Anyone running a Summit cam?

rdharper02

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I'm looking at cleaning up a stock small block. The current plan is to do a HCI on the cheap and see what I can get out of it. Planning on picking up some explorer gt40 heads/intake and am still looking for a bargain cam. Depending on the bores, I am only planning to re-ring and bearing the motor. Any experience with these cams?

 

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I put one in my recent build. I have 1000 miles on it and it seems good.

 

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What cam did you go with. Any problems or dyno results?

 

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i personally would get a trick flow cam and valvespring kit for the gt40 heads.

 

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Trickflows nice, but looked into the price and it starts putting me outside my budget on the overall cost. I tried plotting the closest Summit cam and havent decided where I might go. If not, I will keep my eyes open for a good used bumpstick.

 

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Does Summit make a roller cam? Or were you just going to use a flat tappet 351 cam?

 

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Great point. I spoke with one of the Summit reps and stated that I wanted a roller, but I havent found any of them on their website. I have to find the paper I wote the part numbers down on, but I think I got some bad info on this one. Right now, one of the numbers (1791) sounds like one I wrote down and its listed as being a flat tappet cam. Looks like I need to start searching for a used cam to meet my budget. Do have a guy wanting to sell me an Z cam for $100, but I know the X requires some extra valve relief.