Just bought a newly rebuilt LA 318 and asking about this cam that was in it?

dustyaman said
The funk is becuase it's been sitting open to the environment it's been sitting open to the environment. I said that the guy that I bought it from took the intake and carburetor off like 2 years ago and a sandish grit has grown to build on the oil sitting in the valley. Why do you think I said we were rebuilding it any way. That's not the point of this thread. It's the cam.

A cam is a relatively cheap investment. I'd rather see you order a custom cam than use what you have or an off the shelf cam. If you have it apart make sure you can get .500 lift concerning keeper to seal clearance and check piston to valve clearance. It's real easy to run 9.8:1 on pump gas if you get the compression the right way, and you use the correct cam.