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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 07:18 PM
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sim im puttin a cam in a 355. It is an Elgin cam. .450 lift, 106 lobe seperation. has anyone used this cam or heard someones car that has one? will it have a pretty good lope to it? and im puttin 186 double hump heads on it as well(64cc) will that change the sound, if so, in what way
 
Old Dec 13, 2011 | 11:21 PM
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sim im puttin a cam in a 355. It is an Elgin cam. .450 lift, 106 lobe seperation. has anyone used this cam or heard someones car that has one? will it have a pretty good lope to it? and im puttin 186 double hump heads on it as well(64cc) will that change the sound, if so, in what way
The cam will change the sound. Not sure about the doublehumps, but I will let you know this weekend after I get mine on my 355,
 
Old Dec 15, 2011 | 01:05 AM
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nice! im puttin the heads, cam, push rods, and lifters in tomorrow. maybe i will finish hebuild tomorrow and have it ready to go in by friday lol what year is your car?
 
Old Dec 16, 2011 | 09:58 PM
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It's not a very big cam so I wouldn't think there be a lot of lope.But then i'll never really know till it's in.Every engine comb will be different.
 
Old Dec 17, 2011 | 12:01 AM
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well i looked videos up on it, and it loped pretty good because of the duration bein .274 hopefully i will find out tomorrow
 
Old Dec 17, 2011 | 08:45 AM
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Hope it has the lope your looking for.Post a vid of it when your done I'd like too hear what it sounds like.I run a Lunati Voodoo myself been very happy with it.
 
Old Dec 22, 2011 | 08:11 PM
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well got my motor in and def. sounds like i expected. ill try and post a video soon. th only problems i have right now and i dont see why is the front seal on the oil pan still has a slow leak! i also have a small water leak around the water neck but its not back and should be hard to fix. i still dont understand the oil leak though! i could have sworn everything was sealed up good
 
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