Slant six builders...Lets talk Cams

halfafish said

Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the new motor. I found a 69 Dart which got the nod as the primary project, since the Valiant was and is in good running order. Then, I bought a 82 D150 that needed a timing chain - haha. It needed a full rebuild and it's taken months when I expected it to take weeks. The Dart is sitting outside, the truck is hogging the shop, and the Valiant drives wherever I want with the original engine. I suspect the new slant will be next winter's project. :rolleyes:

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Dang, that cam sounds really interesting; I'm almost ready to order one just like it! Your story is familiar, though: I have an Erson RV10 camshaft I bought back in 2008. I'm finally getting the the project now (1966 Barracuda), but another car recently came my way: a 1960 Valiant. So now I'm building two engines, a "good" one for the Barracuda and a simple "driver" 225 to replace the 170 in the Valiant to give it more oomph. So do I use the Erson cam for the "good" engine and put a milder cam in the "driver", or put the Erson in the "driver" and get a hotter cam for the Barracuda? Decisions, decisions.....