318 cam shaft selection/upgrade for stock engine

toolmanmike said

No one around has a old Crane book. Too bad. We could have some old numbers reground and make a fortune. I hope someone comes up with some old info. I managed a speed shop in the 70's and don't remember many Crane cams with that combo. Many cams back then were heavy on the duration side and low lift.

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You're right on the standard cams of the day; hot rodders have not changed: MORE HP OR DIE!!! LOL But I used an HE series cam that I bought in 1974 and it worked like I described, and used it because my first performance build was in the wake of the oil embargo; I was still traveling around with 5 gallons of gas in the back 'cuz sometimes, you just could not find a station with gas. I still have the cam card.

Actually, cams like the VooDoo are sort of the modern incarnations of that type of cam profile. The end ramps are different though. Nothing is new under the sun....