Hey guys,
So I got the engine all back together now. The new cam certainly is different from the old one. The engine sounds WAY different than it used to; before it was very beastly sounding, with a pretty rough idle. It sounded like a vintage engine and people could hear me coming from a mile away. NOW, it's much smoother at idle, and in fact it's much smoother all the way up the RPM range. Somehow, the engine sounds like a more modern engine. And QUIET! I can't believe how quiet the car is now, especially at crusing speeds! Headers with 2.5 inch and flow through mufflers, and I can barely hear the exhust growl at 50 mph.
I haven't wound it out to max RPM just yet. I'm still running the break in additive in the oil and I want to give it a few more miles before I start beating the hell out of it. So at this point I can't really tell if the car is any faster or slower than it used to be.
But one thing is for sure - the timing needs to be adjusted. I had the car out in the rain yesterday and I had trouble breaking the tires loose! I figure the brutally poor power at the low end can't be becuase of this cam (it should be better on the low end, given how wild the old cam was + 2 wiped lobes), so it must be the timing.
Given what you guys know about my setup, how do you think I should have the timing set?