Thread: Camshaft Profile any good for street?
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Old 10-27-2002, 10:06 AM
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For a street motor that will see a lot of stop-and-go traffic, as well as highway cruising, you want to keep the intake duration in the 216 - 224 range. Dual pattern cams can run the exhaust duration 8 - 10 degrees more.

CompCams has a single pattern retrofit hydraulic roller cam for the 351W that specs out at 224/224, .533/.533 (which is what I'm running) which idles at around 850RPM with a nice rumpeta-rumpeta lope, pulls 15" - 16" vacuum at idle (which is very good), and is well mannered in Washington DC traffic. It pulls like a diesel from about 1100 RPM, winds like a mutha from about 2800 RPM up, and gets me about 17 MPG highway crusing in 5th. Also using CompCams ProMagnum steel roller rocker arms for street use. Have 11,000 miles on motor with no problems, good reliability, and great performance.
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