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1960 Cam

Started by 60eldo, April 10, 2024, 09:47:44 PM

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60eldo

Taking my engine in 2morow to be rebuilt. My friend suggested to me to put in a mild cam. Good advice or bad?
Jon. Kluczynski

The Tassie Devil(le)

Jon,

Depends on what you are going to use your car for.

I put in a RV cam into one of my cars, and it was a stump-puller down in the low rev range, and was still good to 4,000 RPM.  Plus, was good for fuel economy as well.

Not much good putting in a performance cam without enhancing the intake and exhaust systems, and increasing the Compression.   But, these engines when stock have good compression, but too high for todays' fuel.

Bruce. >:D
'72 Eldorado Convertible (LHD)
'70 Ranchero Squire (RHD)
'74 Chris Craft Gull Wing (SH)
'02 VX Series II Holden Commodore SS Sedan
(Past President Modified Chapter)

Past Cars of significance - to me
1935 Ford 3 Window Coupe
1936 Ford 5 Window Coupe
1937 Chevrolet Sports Coupe
1955 Chevrolet Convertible
1959 Ford Fairlane Ranch Wagon
1960 Cadillac CDV
1972 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe

"Cadillac Kid" Greg Surfas 15364

A mild cam can help in the fuel inadequacy area by actually lowering the dynamic compression a bit to let the motor survive on less than the 105 octane fuels that were around in 1960.
Greg Surfas
Cadillac Kid-Greg Surfas
Director Modified Chapter CLC
CLC #15364
66 Coupe deVille (now gone to the UK)
72 Eldo Cpe  (now cruising the sands in Quatar)
73 Coupe deVille
75 Coupe deElegance
76 Coupe deVille
79 Coupe de ville with "Paris" (pick up) option and 472 motor
514 inch motor now in '73-