Best cam

Scooterwrench · Jun 23, 2024

In simplistic terms you want a cam that makes power to about 5700-6000 with a broad torque range. There may be better cams but I discovered the Lunati Voodoo series cams do it well. It will give you a little lope at idle and still be very streetable. In my '78 ElCamino with a 355 and 9.5:1 it gets about 17-19mpg with a Q-jet.

L31MaxExpress · Jun 23, 2024

Scooterwrench said:
In simplistic terms you want a cam that makes power to about 5700-6000 with a broad torque range. There may be better cams but I discovered the Lunati Voodoo series cams do it well. It will give you a little lope at idle and still be very streetable. In my '78 ElCamino with a 355 and 9.5:1 it gets about 17-19mpg with a Q-jet.

With the stock intake runner length truck/marine manifold, want something that tops out at ~5,500 rpm. That is about where the runner length starts choking off HP production anyway.

Scooterwrench · Jun 23, 2024

L31MaxExpress said:
With the stock intake runner length truck/marine manifold, want something that tops out at ~5,500 rpm. That is about where the runner length starts choking off HP production anyway.

I'm running an Edelbrock dual plane air gap that I port matched. This cam has an advertised top end of 5800 but it pulls way beyond that in my motor. I'm thinking maybe 6200. The factory tach only goes to 6000 and I've run it up past that.

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