Just got my email quote back from Crow Cams in Australiia. I gotta admit that it was waay lower than I was expecting,..but it's still 330.00 shipped for a hydraulic, flat tappet camshaft. ( about twice what I'd have to pay if I kept the thing all US,..and used that junky cast iron head that I'm modding for the 200)
I'm buying junk left and right, but I'm torn.
I have to get the (current) 3.3 L running as a fuel injected guinea pig, so I can get the Megasquirt F.I dialed in before I can even hope to turn my attention to the Australian headed 250. The reason for dicking w/ the 200, and going through the ordeal involved to convert that head so I can fuel inject it is solely because i want to be sure that once started,..the 250 will be able to run at 2000 RPM w/ no interrupution during the 20 minute cam break in.
I got my cam recommendation for the Ozzie engine,..I could just put that on a back burner,...and let it simmer while I go about putting the car together and buy it in 6-8 months when the engine becomes viable,..or I could just buy it, and be done w/ the only obstacle that stands in the way to making it work.
There is just sooo much stuff that needs to be done,....I pulled that 40 year old dog out of the car so I could clean up the 1/2" thick layer of burned on, caked on, dirt and grease, and remove that stock head in preparation for the cast iron Frank-N-Head I'm cutting up. It was single handidly the greasiest, nastiest, biggest PITA to try and get clean. I worked on it for 2 hrs, and it's still mega dirty.
The car keeps going backwards, as I remove more, and more junk off of it. The rate I'm going, it's becoming a multi-year project. Now I'm contemplating smoothing the engine compartment in preparation for the color I've decided to paint it.
Candy Apple Green.