340 cam for 318
Wow! $347 for that Isky HFT cam.
We’re not in Kansas anymore.
Before I spent that, I’d look into seeing how much the old 360 2bbl cam is.
I have one
Melling spd25. Check eBay, it's been a couple of years but I found it there for around $100.
The second one of those cans I've bought, the first one was 15 years ago and I drove to some not so good neighborhood in Chicago (they're all like that now) to an obscure automotive machine shop warehouse that I don't remember how I even found, and got that one for $76.
That's cam only but even with lifters bought it was like 1/3 of what I was seeing the almost identical COMP 252 selling for .. and 15 years ago I'd have been more comfortable with a comp brand cam..... Duration, overlap and every other spec than lift was identical to that comp cam, except for 0.015 lift. The first one went in my 83 d 250 that I put EQ magnum heads with the LA intake pattern onto. That came plus those heads a performer intake/ carb (not air gap or rpm, etc) and Carter Brock carb with hooker super comp long tube headers really woke up that 318, especially noticeable in such a heavy truck.
That engine is now in my son's 72 fury wagon. Well over 200k on the engine, the bottom end hasn't been touched since it was assembled by Dodge when brand new. That top end job has about 75k miles on it ....
Though I want a good deal I try to stay away from "cheap" quality parts.
The current spd25 is going into another 318, this one in a 78 fury sport with 56k original miles. I have another one of the same intakes, but this one is getting late 80s '302 heads, and carb is undecided. I have 500 and 600 CFM versions of the Carter Brock here, plus a TQ or 2 to pick from... I have never taken a car down the 1/4 mile and at 57 I don't see it happening in the future. I drive my cars in traffic with everyone else so I don't need a 3/4 race cam etc. I've done the over cam thing before so I admit that I'm gun shy when picking cams. I don't like spending money twice nor so I like redo's very much