286 cam or 288?

[SLE Lover]

It will be for a carby. I have been recommended to go through Clive Cams, spoke to them today seemed very helpful, has anyone had any dealings with them? They have a hydraulic cam which is in between the 286 and the 288 which could be a goer.

 

[greenfoam]

Clives a good cam grinder, spent most of his working life at Wade during the Bathurst winning years I believe so he will get it right

 

[karlos]

crane 272 solid is a great cam that makes a very broad powerband.it doesnt need a huge convertor either.2800-6500 rev range 236 246 duration.this cam is basically the same as what they had in the 308 hdt race cars at bathurst.308,10.1comp,good heads,manifold and carby.learning to do tappets on a solid cammed engine is easy as well,dont let that stop you going solid.

 

[Reaper]

What compression ratio are you going to run? Where do you want your power to be? What manafold?

Reaper

 

[96SEN8R]

the 355 and the 286 make decent power with a good manifold.

mine made 230 at the wheels and a sh!tload of torque with low compression still

some guys with 10.5:1 comp are making round the 260-270rwkw mark

How low of comp you talking? because im running a 286 in my 355 with 8.8 comp and its not making fa power. on a mainline its only making 170 with a tp manifold on a mainline dyno. Im hopeing your calling 9.5 or close to low because if not, then something is seriously wrong with mine

 

[SLE Lover]

Looking at a cam from clive with these specs 320 lift 236 50" 107 (hydraulic)
Will be running a comp of 10.6:1 and am going to go for a single plane manifold (torquer)

 

[karlos]

yeah that profile will get you good power and TORQUE.is it auto or manual.

 

[SLE Lover]

Trimatic 3000 stally

 

[greenfoam]

How low of comp you talking? because im running a 286 in my 355 with 8.8 comp and its not making fa power. on a mainline its only making 170 with a tp manifold on a mainline dyno. Im hopeing your calling 9.5 or close to low because if not, then something is seriously wrong with mine

Yeah he's running 9.5ish or a litttle more

 

[RVK 355]

solid all the way if u want to rev it