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Old 12-24-2011, 06:20 PM
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Small block chevy cam

I have a cam but didn't have a spec sheet. but the cam has a purple stripe in the near the first lobe and a blue and orange in the back before the timing gear. Can anyone help me identify this cam?
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I have a cam but didn't have a spec sheet. but the cam has a purple stripe in the near the first lobe and a blue and orange in the back before the timing gear. Can anyone help me identify this cam?
Numbers? Not sure the stripes mean anything other than some kind of inspection, but stamped numbers will tell
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There was a letter A stamp in the back and all I saw 24 on the cam and eps 6 in the end but the cam came in a super rebuild engine overhaul kit
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Cam specs

Just got my cam measured it's a .414/.424 lift. I am running this cam in a chevy 327 with camel hump heads and a stock intake. How good will this motor run?
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lift means little how it will run
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Just got my cam measured it's a .414/.424 lift. I am running this cam in a chevy 327 with camel hump heads and a stock intake. How good will this motor run?
I am not a cam guy by any means, but without knowing the duration or having any other numbers to go by, if the numbers that you posted are the valve lift, I would guess that what you have is a mild performance street cam. As I said, not enough info to say for sure.

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Well I mean just the combination plus I have a 350 turbo with a B&M shift kit plus have 3.73 gears in my truck
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I am going to look online to see what duration it is
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209 in/ 212 ex duration
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if those are the correct duration numbers, thats a fairly mild cam. dont want high compression and should work fine with stock stall torque converter
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Well my camel hump heads are 64cc so I should run about close to 10 to 1 compression. You think I should run a bigger duration cam?
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with that much compression i would use a larger cam. dont plan on using a stock torque converter
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Well the converter I have is the stock which ran good with that motor

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I was thinking about using a 260H cam
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Or even the famous 151 grind the 222 duration
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