Comp's XE Cams

ir3333 said
This stuff is so subjective. You guys talk about strong torque at 2800 in a street car and that's certainly not what i would want. With that in a 318 you need a converter. i have used 3000 stall converter and they are fun but the novelty wears off after a few lo rpm burnouts. Before long i hated driving through the converter on hills and corners. My last build was as good as it gets...for me. Small cam 340 with a stock converter. Lots of torque from 1000 rpm up and pulled very hard below 3500 - 4000 rpm where all street driving occurs.
The problem is too many guys build a quarter mile piece and are very disappointed for daily driving. AJ is correct!

Agreed. Dan did ask about cams and does often. The largest cam I’d suggest for Dan (If he or anyone is asking or wondering) would be a 208@050 as it would not effect off idle performance when ether lightly pressing on the gas pedal or hitting it half way or full way down. The stock converter could be kept and use a 2.76 ratio without issue.

273 said
Aj ain't saying small cam he's saying no cam, stock 318 cam only with stall and gears, if you go anything above stock you've murdered the bottom end, and that larger basically only adds on top (totally over looking midrange gain). To me seems a little drastic. I'm not saying stab a big cam in but there are cams that will give gains without screwing up the under 2500 rpms too bad, where's that line is the tricky part.

Like your issue with the converter it's gonna be different for every individual everyone has slightly/vastly different compromises/likes.

Agreed