madams74 said:
Do you really think an NHRA tech engineer is reading your reply to suffice whether to run a .600+ lift cam on Stangnet for his engine build?
No, I don't. An NHRA tech already knows what's going to make power and isn't on StangNet asking for advice.
madams74 said:
You have a ton of kids on here and newbies who are dipping into their parents pockets for just a chance to show their friends whats new under the hood, and your rejecting the very basis of what we all started this forum to do. It IS about education, and right from wrong, but NOT to make statements steering people away from a choice INDEFINITELY based on an unholy .600 + lift.
I'm not rejecting anything. What education have you provided thus far, aside from making a statement for Comp Cams Thumpr series cams, with zero supporting evidence to substantiate your claim? Do you have a small base circle cam? Got some specs on it? How about a dyno sheet? I stated pretty clearly that the .600 figure was a theoretical number, by the way.
I'm not trying to start a pissing match, but what if one just wants to build an engine and found the "perfect" cam, in their eyes? What if it happens to be an off the shelf grind? Do they take those cam specs and have it ground on a small base circle? The guys running the 7 second 1/4 mile passes have just about infinite money to throw at their engine to keep it competitive in their respective classes. Most of us don't have money to throw at custom grinds, fancy CNC port jobs, aftermarket blocks, etc., and can't chance building an unreliable engine that may grenade the first time we run it.
You and I both know there's a lot more to a cam than peak lift, so I don't see a reason to argue that point at all. I was making an attempt to point out that even if you were to undercut the base circle, say .100 to accommodate the lifters, you still have to take into account that the max lift still needs to be kept below a certain point, or you're going to expose the oil hole and bleed out the lifter. Then it's as good as useless because you now have no lift. The .600 figure was, as I stated, just a theoretical number, but I think the max lift does come out somewhere around that figure when using hydraulic roller lifters on a small base circle, in a non-roller block. You might need that extra lift when feeding large cubes. Here's another way to look at it: Buy the $400 link bar lifters and $150 off the shelf grind, for a total of $550, or spend $300 on a custom ground small base circle cam and $100 on hydraulic lifters. For that extra $150, you don't have to worry about peak lift affecting your lifters, aren't going to expose your oil holes on the lifters, don't even have to worry about drilling into your cam bearings, if you drilled too deep when trying to tap the valley for the spider. It's personal preference. Me, I'd spend the $150 extra.