What Cam? Street car, bolt ons, NO heads,...

GeorgeORH said:

I should have mentioned that I'm not a fan of forced induction. I've had turbo, twin turbo, supercharger cars and I really want to stay NA on this one.

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While i fully understand the NA choice, if that's the case purchase better aluminum heads, 50lbs less and 40rwhp more (than p's) means alot in a 3200lb car.
It's the difference between being barely able to keep up with a newer mustang and outrunning one.

I know there are plenty of guys running gt40p heads, but at this point where new cars are so much quicker, i wouldn't use a set of p's if you gave them to me for free. They are more of a mod that makes your car less slow, not faster.

if you want it to run like a small cam, leave the stock cam in it. if you want it to sound like it has a big cam in it, put one in it, but know that you will loose low end. back in the mid 90s i had an e cam in a stock longblock. it didnt start to run until 2500 rpm. there is no free lunch.

I've been running a "ported" set of E7 heads and an e303 cam for a couple years. Did'nt have $$ for new heads. nice lope,good power for what it is. Buy some heads if u can. Only way to go.

All these guys have givin you good advice and I agree that if you are throwing a cam in, it would not be a bad idea to look for some cheap gt40 heads to throw on while you're doing the cam swap...ultimately its the best way to go (POWER WISE)....however, if you like the performance level you are at and are only looking for a lopey sound...throw an e-cam in there and button it up. You will not gain much power (if any) and you're car will sound pretty healthy. I ran an ecam with a stock short block for years way back in the day and it ran pretty good. That was a speed density car too haha. You can find e-cams for almost nothing these days.

I would swap the heads just because it makes sense to do so...but there's nothing wrong with throwing in a cam....don't expect much of a performance increase.....if you do the heads too....EXPECT a nice increase in performance

nothing like a lopey sounding mustang without the power to back it up....

Don't do it OP; that's a lot of work for just a sound mod. Save up for some heads and do it all while it's apart the first time.

Hard to go wrong with FRPP GT40's or Edelbrock Performer 5.0, both for about a grand or a little less with some shopping.