Allright, I'm going cross-eyed reading all these posts trying to find the info that I'm looking for so I'm going to suck it up and post something of my own for once...
After years of wanting one I finally purchased a 65 coupe about a year ago, I was always taken by the style and character of the first generation mustangs and especially the those with the hipo engines (my dad owned one for a short time and retells of those days like they could only have been a dream....). Anyways, I want to replicate the basic feel or character of that car that he had while not overly concerning myself with every nut and bolt being "correct".
Currently my car has a stock bottom end C code engine that has been mildly upgraded with a pair of ceramic coated hedman headers with a 2 1/2" exhaust systemt and Flowmaster 40's, a Edelbrock performer intake and an edelbrock 500 cfm carb. I have also already purchased a set of rebuilt 65 289 heads that have been machined for screw-in studs, larger valves with a 3-angle valve job, bowls blended, milled .020" and comp dual valve springs installed. My next purchase is going to be the cam and given the goal of my build mentioned above I am thinking of doing either the Comp copy of the original of the hipo cam or their Nostalgia Plus version which is essentially a modernized version of the original.
My basic question is, what are some of the main factors that I should be considering before I purchase a cam? Is there any glaring reason that either of these cams are totally wrong for me/my engine? I hear a lot of people talk about the loss of low end torque with a cam as big as the hipo unit but will it basically be comparable to turbo lag? I have an '04 WRX as my daily driver and am quite used to that....
After years of wanting one I finally purchased a 65 coupe about a year ago, I was always taken by the style and character of the first generation mustangs and especially the those with the hipo engines (my dad owned one for a short time and retells of those days like they could only have been a dream....). Anyways, I want to replicate the basic feel or character of that car that he had while not overly concerning myself with every nut and bolt being "correct".
Currently my car has a stock bottom end C code engine that has been mildly upgraded with a pair of ceramic coated hedman headers with a 2 1/2" exhaust systemt and Flowmaster 40's, a Edelbrock performer intake and an edelbrock 500 cfm carb. I have also already purchased a set of rebuilt 65 289 heads that have been machined for screw-in studs, larger valves with a 3-angle valve job, bowls blended, milled .020" and comp dual valve springs installed. My next purchase is going to be the cam and given the goal of my build mentioned above I am thinking of doing either the Comp copy of the original of the hipo cam or their Nostalgia Plus version which is essentially a modernized version of the original.
My basic question is, what are some of the main factors that I should be considering before I purchase a cam? Is there any glaring reason that either of these cams are totally wrong for me/my engine? I hear a lot of people talk about the loss of low end torque with a cam as big as the hipo unit but will it basically be comparable to turbo lag? I have an '04 WRX as my daily driver and am quite used to that....