Isn't it amazing

pmuller9 · Sep 20, 2015

gsjohnny1 said: ↑

so the methods(s) you are going to build your engine will be better and faster than how the nhra stockers build/blueprint their engines to the nth degree.
food for thought for all, some of those nhra stockers make a living doing it. day in, day out. and they ain't stupid!
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No!
Don't even go there!

Gary Farmer said: ↑

In a nutshell, my objective is to maximize longevity while producing as much power and efficiency out of the engine as possible. It wouldn't even have to be the Federal Mogul CS647 cam, though it is a good foundation and any custom cam would need to be very similar to it...which is why unless you go roller, you might as well just stick with that cam, since a custom cam wouldn't really improve the engine much to warrant it, providing the engine was optimized around the camshaft.

So I lean towards either the Federal Mogul CS647 cam, or a roller version of it. I'll most likely stick with the (much) less expensive flat tappet Federal Mogul cam, since it will be on par with a realistic street engine that anyone could put to use and not spend a fortune building it (though investing some money in a roller cam is wise--but not necessary when using the Federal Mogul cam--with an engine that lasts so long).

Though there's a lot of Buick 350's still out there and can be had cheap, there will come a day when this isn't necessarily the case. The engines are a finite resource, and they will eventually get used up.

Preservation of history and the wonderfully engineered machine that is the Buick 350 is a high priority for me.

Gary
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Gary Farmer · Sep 20, 2015

Thanks Paul. I wasn't even going to dignify it with a response.

I could say more, but I'll be a nice guy.

Gary

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Isn't it amazing

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