
Is there a good factory cam that would be a good replacement out there, maybe an LT1 cam? I know of an LT4 hotcam available locally, but I think that might be a little more than he wants. I looked around and found the stock 元1 cam specs, which are: He's planning on getting the PCM reprogrammed.


Something that will yield a noticable hp improvement without compromising drivability, it will still be his daily driver and will retain the stock tbi. He wants it to have a healthy sounding idle, just a little lope opposed to the smooth stock idle. One thing that surprised me in the past is I bought a used roller cam from a friend. Get yourself an Isky 274 Mega grind and add 1.6 rockers. Performer-Plus Camshaft Kit for Small-Block Chevy 283-400 V8. If you have an honest 9.5:1 to 10:1 static compression ratio and want a good running flat tappet hydraulic cam. Edelbrock performance Camshafts are developed as a performance matched complement to our Cylinder Heads and Intake Manifolds. Nothing too crazy, I'll probably just unshroud the valves and do a little smoothing. I agree I had this cam in a 350, it is the 350 hp 327cu cam.

He wants to do a little head porting and a cam upgrade while it's apart. We've got all of the accessories, brackets, and wiring out of the way, tomorrow the heads are coming off and going to the machine shop to get checked and surfaced if needed. I've got a friends '97 Silverado in my driveway with a blown head gasket, it's got the 元1 Vortec engine.
