hughes whiplash cam and other cam opinions

Going to see a 400 this weekend in a Duster that has the Whiplash Cam installed. They seem to perform exactly as advertised, bring up the low static compression to a more lumpy/throttle responsive engine. Mid-Top end Range I have no information on.

That being said I would not recommend them, for two major reasons: Cost / Builders don't use them.

Costs are around $350 I believe. Oregon Cam Grinders can give you any profile for $75 plus shipping. I just had them make a Comp 274 from my Core for $90 to my door. Lunati Voodoo Cam/Lifter kit is like $209 to your door.

Second, if you read MRL and IQ52 both competent builders, they don't use these Camshafts. IQ52 posted a 440 low compression build that was excellent without needing these special cams or particularly high compression.

Both of these issues ties to Budget which is the kind of build you seem to be chasing (nothing wrong with that either). 69 is a great year for that 383 setup and copying the 383 Magnum specs will probably get exactly what you want.