If nothing else, I think this approach reinforces the home-built, budget minded nature of the project, and it made shopping for a cam sort of enjoyable, too! (Tuning and parts swapping later can lead to even more performance, but for openers, I think I've set an obtainable objective!)įor starters, I knew that I'd wante a hydraulic flat tappet cam, and even though this motor is just odd enough to justify having a cam custom ground specifically for it, I wanted to limit the choices to cams available off-the-shelf to anyone. That's certainly not an unreasonable goal, and more power from a streetable engine of that displacement is certainly possible (who knows.I may well exceed my own expectations!), but I think it makes for a good starting point, and is something that can be done on a budget, yet still provide enough power to get a light car down the street or 1320 pretty quickly! My target for this hypothetical build is to assemble a fully streetable 307 that can be driven daily by anyone, and I'd want it to make somwhere around 325-350 horsepower on pump gas. Given the importance of that one vital component, I thought I'd reflect on the subject a bit here.įirst off, you must set an honest performance goal for your motor, and choose parts that will work together well to acheive that goal. Picking a cam for any performance engine can be one of the most important decisions you'll make regarding how well it performs and whether or not it does what you want it to do. anyone have any experience with Crane's 'blue racer' line? I'm currently leaning towards the Crane Powermax.Īlso. Just picked up a set of torquer World Heads from a fellow HAMB'er.

I'm in the parts round up process of a 307 build-up.

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