?Best camshaft for SBC 350 in a 914? Options

[BRAVE_HELIOS]

Any specific camshaft/intake/carb setup recommended?

The engine is a 1993 SBC 350 out of a Pick-up. Right now, I am converting it to a carb set-up with a Elderbrock 600 CFM carb and Elderbrock Performer RPM intake. I'm also adding a set of headers. The rest of the engine will remain bone stock.

There are so many different cam profiles available, I'm not sure which one to get!

Once again, any help is greatly appreciated! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[charliew]

Ok, a lumpy cam sounds bad. It will make it harder to take off from a standstill. But the light car is easier to get moving. You will never need a high reving play toy on the street. A stock roller cam motor is rev limited to about 5800 rpm at best because of the heavier valve train (stock roller lifters). I know a 97 vortec was a roller cam motor but I don't think the 93 was. I think the vortec was the first in trucks. Believe me tell the cam mfg exactly what you have to use. Compression ratio, carb, and intake. He will tell you what is best, believe him. Thats not a vortec motor so it's pretty low hp stock but will have good torque numbers probably and was more than likely built more for emissions than torque. A reasonable hp figure with a small cam and the stock heads would be maybe 300 hp at the crank. Higher compression will need good gas. I'm kinda dumb on the location you have posted so not sure of the summertime temps for air temps you will be using.

If you are on a budget use what you have and leave the cam alone. You still need a dist get a good one.