Another post about Elgin Industries got me thinking about my cam. When I rebuilt my engine, my machine shop recommended the following cam, which I purchased and installed:

Elgin Part No. E-1029-P

Cam Lift: .295/.295
Valve Lift: .443/.443
Adv Dur: 280/280
Dur @.050 214/214
Overlap 56 degrees
Lobe Centers: 107/117

327 bored .030. Compression ratio of 9-9.5:1. I am running an RPM manifold with a Carter 625cfm carb. The heads are factory camel humps with 1.6:1 rockers. Shorty headers with 2.5 inch duals.

Any ideas of what kind of power this combo should make. Is there a better cam choice for a 327?

Just curious, I'm not intending to set any land-speed records with this engine but still want to achieve its full potential if possible.

Thanks.

Tim

Tim, I ran the .443/.465 214/224 cam in a low compression 350 with 487X heads, a Stealth intake, 600 Edel carb, 1 5/8 headers. It had a slight lope, plenty of low-end, and got about 20MPG in my '63 Nova. It made for a nice, reliable cruiser.

IMHO,

I would have considered one of these instead.

CC 268HE,
CC 270 Magnum,
Crane 272H10,
Crane 274H06 for a good sound!, and finally an
Isky 270 Mega.

I honestly think a 280 cam is just a schosh big for your motor unless you were above 10 to 1 CR.... AND it would be perfect at 11 to 1!!!!!

If you notice these are right in the 268/270+ range which is just about, IMHO, the biggest I want to go for a lower CR. street motor..

BUT, I bet your motor will do fine anyway if your Mechanic feels good about it!!

pdq67

PS., maybe I'm overlooking the fact that maybe the actual advertised intake opening point is lower then cams are generally rated now and this cam may be a 270 grind if measured the modern way???? Anybody want to comment here???

Some are rated at .004", some .006" and so on??

There's alot of better choices.

Look at any modern design cam, from Comp, Crane, Lunati, etc. etc. Look at the "advertised" duration (which ultimately determine idle, gas mileage, and driveability generally) that goes with a 214° intake lobe. I think you'll see that the profile you posted is far from the best you can get.