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Thought I explained the cam was degreed. Why am I getting blasted on doing so?

No, read on below. No, read on below. There is a caveat to this all. Read below. Spacer or notch. If notch, no. Junkyard hero, Bingo!!!!!! Not all LD-340’s came with the notch. Mine didn’t. (Ch1ll) Moving on… The MP engines bible suggests cutting the plenum divider down to a (IIRC) 3/8ths...

I’d look at something similar to the Eddy Performer RPM or just plain Performer cam kits. Both are relatively mild cams designed for stock heads. At least in small block fashion.

First, you need a car. You should tailor some mods with a car in mind, like 66 down or 67 up. Any 318 will make a really nice street car. What do you want. All around, drive anywhere, pump gas, decent mpg? Think a 340 Duster? NO special parts needed. 318 short block, 360 heads, cast 340...

...three pages of good advice and recommendation, plus a link in that same thread to another thread where there's a huge discussion about 318 cams. So if you're not finding answers, you're not looking very hard. Maybe you could give us a sample of an answer you're looking for. Do you just want...

I totally understand why the OP hasn't returned. Those of us who've given good answers have basically wasted our time because of thoughtless members who insist on running everything down people other than themselves want to do. Then there are those who insist on recommending other things besides...

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...

My first posting in this thread addressed Dan's carb/intake question. But, let me say the very first thing I'd do to the 318. THE first: Check to make sure the heat riser flap is opening in the exhaust manifold. More than once I've seen these freeze (rust) shut. Bad gas mileage and very...

60 miles a day in a 340 car! Friend, you need a Smartcar. Or, Part-1 pull the top end off that 340, including the cam. and bolt on a 318 top end/cam . I did that in somewhere in the early to mid 70s. That is still my favorite all time engine, and it was just slapped together with left-over...

...last thing I'd be looking at at this point! I agree with the rest that cam is way wrong for making hp! If you don't care about hp or are dead set on not changing the cam. It will probably make a good daily driver! Just know that it's gonna be a 318 at heart. That cam is on par with 2bbl 318 cams

Emissions OEM small block cams for the smaller displacements wer short on intake lift. Valve was in the way of vacuum up to the carb resulting in low power and fuel economy. A fairly stockish short duration but high lift cam will aid performance immensely. Do like the factory 5 liter...

Possibly a draw, but if I had to pick one heads, but driveability wise trick flow with a stock 318 cam gonna be better than a crazy amount of duration and stock 318 heads. LS/Hemi make crazy power with mild cams because of there heads. Even magnum heads gave a good bump in power without much cam.

You should not give advice for 273 engines. There is so much wrong information in your post. The 273 was the original LA engine. They were never a smog motor. The 2 barrel pistons were almost at zero deck and were almost 9:1 compression ratio. Closed chamber heads were used from 64 to 67...

i feel you buddy , thats when you did you 318 hop up if im not mistaken :)

All those mud dauber nests ought to make that fun to work on...if anybody's home!

Back in 1982 while in Germany, a Brit that worked on base had a 1968 Bristol 410. Stock it had a 318 Poly with 4bbl mounted "Mid-Engine" behind the front wheels. Sounded wicked for a stock A engine. 8 3/4 suregrip with 2.94 gears I had pulled a Poly teen out of a US Army 66 Coronet MP cop car...

I agree 100% the cam is "pretty big" for a 318. You can overcome a lot of that by installing it as I described though and running the appropriate gear set. I don't agree though that the cam is necessarily "not as good" as some modern grinds. It certainly is. Those cams were ground with the .903...

I think I have some original hydraulic lifters with almost no miles on them out of a "68" or "69" 273. The cam looked like new and they were too good to toss, but I don't run hydraulic cams. You can have them for shipping if I can find them. Start a private conversation if interested.

over the years, i had 3 or 4 318`s and i never broke a main cap. but they were seldom used for racing, mostly street use in the 225 hp and 15 second range (when raced) . they were 318 stock short-blocks dressed with 340 intake and exhaust manifolds, 340 cams, and i tried stock j-heads, and...

This is an interesting question of 360 vs 383. With the intro of affordable speed parts that began about 25 years ago for mopars its really a wash. Today and relatively speaking the affordable stroker kits, aluminum heads and assortment of Hyd and solid roller cams is the determining factor...

FTFY i also look forward to his dissertation on area under the curve wrt valve diameter and weight in reverse flow testing and the effects therein on metal fatigue. however, before that, i believe that he'll publish his speed & handling cookbook full of tips & tricks working as a...

The way I see each long block has a general amount of hp sitting and waiting to be unlocked with basic cam 4bbl and headers, Eg. a low cr long block is somewhat limited by what cam you can use especially if it's a mainly street car, take a low cr 318 250-300 hp with most cams people would use...

I see you are from the UK so your selection may be a bit limited. There's a lot of talk about issues with Comp cams and lifters.

Here is the perfect up and running stock 1970 318 with the factory 2 bbl carb and single plane intake. Great engine for stock 318 power peformace testing, to see what power an untouched stock 318 will make. As a baseline to the other engines people are building as they are adding ported heads...

How much more power did you gain with light rods and floating pins?

Unfortunately for you, 318 and cams, opinions vary on here, aka highly debated.

I had a 66 Barracuda, 318 w/302 heads, KB-167's, Comp Cams 268H hft, Weiand Action Plus intake, Edelbrock 1406 carb and headers. Heads had bigger valves (1.88/1.60) installed and a little bowl blending. Never had it on a dyno but it ran really nice, "fast according to my butt-meter".

Shooooooooot, I always go one or two bigger lol.

Looking at cam specs only serves to make my head spin..... All they do is confuse the hell out of me. I put what was supposed to be an erson "340 spec" cam in a 318 in a Cordoba back in the 80s, and it made a lotta noise but was the biggest disappointment/ dawg I ever had. Since, usually once I...

My main goal is to have a car that has good throttle response and low to midrange torque, have the ability to get out of its own way and to have some stop light to stop light fun once in awhile. Idle quality is not a issue but to have a good torque cam means a smooth Idle, I wouldn't mind a...