: Well, the block is back at the machine shop for
: a .100 shave off of the deck. The machinist
: sure gave me a look when I asked him to
: shave that much off of the block. He said he
: hadn't cut that much off of a block in a
: long time. He said it would take him forever
: to do it, he could only shave a few
: thousanths at a time. I told him I wanted to
: get the compression up to around 9.5 to 1
: and he agreeded that that sounded about
: right. Lou and I did the math and it should
: work out.
:
: The only thing left to decide on is the cam.
:
: Mike

: Hi
:
: Don't know if your looking for cam suggestions?
: If this is a street car I reccomend the Isky
: 228*@.50/.465 lift. I purchased this cam on
: <A HREF="http://www.racesearch.com">www.racesearch.com</A> for 132.00 plus
: shipping. Put it in a 100k short block
: milled the head .060" and put in
: stiffer valve springs. I run an offy intake
: edelbrock 600 4bbl hooker dual outlet
: headers/dual 2 1/4" exaust w/turbo
: mufflers. no head work yet-coimng soon. It
: is in a 74 swinger 3550lbs w/me in it. 3.91
: suregrip 8 1/4 and od 4spd. The car runs
: 16.7 at 83 mph and the cam will pull the car
: along at 1200 rpm in overdrive and get
: 16mpg-I like to have my foot in itIt pulls
: well to about 5400 rpm. Any way my point is
: This is a great all around grind. I can't
: wait to see how the car will act w/more
: commpression and some head work. Hope this
: helps Dan Trump

: Mike,
:
: This seems like good cam specs and a good price
: for the head, valve springs, and compression
: you have. Should match well with your carb
: too. It's little milder than the cam in my
: '68, which would also be a good choice if
: you can still find one (MP 0.490"
: lift). From what I can tell, Clifford may be
: the only company making grinds in that range
: (around 235 deg @0.050"), or maybe you
: could get Hughes engines to grind one for
: you. I think any bigger than that will be
: too much for your valve springs and 9.5:1
: static compression.
: Bottom line is, if you want it to idle well and
: be most efficient (power and economy-wise),
: you should match the static compression and
: cam duration.
:
: If I did it all over on my cars, I'd run 10:1
: static comp with my MP 0.490" cam, and
: 10.5-11:1 on my '64 with 250 @ 0.050"
: cam. This would be for pump gas running.
: Right now, both cars are a little above
: those specs ('68 around 10.5-10.8:1, '64
: around 11.25:1).
:
: With your car weight and the 4 speed, that Isky
: should pull hard, and be quite smooth and
: well behaved with 9.5:1. My guess is with
: the 3.23 gears, you'd be running around mid
: 15's, if not better.
:
: Keep wrenchin' on it!,
:
: Lou