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| RE: My .02 |
| By McQ - 05/13/2003 9:45:49 PM; IP 65.176.104.194 |
I've told this before but I'll tell it again and I'm working on being more concise.
I was running a 428 CJ in a '61 Starliner w/C-6/3.50 rear gear. The CJ was basically stock but I apparently got such a kick out of changing cams....I went through four liking just two of them. The best was a Schneider solid shaft with specs I've forgotten but it was similar to the 306/500 427. The intake varied between a C7AE PI with original CJ 735 Holley or a Autolite 4100/1.12 600 CFM jetted up or an old Offenhaeuser dual four with two 500 CFM Edelbrocks. This Offy sytsem sure looked cool but if didn't work any better than the PI ..... 13.7 E.T./102 mph.
The 3,800 lb. 'liner(Crites T-bolt syle hood & glass bumper) would run this driving to the local strip & running M&H G60-15 Street slicks.
Things were working so nicely I had to change it. Actually I was preparing to switch the CJ to my '68 F100 and I thought a minor de-tuning would be in order. Off comes the dual 500s/Offy and out comes the Schneider. In goes the one and only high performance cam still offered from FoMoCo through their High Performance parts program. That's the one..the hydraulic shaft that looks a little warmer than the stock CJ cam. This was around 8 - 9 years ago and I decided that the Performer might be nice with this cam esecially for a pick up. The RPM was only a rumor at this time and I think for my intended purpose I would have still chosen just the Performer. Oh and I did top the E-brock Performer with their 750 manual choke.
How did it work in the big Galaxie? Excellent! The Starliner would still run a decent 14.0/99 mph. Nothing else was changed. Just the milder very nice cam which had a very slight lope. My bottom end performance, right off the line was much stronger than it had ever been. It would overpower the M&Hs easily which was not the case before. I'd always readily spin the street slicks but not smoke 'em like I could with the new Ford cam/E-brock Performer. Seat-o-the-pants feel was outstanding from 650 rpm idle all the way to 5,500 rpm. Plus this package was perfect for the '68 F100. But that didn't last either....not going to go into that.
So it all really does depend on what your intentions are with your FE. Are you going to drag race it? I always think that's a good idea and that's why I would probably generally select a PI or RPM or my fav, the 390/406 tri power. But if you want all around great street performance up to 5,500 The Performer is tough to beat. And it sure is nice to set on those heads. |
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