads are stock magnum based heads, not some exotic W-x head with large ports. they are a stock replacement head that flow 30-40 cfm better than stock. Remember, a stock production Magnum head found on EVERY 5.2 and 5.9 Magnum flows around 200 CFM as cast and can easily support 400+ crank hp. (the 380 crate motor when dyno tested by Mopar Muscle made 408 hp with stock heads, stock pistons, stock rods,and stock crank.)

all I did was mis read the post.. flow vs runner volume... a large runner volume is relative to CID. my mistake.. and I only built 1 engine of any kind ever ... I put it in my little tykes truck!

Posted By: 70Cuda383

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 11:37 AM

Ah ok

Fair enough!

Yea, these Edelbrock aluminum heads are a popular mod on the magnum motors, and quite a few guys picked up .5 seconds or better ET by simply swapping from stock heads to either R/T Magnum iron heads, ported EQ or RHS heads, or the edelbrock aluminum RPM heads.

Posted By: tboomer

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 01:10 PM

Tom...Do yourself a favor and call Porter. He won't steer you wrong!

Posted By: Crizila

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 02:46 PM

IMO, when it comes to Mopar small block cam people, Hughes engines is one of the best sources around.

Posted By: tubtar

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 04:51 PM

Call Tim @ Bullet cams..........just to add to the pool.
He certainly knows a thing or three though.

Posted By: Crizila

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 06:33 PM

Confused yet

Posted By: BB65Barracuda

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/16/13 07:52 PM

Chase knight of Crane Cams. He is a great guy and knows his stuff!
Not to mention a member of Moparts.

He Helped me with My 68 Barracuda, 71 dart Drag Car and my 65 Hemi Coronet 500.
All fast cars!!

Posted By: astjp2

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/17/13 12:29 AM

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Chase knight of Crane Cams. He is a great guy and knows his stuff!
Not to mention a member of Moparts.
He Helped me with My 68 Barracuda, 71 dart Drag Car and my 65 Hemi Coronet 500.
All fast cars!!

Chase spec'd my Hemi roller, I was quite happy with his recommendation. Tim

Posted By: Brian Hafliger

Re: who's our cam gurus? - 11/17/13 03:41 AM

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Chase knight of Crane Cams. He is a great guy and knows his stuff!
Not to mention a member of Moparts.
He Helped me with My 68 Barracuda, 71 dart Drag Car and my 65 Hemi Coronet 500.
All fast cars!!

Chase is a GREAT guy! He's very intuitive of the end user...case in point: Crane is doing a running change of their mopar solid roller lifters after much discussion and evaluating the sb lifter.
They will be solid bodies, pushrod oiling, oil hole will be parallel with axle and tall bodies!! All of this with the entire mopar line!!
Very happy with Crane!
Brian