My 422 smallblock build

The intended purpose of this combo is to be a reliable street car that will provide a ton of fun doing short blasts while powershifting, doing rolling burnouts, and generally causing a ruckus. It is not intended to be a max effort world-beater. That’s why I chose the dual plane intake, the 3.91 rear, and probably why Jones gave the specs he did and not some wild *** .700 lift 300 duration cam. I do still think his recommendation was light on lift but I may have failed to tell him the heads are the long-valve version and installed spring height will be in the 1.9-2.0 range.


Not to beat a dead horse because you are going to do what you are going to do, but in 2010 netting .650 was boring. I'm taking about on street driven cars just like you want.

There are guys running way more than that, and I'm not talking drag week stuff either. Doing just what you want to do.

The single biggest killer of mid range power and driveability is using way too much duration and not nearly enough lift.

It's not 1985 anymore and cam grinders who have not learned the lessons of low lift will never learn it by now.