Help me choose a cam

streetstang67 · Jan 12, 2004

I drive this car on the street often, and I want it to be faster. Its a '67 289 with holley 600 vac. sec carb, edelbrock performer intake, hooker headers, crane ignition, and dual exhuast. Everything else is just stock rebuild (rebuilt about 5000 miles ago). I dont want to have to change anything besides the cam, lifters and springs. I want to keep my stock stall converter and heads. Here are 10 cams I have found that either people have suggested or I found on my own.

Name of Cam
Adv. Duration Int/Exh
Duration @ .050
Gross Lift Int/Exh
RPM range
Lobe Sep. Int/Exh

Lunati Street Avenger
265/265
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484/484
1000-5000
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Blue Racer Cam
270/280
204/217
448/472
---
107/117

Lunati Bracket Racer II
284/284
218/218
488/488
1500-5000
110

Comp High Energy
268/268
218/218
456/456
1500-5500
110

Ford Racing
280/290
204/214
448/472
2500-5500
107/117

Comp Nostalgia Plus
266/273
219/226
480/475
---
112

Comp Xtreme Energy
268/280
224/230
509/512
1600-5800
110

Comp Xtreme Energy
262/270
218/224
493/500
1300-5600
110

Comp Magnum
270/270
224/224
501/501
1800-5800
110

Crane Energizer
272/272
216/216
484/484
2000-5000
110

What do you suggest?

rbohm · Jan 12, 2004

the comp cam he268h or the ford racing cam you indicated are both good choices for the street.

brianj5600 · Jan 12, 2004

Xe262! Stock heads = dual pattern. Horrible exhaust ports need extra lift and duration.

slapper · Jan 13, 2004

brianj5600 said:
Xe262! Stock heads = dual pattern. Horrible exhaust ports need extra lift and duration.

Agreed. The Ford exhaust ports can use all the help they can get.
I would also suggest a dual pattern, favoring the exhasust

'69Stang · Jan 13, 2004

I like the Extreme Energy cam.

66P51GT · Jan 13, 2004

I had good luck with the Ford Racing cam in a prior 302 but had ported exhaust ports. I'd lean to one of the XE cams. I chose the XE274 for my 289 with Windsor Jr. heads.

madmike8 · Jan 13, 2004

out of the ones listed... the best choices are the Ford Racing or the XE Cams...

If you choose to go with the Ford Racing... look around at Summit or P.A.W. they sale their house-brand Cams with the same specs at cheaper prices... I'm running a cam with those same specs and I'm happy with it...

streetstang67 · Jan 13, 2004

Feel free to add any to the list...all suggestions are appreciated

65stang289 · Jan 14, 2004

I have about the same set up as you see my sig. I just put a cam in mine back in August. I like my cam but it eats gas like a mother or that might be just me getting on it at every light. mine is a 214/224 lift is .472/.496 this is on stock springs the only thing I changed out was the cam and the lifters. I want my old intake back on I hate this open plane. when I get more money saved up a new performer is going on.
Mine is a daily driver so I fill up about every 2 days I put about 40 or 50 miles on it day. I just turned the big 174,000

HistoricMustang · Jan 14, 2004

Duration, duration, duration.

Lift is important, but duration is more important in the Ford small block.

Do not believe all that is read in the magazines. Let me dig up my specs and I will put them up.

Keep lift no more than .525 and go for that duration, duration, duration.

Those valves need to stay open as long as possible.

(Keep this under your hat!)

HistoricMustang
www.historicmustang.com

'69Stang · Jan 14, 2004

HistoricMustang said:
Duration, duration, duration.

Lift is important, but duration is more important in the Ford small block.

Do not believe all that is read in the magazines. Let me dig up my specs and I will put them up.

Keep lift no more than .525 and go for that duration, duration, duration.

Those valves need to stay open as long as possible.

(Keep this under your hat!)

HistoricMustang
www.historicmustang.com

I completely agree. The small heads need more duration, but you have to support them with the right hardware if you go with the bigger cam: l headers, 2.5" duals, good carb and intake (Weaind Xcellerator or Edelbrock RPM), good springs.

I ran a 230/235 degree duration cam with .510/.515 lift in a 302 and it was great. Good idle, great power across the range. I started off with stock heads and then had ported GT-40's.

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