New Cam Same Power

archerandethansdad said
Yeah its the summit cam. I wasn't looking for a strip car. Just something with a nice sound and decent response. Otherwise i'd have dropped 4-5 hundred on a hughes cam.

The Summit cam is a “In general bump up cam” that I don’t recommend myself. I firmly believe that another cam would be very well more suited to making some “Upgraded Power” to enjoy. This is where paying the piper is worth the expense.

I ran the compression test again and 1,3,7 were all 120 (factory manual says 125-155 so not disappointed at 200k miles) 5 was 135. 2,4,8 were about 125 and 6 was 130. So not as low as originally quoted. I'm happy with the sound and it does seem to pull harder then it did before. New pistons and rings are on the list but doesn't seem to be as pressing as originally thought. It doesn't smoke when started and oil pressure stays right around 50 at idle and 75 when driving. I think my expectations were higher then they should have been.

Probably so. I say your cam is ro large and the cylinder pressure to low on a small displacement engine. Further hindered by a low stall and the 3.23’s. There is t much ceiling above to reach for your n this combo and a tiring engine.

You should be looking at a cam with a intake duration @.050 or 218 at a maximum.

Please be specific and descriptive and exacting! So far you have been not. The devil is in the details.
What cam and intake are you running and do you have headers? Dual exhaust? Power brakes?

If you state your running a Holley carb only or just a *** cfm carb, we can not really help very well. Your answers are topical and vague and such will be the answering responses.