I want to replace my cam in a 69 396/375 hp motor. I want the idle to be bumpy. I've been told the one in the motor (if stock) was a solid cam. After reading many posts on this board, I'm confused! So far, I'm looking at the CC XE274 hyd cam kit (lifters, springs, chain, etc). What is the best way to go?

Currently, the motor acts like it has a rev limiter at 5400 rpm. It just stops climbing and stutters. Maybe the springs are bad and floating or maybe mis-adjusted? I've never pulled the covers and adjusted them. It runs good up until the 5k mark then falls down. Any ideas?

The motor has a Edelbrock performer manifold, Edel performer 750 carb, factory HEI ignition, headers, 2 1/2 exhaust, and 40 series flowmasters dumped before the axel.

During this remod, I am going to replace the cam, put a MDS dist and ignition, change to a Edelbrock Air gap intake, and replace the rear gears with 3.73's. Any thing else I should consider?

Is there anything I can do temporarily to stop the rpm limit? I seen conflicting storys that the redline is 5500 but the factory redline is 6500.
Help I'm confused!!!!

Anybody out there have suggestions? Please....

Could be a number of things causing that. You could take it to a macine shop and pull a spring so it could be checked. Since you think it might be the springs.

It could also be ignition, fuel or carb related.
Need more symptoms.
Try searching the other boards for help.

You need to know what heads and pistons you have to make an cam choice. Or find out for sure what cam is in it so you can put something similar in.

If it stutters, it is either springs or ignition.
It is probably NOT fuel.

UDHarold

I had the same problem on my smallblock dirt car it was the distributor.A stock chevy distributor falls on its face at about 5600.