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Hot Rods Early Hemi Cam advice

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by marfen, Oct 30, 2019.

  1. marfen
    Joined: Aug 14, 2009
    Posts: 406

    marfen
    Member
    from sask

    I've been running this 354 for some time rebuilt with 9 to 1 Egge slugs, cam reground to an Isky spec, hyd lifters, non adjustable rockers, weiand intake with 2 edelbrock 500 cfm carbs, made 366 hp on the dyno and gets 23 mpg. Which I'm fine with. Deuce with a 4 spd OD and 4.11 final gear, 31" tall rear tires
    Last couple years one of #1s lifters likes to bleed down (I know early hemis like to tick some til the lifters pump up) but it will be fine cold and tick intermittently when a driving temp. 15x40 Brad Penn conventional muscle car oil.
    So my plan is to get the engine freshened up and do a cam change to a solid stick as I prefer to run solids and run my own lash.
    Any recommendations for a solid cam and adjustable pushrod? Would like something with a little lump to it, current cam a little too smooth for me. Adjustable rockers are impossible to find up here and too darn expensive new with exchange.
     
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  2. tubman
    Joined: May 16, 2007
    Posts: 6,914

    tubman
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    I can't help with the cam selection, but I can give you some information on adjustable push rods. I have a set of them in the '54 331 with an Engle Roller cam in my vintage dirt modified. A lot of people don't like them, and I will admit some of the adjustment nuts are hard to get to, but a torch and some cheap wrenches can solve that problem. I bent up a couple of them and now adjusting them, while no fun, is not the problem it once was. Other than that, they have served me well.
     
  3. marfen
    Joined: Aug 14, 2009
    Posts: 406

    marfen
    Member
    from sask

    thx for the headsup re the pushrods.
     
  4. Bert Kollar
    Joined: Jan 10, 2007
    Posts: 1,232

    Bert Kollar
    Member

    Contact Orgon Cam they did a great job grinding one for my hemi and are very knowledgeable car guys
     

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