That cam needs 2800 stall and 4.10/4.56 gear, 10.00:1/11.00:1 static compression ratio.
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The camshaft in your vehicle requires a certain stall # and rear differential gear ratio.
Rear differential / rear end / axle / (insert name here).
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Rear gear which has a ratio.
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Think of it like a ten speed bicycle. In speed 1 you have to do a lot of pedaling to go anywhere but it's easier to get up steep hills. In speed 10, it's hard to turn the pedal crank but you go faster with less rotations.
The stall and gear you have don't match your cam. Your cam will start making power and stop making power in the higher rpm range. When you hop on that 10 speed in 10th from a dead stop you'll start rolling but not very quickly. So you need to start in a higher gear ratio which would be closer to 1st gear.
Same for your engine. It just isn't making the power at that low of rpms to get the car going because the cam isn't made to make power so low in the rpm range. So you defeat the whole purpose of a cam. Also, by adding a higher gear ratio you take off faster but have a lower top speed. In drag racing you want to cross the line when your car is just about out of rpm or when your engine stops making power.
Take two stock automobiles. One with a high gear ratio, say a 3.73 ratio) and one with a low gear ratio (2.5 gears). They have the same power but the one with the higher gear ratio (3.73) is going to get up and go faster, but the one with the lower ratio (2.5) will ultimately be able to achieve a high top end speed. Back to the bicycles. One guy is on speed 10 and the other 1. The guy on speed 1 will blow by the guy in speed 10, but eventually the guy in speed 10 will pass up the guy in speed 1 because he can only go so fast in that speed.
Rear differential / rear end / axle / (insert name here).
Rear gear which has a ratio.
Think of it like a ten speed bicycle. In speed 1 you have to do a lot of pedaling to go anywhere but it's easier to get up steep hills. In speed 10, it's hard to turn the pedal crank but you go faster with less rotations.
The stall and gear you have don't match your cam. Your cam will start making power and stop making power in the higher rpm range. When you hop on that 10 speed in 10th from a dead stop you'll start rolling but not very quickly. So you need to start in a higher gear ratio which would be closer to 1st gear.
Same for your engine. It just isn't making the power at that low of rpms to get the car going because the cam isn't made to make power so low in the rpm range. So you defeat the whole purpose of a cam. Also, by adding a higher gear ratio you take off faster but have a lower top speed. In drag racing you want to cross the line when your car is just about out of rpm or when your engine stops making power.
Take two stock automobiles. One with a high gear ratio, say a 3.73 ratio) and one with a low gear ratio (2.5 gears). They have the same power but the one with the higher gear ratio (3.73) is going to get up and go faster, but the one with the lower ratio (2.5) will ultimately be able to achieve a high top end speed. Back to the bicycles. One guy is on speed 10 and the other 1. The guy on speed 1 will blow by the guy in speed 10, but eventually the guy in speed 10 will pass up the guy in speed 1 because he can only go so fast in that speed.
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