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Advice on cam selection

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Billy88LX

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I am currently putting a new motor into my car and I don't know what to put in it for a cam. New comb will be:

DSS 331 bullet with 13cc dished pistons
GT 40 with a ported explorer lower
Afr 165 60cc pedestal mount (alittle small but I got this for an good deal) 1.7 cobra r/r
Novi 1000, 8" crank pulley,power pipe. Don't know what the boost will be yet
42 lbs inj, LMAF
1 5/8" long tubes, mac pro chamber, magna flow cat back all 2 1/2"
Aod trans with a 3000 stall non lock-up, trans go shift kit.
3.73 gears, 255/40/17 street, slicks for track

Help me pick a cam. I was looking at trick flow stage 1, E303,F303, 284 HR because I seen them alot on here with blowers. The tfs is the cheapest $215cnd. The 284HR the most $320 cnd, at that price I might as well get a custom cam $430cnd. How much better would a custom cam be and what would happen if I changed my trans to a 4r70w or a TKO 600 later(don't think my trans is going to hold up).
I really love the lopey idle of the tfs stage 1( I've seen videos on the net, have't heard the others) and it's cheap but what would be the best cam?
 

90mustangGT

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It seems in most cases the best results are from custom cams, including value.
 
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ttt
 
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coreyhayman

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im an x-cam fan
 
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I Love the sound and wide power band of my tfs Stage 1 cam and the very cheap price of $140 + handling at Summit Racing.
 

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comp cams is quite good for off the shelf..I chose the xe270hr-12 112lsa, and could not be happier.
 
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