ok ive been on here alot with cam questions but think i ve figured everything i need out now, its a stock 454 bbc running 9.8:1 compression im gonna have a 373 rear gearing with 295/55R15 tires so i need something that can spin fast, im kinda leaning towards a solid lifter cam but not real firm i really want to suck all the horse and torgue i can out of my cam ive been told if i do a good port job on the heads i can cam it to 650 horse what cam can i put in this that will leave it street legal running on pump gas but still getting all the preformance out of i can if theres anything else you need to know to help me choose a cam please left me know

You wont be any where near 650 hp. Search back to last year when I built my 454.

650 ain't gonna happen anytime soon. What heads do you have on the 454? 9.8-1 sounds good, but how are you getting that number? What intake you running? Single plane or dual plane? What size, and make carb? Ignition you running? Stick or auto? Purpose of car (DD and weekend warrior), or just take it out on nice days? All these questions need to answered before a cam recomendation can be made.

its a 119 cc head from a 78 c-10 running a 750 edelbroke more or less a daily driver but like i said not worried about streetability just want all the power i can get from it

Please consider this solid lifter cam direct from UDHarold that he designed for me after I bugged him several time's over the years!!!!

"pdq67,

I've finally designed something, now I just have to make it......
A solid flat tappet replacement for the Comp Cams CB-288a-R10 their 11-692-8------
CB-288A-R10 288@.015 246@.050 158@.200 .622" valve lift 38-70-78-30
UDHarold's 285@.015 249@.050 161@.200 .618" valve lift 35-70-74-31

Their cam sells on their web site for $363.67, and the -8 in the part number means it IS NOT a steel billet. Lifters cost a good amount, too.
My cam will be a standard high-quality proferal cam--what solids have been made of for 30 years--and will cost around $168.75. Good Americian-made mechanical lifters are available at less than 25% the cost of solid roller lifters.
My cam stays .0176" away from the edge of the lifter, and I have had other cams that get closer to the edge go 100,000 miles on the street. The seating velocity is the same I have used on those 100,000 mile cams. Valve lash on mine is .018", on the Comp .020".
Because of changes in oil quality over the past 10 years, I would recommend using a lot of caution in breaking in ANY flat tappet solid or hydraulic cam.
The Comp Cams is symmetrical, mine, as always, is unsymmetrical. Look at the timing differences at .015"---My cam has a 4* longer power stroke, meaning more torque into your crank at ALL rpms, and a 3* later intake opening point, for less reversion and higher port velocities, again at ALL rpms.
At .050" and at .200", my cam is 3* fatter---Not only is it filling the cylinder faster, it has MORE time to do it.
The result---MORE POWER everywhere.
Now to get you guys some made......"

Harold said it use’s Chevy solid lifters too!

He can be reached here!!!

"I work for Custom Camshaft Company, a division of Arrington Manufacturing.
I stay at my house in Senatobia, MS, and telecommute to work in Martinsville Va. My office phone is 662-301-1245, and so far I'm having to take my wife to work, she's a Staff Accountant in Memphis, so I'm not here before 9:00 AM CST or from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM CST. I answer the phone when it rings, and have sold several cams to Team Chevelle members."

pdq67

PS., do your homework and find out just how good CC's old 288AR solid STREET roller cam really is and then you will see how good a solid lifter cam equivalent of it really is b/c you don't have to wory about eating a solid roller lifter!!!

If it was me,I would use a Magnum 292 cam...thats what I used to run 11 flat all day long w/ mild ported oval ports,single plane intake (raised to torque enough to hook up on a 10.0 slick) with an 850 DP holley and 10.5:1 compression. Its a hydraulic cam and is really easy on parts and just screams passed 2500 all the way to 6000.

Its a .550/.550 244/244 110 LSA. It sounds nasty,especially for a street car...definately grabs people attention :) . Lifters would be alot cheaper too as opposed to solids.

Just giving you some more ideas. :bowtie:

OK, then use the CC 294S solid cam instead and gain about 3 to 4 percent power everywhere over their hy-cam Got Rat mentioned.

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