Cam advice wanted

Hey flyfish,

I wasn't exactly clear with my initial post. The 1978 0.30 over 318 short block is actually a replacement engine that a friend of my gave me. The original 1972 standard bore 318 short block that was in my car was very tired and worn, so it went bye-bye.

Here's my final post on this. Now that the cam is all broken in I took the car to the mechanic that put the engine in to do a little timing work. He hooks up his timing light and it flashes for a second, then nothing. It's dead.

OK, no big deal... so we play around and adjust the timing with no light. After a few adjustments and subsequent test drives, the power is right where it should be. I can blaze the tires most of the way through first gear, and it pulls pretty hard all the way up to 5500 RPM.

I would say this new cam is slightly better than the old one at the bottom end, and significantly better throughout the mid-range and upper end. It will be interesting to see if my fuel consumption changes at all.

I want to thank everyone that chimed in and provided advice on this, both in the forum and through PMs. Like I said before, FABO is the best forum on the internet.