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Roller cam started in 83-85-ish.
Really just a wear/longevity upgrade as it had the same or very similar specs as the HFT cam it replaced.
Still cool for small upgrade potential.
TBI EFI around 88/89.
3.9 is a 318 missing two cylinders.
Same water pump, timing cover, accessories, etc.
Perf is...
8 years later from starting this thread... I have answers to share! Based on everything I've gone through with the different engine builds in the same car... I'mma call it 650 HP is the max a stock block can reliably handle and actually stay together. I wrote up an entire tech article on my...
Those all sound like they will work. I'm not sure when 318 got roller cam, or FI even. But at least the driveline would be sound, don't know much about the 3.9 also,
Dang, I built a 92 GMC with a hot 11 second 406 sbc in it , never even thot about the lugnuts not holding up ..
never knew that about your accident , glad you`ve come thru it
I`ve got a set of 2'' TTI headers on my 68 fast back , they have surface rust beginning about 5ish years old , at 79 yrs old , I don't want to have the aggravation of pulling them , ain't much room in the engine bay with forward bars and a 505' wedge ...
The majority of the engines I build the people want exactly what you do. I use performance trends software to see what the combo is capable of. The software will estimate cranking compression and idle vacuum, calculate a timing curve, and many other variables as well. Pump gas street engines...
I used a Crane HMV278 in my old 400. That cam had great street manners and power. The summit 6401 is almost an exact copy of that cam 222/234 duration at .050 if I recall correctly.