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79SWBchevy · 12-14-2009, 10:18 PM

Im looking for a mild cam kit for a 350. Correct me if im wrong but i've heard of of cam kits including everything from cam, lifters, and valve springs. Has anyone ever heard of such as this?

I'm looking for a mild cam, but something that will still give me a lopey idle.

If anyone can give me some spec's to go by that would be great.

Thanks alot.

slugish · 12-15-2009, 12:16 AM

don't know much about cam kits , but I will say that to get a lopey idle you have to get your duration up around 230 degrees & up.

Ihave a 224 intake & 230 exhaust duration & have a choppy idle , not a very lopey one . Put a cam in your engine just to get a good lope & yoyu better have the heads --displacement etc. to match itg or you will be sacrificing performance for the sound . I' m like most of you here > there 's nothing like the sound of a lopey engine .

asphaltburner · 12-15-2009, 12:22 AM

Yo!
Summit Racing @ summitracing.com.
A whole range of cam kits.
Todd.

Manbearpig · 12-15-2009, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asphaltburner

Yo!
Summit Racing @ summitracing.com.
A whole range of cam kits.
Todd.

Yeah I got my kit from Summit.

Wide selection

*2tons of fun* · 12-15-2009, 03:59 AM

and you can get any cam in a "kit"

a good kit will have all of the hard parts except the vavles. keepers, retainers, shims, springs, lifters.

68 TT · 12-15-2009, 09:54 AM

Call Comp Cams cam help line and tell them what you want and they will ask you a ton of questions to get you a cam grind that is right for what you want and how your truck it put together.

Every decent cam manufacturer will have a list of suggested parts that need to go with their cams with options for upgraded parts. Comp has a great web site for seeing all of this.

Chevrolet4x4s · 12-15-2009, 09:53 PM

Check with Competition Products ,Great deals on Howards retrofit roller kits
Shane

79SWBchevy · 12-16-2009, 03:43 PM

ok well i will keep all those things in mind.

im in the very begining stages of the restoration on my truck and still havent even found a good foundation engine yet. when i do, it will be rebuilt and i didnt know whether it would be cheaper for me to buy parts and let the shop put them in with the rebuild or just order the parts through the shop and let them handle everything.

any tips on what to do?

68 TT · 12-16-2009, 04:03 PM

Most machine shops don't sell enough name brand cams to get the better pricing from the manufacturer.

I know with my machine shop I can get a good brand name cam much cheaper though Jeg's or Summit but things like rings, bearings, gaskets, oil pumps etc.. they are a wash so I just get them from the machine shop.

Check your machine shops pricing vs. Jeg's / Summit to make sure you can't save a bunch of money by buying the parts yourself.

12-14-2009, 10:18 PM	#1
79SWBchevy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hurley, MS Posts: 84	looking for a cam kit Im looking for a mild cam kit for a 350. Correct me if im wrong but i've heard of of cam kits including everything from cam, lifters, and valve springs. Has anyone ever heard of such as this? I'm looking for a mild cam, but something that will still give me a lopey idle. If anyone can give me some spec's to go by that would be great. Thanks alot.

12-15-2009, 12:16 AM	#2
slugish Slugish Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Earlysville, Va. Posts: 1,024	Re: looking for a cam kit don't know much about cam kits , but I will say that to get a lopey idle you have to get your duration up around 230 degrees & up. Ihave a 224 intake & 230 exhaust duration & have a choppy idle , not a very lopey one . Put a cam in your engine just to get a good lope & yoyu better have the heads --displacement etc. to match itg or you will be sacrificing performance for the sound . I' m like most of you here > there 's nothing like the sound of a lopey engine .

12-15-2009, 12:22 AM	#3
asphaltburner Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ault, Colorado Posts: 862	Re: looking for a cam kit Yo! Summit Racing @ summitracing.com. A whole range of cam kits. Todd. __________________ '78 3/4 ton 4x4 custom "Todd-built" FRANKENTRUCK!

12-15-2009, 03:59 AM	#5
2tons of fun Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: galt ca, Posts: 749	Re: looking for a cam kit and you can get any cam in a "kit" a good kit will have all of the hard parts except the vavles. keepers, retainers, shims, springs, lifters.

12-15-2009, 09:54 AM	#6
68 TT Still plays with trucks Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,556	Re: looking for a cam kit Call Comp Cams cam help line and tell them what you want and they will ask you a ton of questions to get you a cam grind that is right for what you want and how your truck it put together. Every decent cam manufacturer will have a list of suggested parts that need to go with their cams with options for upgraded parts. Comp has a great web site for seeing all of this. __________________ miSSed opportunity - ground up creation of an AWD 1994 454 SS that never was http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=795577 69 C10 shortbed stepside 400 small block - built like what a super sport truck could have been 69 K20 lwb TBI 350 4L60E NP208 14-bolt Dana-44 w/disc 68 Camaro SS / RS 500hp 439 inch roller cam big block 4L80E 79 Malibu TPI 350 4L60 w/ Z28 steering & sway bars

12-15-2009, 09:53 PM	#7
Chevrolet4x4s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: WV Posts: 227	Re: looking for a cam kit Check with Competition Products ,Great deals on Howards retrofit roller kits Shane __________________ 1993 K1500 350 5 speed 1985 K10 Silverado Vortec 406 5 speed (in body shop) "I been drivin' this '85 pickup truck Them buddies of mine call it a bucket of rust She's a little beat up but she still runs like the wind Yeah, kinda like me I been banged and bruisedBeen around the block a time or two But I'm runnin' like new goin' places I never been No, I ain't broke I'm just broken in" 1963 Dodge Townwagon(its amazng what 30 years and zero miles will do to a vehicle ) Member#20327

12-16-2009, 03:43 PM	#8
79SWBchevy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hurley, MS Posts: 84	Re: looking for a cam kit ok well i will keep all those things in mind. im in the very begining stages of the restoration on my truck and still havent even found a good foundation engine yet. when i do, it will be rebuilt and i didnt know whether it would be cheaper for me to buy parts and let the shop put them in with the rebuild or just order the parts through the shop and let them handle everything. any tips on what to do?

12-16-2009, 04:03 PM	#9
68 TT Still plays with trucks Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,556	Re: looking for a cam kit Most machine shops don't sell enough name brand cams to get the better pricing from the manufacturer. I know with my machine shop I can get a good brand name cam much cheaper though Jeg's or Summit but things like rings, bearings, gaskets, oil pumps etc.. they are a wash so I just get them from the machine shop. Check your machine shops pricing vs. Jeg's / Summit to make sure you can't save a bunch of money by buying the parts yourself. __________________ miSSed opportunity - ground up creation of an AWD 1994 454 SS that never was http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=795577 69 C10 shortbed stepside 400 small block - built like what a super sport truck could have been 69 K20 lwb TBI 350 4L60E NP208 14-bolt Dana-44 w/disc 68 Camaro SS / RS 500hp 439 inch roller cam big block 4L80E 79 Malibu TPI 350 4L60 w/ Z28 steering & sway bars



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