Degreeing a Cam, or not.....

oldkimmer said

That’s a tiny cam for a 512 engine. As stated too small of fi system also. Degree the cam at least. I doubt that ur engine even pulls to 5500. It’s a torque monster for sure. A 1000 4150 style carb will pick it up like u won’t believe. My 470 gained 2.5 tenths going from a 750 to a 1000. Kim

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I should have said in my first post that the cam specs were recommended by Oregon cams and where I said the specs were copied from what they said not my words. I took it for granted that it would be appropriate. These are his words.

"244/252 @ .050”, 282/290 adv, .516”/.537” lift(1.5:1 rocker), 112 sep, .016”/.018” lash

This is a very good street/strip grind that should make power from 2200/6400 or so. Will need a 3000+ converter and will work well with your compression ratio. Normally I would put this on a 110 lobe separation but with the nitrous and fuel injection I think 112 to 114 would work better."

It went through the trap at 5500 rpms. I will have to get time slips for 60 ft times