Did I over cam my 408 for the street?

JoeDust451 said
I think you'll be fine with the torque of the 408 with that cam, But, the 2 things i'd change are the gears/converter, I'd go with at least a 28-3000 stall & 3.91s & run a 28" tire. Even 4.10s would be nice for a street bruiser. I ran 4.56s in a 370ci smb in a full bodied 73 Swinger with a 2800 PTC 11" & it was a monster, the cam was the XE284H, it had stock J heads with 10.3 compression, Just for kicks i installed some 3.55s & it killed it literally.

Bottom line IMO with that cam, the gears/converter will be your weak area.

Really?!? I'd like to hear more about this. I've always heard that with the low end torque that a 408 produces you are able to run lower (numerically) gear ratio? I have 3.54's in my Dart and was told by Dr. Diff that would be a good compromise for the street.

I agree that you would probably need at least 3k stall. I'm going to have a custom convertor built after I get my engine dyno'd.