Having never build a Ford engine before, and never using a roller cam before, I don't know how to select the best cam for the 5.0 I am building. I have really only built flat tappet dodges before.
The motor is off having a shortblock rebuild. It will be getting eagle sir rods, KB .200 domed hypereutectic pistons that will come up to right at 10:1 with my GT40 (not P) heads. The heads will be getting some mild port work, some good springs, and a valve job and whatever milling it takes just to straighten them out, no more.
The car is an 86 GT convertible with 3.27 rear and a tremec TKO. It will be going carb with this engine, and I am planning on a performer RPM intake and a 600 holley carb. It is totally a street car that wont see more than one or two passes down the track in its life. I want a mean sound and tons of power off idle to at least 5000 rpm. Top end isnt extremely important, as I rarely take it over 5000.
My neighbor built a 10.25:1 5.0 with windsor JR heads and a Z303 cam for his buddy's 87 GT and they said it was really mean. I heard it and it sounded great and looked fast watching him but I never got a ride in it before it got away from him and ate a tree.
So, your ideas? Thanks!
Doug
The motor is off having a shortblock rebuild. It will be getting eagle sir rods, KB .200 domed hypereutectic pistons that will come up to right at 10:1 with my GT40 (not P) heads. The heads will be getting some mild port work, some good springs, and a valve job and whatever milling it takes just to straighten them out, no more.
The car is an 86 GT convertible with 3.27 rear and a tremec TKO. It will be going carb with this engine, and I am planning on a performer RPM intake and a 600 holley carb. It is totally a street car that wont see more than one or two passes down the track in its life. I want a mean sound and tons of power off idle to at least 5000 rpm. Top end isnt extremely important, as I rarely take it over 5000.
My neighbor built a 10.25:1 5.0 with windsor JR heads and a Z303 cam for his buddy's 87 GT and they said it was really mean. I heard it and it sounded great and looked fast watching him but I never got a ride in it before it got away from him and ate a tree.
So, your ideas? Thanks!
Doug