Technical Bootlegger vs voodoo cams

Ok.....at the risk of being TOTALLY ridiculed I have a cam question. First off here's my setup:
350 .030 over
JE flat top forged pistons with 2 valve reliefs
993 heads
Edelbrock performer eps intake
Edelbrock 600 carb
Stock hei with accel super coil
Now, in the 41 I want a choppy, lopey idle. But I also want it to be drivable on the street and have enough vacuum for the wipers. I've been doing quite a bit of research and the lunati bootlegger 12224 looks to be what I'm after. The voodoo 268 looks pretty good too. I will stay away from the comp thumper as everything I've read about them says they have a cool idle and nothing else. Yes I want a rowdy idle but also want it to pull hard.
If you're wondering why I want an idle like that, it's because I've never had a car that sounded that way and in a 81-year-old car I just think it will be cool. Hearing a rough idle is exciting to me.
So with all this being said, has anyone used a bootlegger on here? Or how about the voodoo 268? Or am I just being silly??
Don't be too hard on me.......

 

Sounds like a lot of time was spent getting the rowdy idle, but trying to keep the street manners. I am sure you probably have already read this.
https://www.dragzine.com/news/lunatis-new-bootlegger-camshaft-series-has-strong-race-influences/

I generally like the 268H for mild 350 builds, but that cam is not anything I have to use, it’s just one that seems to have good street manners and still have some vacuum for power brakes etc.

Cams are sort of like color choices. Personal preference. It’s like the old open ended question “How deep is a hole?”

 

Yeah I've been looking at all the tests on the bootlegger, they look really good but nothing recent, all from 2014-16. Hoping for some longevity reviews here.

 

Sounding cool vs. making a fun driver are separate items. . Most folks would be best served with an RV cam or a notch above and stock manifolds if it is just a cruiser. My 54 had folks thinking it was a BBC at times and it was all in the exhaust

 

I have no expirience with the voodoo or bootlegger but I used edelbrock before and was super happy. I may be off base eith this response for that reason, but I had a 350 with 10.5:1 compression, 62cc heads with 2.02 intake and 1.60 valves, dual plane intake, and used an edelbrock cam with a .510 lift and 234/244 duration and it worked excellent for what youre looking for. Was a fairly lumpy idle but I was abke to keep my vacuum everything with only a 2,500 stall converter and 3.73 rear gear. Cruised well but was a peppy combo

 

This is what lunati was after, the best of both worlds. On the Dyno the bootlegger cams are impressive through the entire rpm range.

 

Are you building a race car or something to drive and go get ice cream?

 

Why let the ice cream melt on the way home??

 

Mine is usually done before I leave the parking lot!

 

I think it sounds ok for what you are looking at. I am looking for something along the same lines for a 327 I am planning on building.

 

I read this and just had to laugh. Sounds like something aimed at the Von Dutch cap market.

I also like the use of 'up to' and 'depending.'

 

I have the 268/276 cam in my car and I like it. It has a mild lope and a great pull to it. Street manners are good too.

 

My Coupe has a Voo Doo cam. It gets up and goes!!! Don't know the specs, etc. All i know is...it's fun!!

 

Have you called and talked to the folks at Lunati?

 

I have tried, no one answers. I sent an email Friday we'll see if they get back to me. I just heard they were recently bought out by comp, not sure how true that is.

 

How long have you had it? I'm hoping to get a cam that holds it's shape for a while.

 

lopey/choppy idle with good vacuum is an oxymoron.

 

These days it's attainable with new lobe profiles apparently. The bootlegger is supposed to be one of them, but finding any recent reviews is non existent. Makes me wonder what happened. Did they all go flat or???

 

Just buy one, you know you want to.

 

6 years so far. About 15k miles. Sounds the same as the day I broke it in. I was hoping it would be a bit more lumpy, IIRC the LSA is 112 degrees. The Bootlegger cam was one I looked at and may buy in the future.

 

Different, but similar, I had a stock 454 BBC with a Bootlegger that sounds crazy radical. When I called I asked for the biggest cam I could use with stock heads. This thing even had a stock intake, just a cam and headers. When I pulled into the cruise spot, people thought it was I had the engine out of my racecar in it. I drove that car as a daily driver in the summer. I guess my long winded reply is I had very good luck with that cam, even though it probably wasn't being utilized correctly in that engine.

 

Even with CARB-approved Ford Performance E303 cam, which has a 110 LSA and 220 duration @ .050, my brother-in-law has to be careful when entering/exiting his driveway because there's isn't sufficient vacuum for his power brakes at/near idle. A 112 LSA would have been better.

 

I'm beginning to wonder if lunati is still in business? I've called and called and called, no answer and sent a couple emails with no replies. Seems a little suspect. I don't want to buy a product with no support behind it.

 

Lunati is owned by Holley.

 

https://hotrodenginetech.com/lunati-bootlegger-cams/

 

Not since 2008. In 2008, a private investment group bought the brand from Holley. Included in that group was Ron Coleman, owner of Comp Cams. His investment role is reportedly as an individual, and has no connection to the Comp Cams business.

 

All I know is no one answers the phone number that's on the lunati website. I really want that bootlegger cam, but I see summit no longer carries it so that adds to my suspicion. I dunno, just seems strange that no one will answer or reply to emails. Jegs says they have a few left, maybe I should just bite the bullet and go for it. But again, makes me nervous with no support.

 

Note: The dyno chart above starts at 3,000 rpm. Having said that, people buy this cam for the low rpm noise, not the top end performance.

 

This is one up from what I have. I could have gone with it, I have the CR and gears. This one has the 110 LSA.

ttps://www.lunatipower.com/voodoo-hydraulic-flat-tappet-cam-lifter-kit-chevrolet-small-block-276-284.html

 

What type of support would you need from them if buying through Jegs?
If it’s not machined properly to fit cam bearings, or it won’t degree in, you send it back to Jegs.
Just speculation on my part, but maybe the cam wasn’t in enough demand to continue producing it.
Could be due to workforce issues over the past two years. Again, just speculation on my part.
But, just like when you “have a feeling” about any transaction with a private party, best to follow your instincts and find a substitute.