318 DQ's

I had that same cam in my 63 Valiant in a 318, 3:23 and 4spd. The motor was stock except for the cam, intake (Edelbrock performer) and carb(Holley 600). This thing was a dog below about 3,000 but then woke up all the way to about 4,000. Couldn't get it to run right, to rich and sputtered. It was in the car when I bought it. I swapped in a .440" cam and it ran so much better and picked up 2 seconds in the 1/4. Right now I have a 360 with the .484 purpleshaft and its been recommended here that I run at least a 3.91 gear and 3,000 stall. I think thats a bit aggressive but when I get it going and its lacking, I'll change it out (gears that is).