B3422w5
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Any opinions on horsepower difference on a eddie stroker between a fairly healthy flat tappet And a roller cam in the same ballpark?
Dwayne, r u comparing the same specs for both cams? Thanks. KimI say, come at it from a different perspective.......
How much difference in power would there have to be for you to make the plunge?
And then....... does that difference seem like a plausible number?
Also, where you are on the mild-aggressive lobe scale can be a big player here.
A very aggressive SFT can easily out power a very mild SR.
Too bad you can’t get mushroom lifters any more. I’d do that in a heartbeat if I can get them.
The way I see it is.......
I figure for every roller cam combo that failed a lifter, there’s at least one flat tappet cam combo that chopped a lobe.
**** happens.
To this I will agree but and a big BUTT when you wipe a solid lifter cam how many get away with just throwing another cam in it. My son just ran a 6.56 and driving the 1/2 mile back to the pits heard a noise. The engine was toast. Gone, kaput, end of story, the fat lady sang.
heard your kids name mentioned Thursday by the announcer at the million dollar race At Memphis. Think they know each other
Hmmmm wonder who was announcing. We are friends with both announcers at Norwalk. My Kid gets around and will drive anything so I’m not sure who that would be. Have helmet will travel. Lol. Matt headed to Quaker City this weekend.
I think that cams lobes are fairly aggressive they are .904 lobesI have no idea how agressive the lobes on the Howards 260/264 cam i now have is. So dont really know how to compare.
Taking my stuff up to the shop that did the dyno competition winning stock stroke 360 this afternoon.
Gonna look over my shortblock and heads, see if my intake i am gonna use( excellerator) needs milled because heads were a while back etc.
For a bracket car I’m not sure I would chase the last bit of ET by going roller unless you really need to. They both can fail, but the feeling I have is a SFT failure is most likely an attention to detail thing. While a SR seems always to have a life span that starts from day 1 and goes to............ouch! Yesterday! That being said certain classes put you in such a box a roller is the ticket. I’m sure one is in my future. Just have to get appropriations to agree!
Too bad you can’t get mushroom lifters any more. I’d do that in a heartbeat if I can get them.