Best cam for the street both power & sound

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Here's a Teen with a 6901 cam.The guy needs to tune it because they aren't that radical of a cam.
 
Here's a 6901 with a nice chugga chugga sound.
 
Here's a 6900. One step milder.
 
toolmanmike said:
That 6901 is a perfect cam for a stock 318. It's pretty mild.
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LOL! I sold my 318 with a 6901 to an older guy who has a 49 Plymouth. He's running the stock intake and BBD with that cam...he's happy so far...but concerned with gas mileage i told him "you'll be ok with that BBD..." but yes they are the street cam or classic cam i think the series is called...they have a series above that may be called performance series or something like that.
 
Dartswinger70 said:
LOL! I sold my 318 with a 6901 to an older guy who has a 49 Plymouth. He's running the stock intake and BBD with that cam...he's happy so far...but concerned with gas mileage i told him "you'll be ok with that BBD..." but yes they are the street cam or classic cam i think the series is called...they have a series above that may be called performance series or something like that.
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Old style grinds. Lots of advertised duration and not a lot of lift. Easy on valve train and springs.
 
Darter6 said:
In a more serious note,, We have all been there. 19 years old,You will make plenty mistakes in this hobby.
God knows I have. It's good to see some young blood 'round here. Better than most kids these days.Keep us updated on your progress with all aspects of the car and build. :thumbsup:
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I will definitely keep you all updated on the build.
And old cars just have more character and personality to me than newer sport/muscle cars
Love the old schools
When i saw this duster in the field i knew i had to save it! Literally contacted the guy made a deal and drug it out and loaded on the trailer. Now it is time for the Beginning of a new chapter for Ole "Dusty"
 
RighteousWrenching144 said:
I will definitely keep you all updated on the build.
And old cars just have more character and personality to me than newer sport/muscle cars
Love the old schools
When i saw this duster in the field i knew i had to save it! Literally contacted the guy made a deal and drug it out and loaded on the trailer. Now it is time for the Beginning of a new chapter for Ole "Dusty"
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Good luck to you. I hope it's setting in your driveway soon.
 
My Uncle had a 70 or 71 slant 6 Duster in like 79 or 80. Never thought they'd be collectible like today...I was telling an old timer " in the 80s we thought the cars would be around forever and that they would always be cheap..."
 
Here is a K 6901. Engine is 340 with KB flattops and X heads on a Dart with stock style exhaust from Accurate.

 
Dartswinger70 said:
I think I responded with "Summit K 6901" however I was waiting for a argument and contradiction...that Summit cam supposedly comes in close to the stock 69-later 340 cam from what I hear...is the the best?
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i responded previously in post #6, but since you asked...

i think that there are many better cams for the application, but value for money wise it's probably the best choice after a white box melling grind.

the 6901 is kind of an amalgamation of 68 340 4spd, 340 AT and MP cam specs with some creative license thrown in.

stock AT 340 was 429/444 268/276 which the 6901 summit cam is not.

the things that turn me off on it are the amount of duration, the wide LSA and the (somewhat) single pattern design. if it was in a car with a 4spd and the motor had some compression? sure. but that cam really wants cubes to sing.
 
Sorry everyone for the late update.
I've been mad busy this past month.
I bought (2) 318's for $400 1983 & 1975
he had one 360 but it was not as complete as the 318's i got and i think going the smaller route is best for what im trying to do.
Eventually I am lucky enough to find a 340.
That'd be the dream!

And the 1983 318 has a quadrajet Holley ig? idk
Does anyone know what carb this is?

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either will work, but that 268 is gonna be a little doggy downtown if you're bumping 9.1

i don't know what the rest of your combo is: heads? intake? gears? stall? how you want to use it?

but between those two cams i'd choose the 262
 
junkyardhero said:
either will work, but that 268 is gonna be a little doggy downtown if you're bumping 9.1

i don't know what the rest of your combo is: heads? intake? gears? stall? how you want to use it?

but between those two cams i'd choose the 262
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Plan on getting some late 60's closed chamber 318 heads,
Edelbrock rpm intake,
3.23 or 3.55's
2000 stall

So I would need a CR higher than 9.1?
 
if you're at 9.1 i wouldn't personally go much bigger than the 262 cam unless you want it to be more focused on midrange and top end.

more compression, more gear, more stall and you can get away with bigger cams. but then that changes other characteristics of the car, thus the question of: how do you want to use it?

daily driver, blvd bruiser, street/strip, stop light eliminator, etc, etc, etc.
 
junkyardhero said:
if you're at 9.1 i wouldn't personally go much bigger than the 262 cam unless you want it to be more focused on midrange and top end.

more compression, more gear, more stall and you can get away with bigger cams. but then that changes other characteristics of the car, thus the question of: how do you want to use it?

daily driver, blvd bruiser, street/strip, stop light eliminator, etc, etc, etc.
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Daily street car with some extra get up and go
 
ex 268h rhoads lfters
air gap
650 dp
speed master heads
150 shot
3.55s
go suck the paint of big blocks
 
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