anyone running the TA-25 cam 218-228. was wondering about the cams characteristics like idle quality, low end torque and mid and upper rpm power.
This doesn't help but a few years back there was a youtube vid of a 66 GS I believe in France or Sweden?? Car was black and had a 200 Kilometer speedo?? The guy was running a 401 2 speed with a TA-25 cam, TA Rockers, and headers I think??. It had 2:93 gears. Car idled decent and I remember it having good manners as he got on it on the back roads. I remember thinking I could live with that cam with no problem.. Iv'e been trying to find it but can't.
While we are talking about camshafts, does anyone know the duration at .050 for the Nailhead 1368091 cam?
i was just reading about that this morning in old threads. 207-207 was one measurement and i think Walt had it at 209-208. i also read 209-209 some where else so either way close enough.
I recently started a fresh 425 with this cam on my test stand. Very good idle characteristics with a slight lope and good throttle response. Unfortunately it is not yet installed in the car to get road test results.
Rhett ran the TA-25 in his 2017 build. There's a start-up video too. He did report the lift wasn't up to the advertised numbers. https://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/new-motor.317976/page-3
Hey guys - just as a clarification, I ran the TA 25 when Tom and I first built the motor. When I went in and changed a few things, I went with a Cam Craft 218/222. I did like the 25 but had to dial back the duration for pure stock rule compliance. I still have it, and eventually it'll be going back in. I ran the 13.85 on the Camcraft cam, I never got the 25 to the strip. Also, I've come to realize that cams not only from TA but other grinders too often deviate as much as that 25 did. I talked to Schnieder about a C118 cam I have, they told me they were frustrated because they would send the real specs over to TA, but TA would issue a card that basically matched their catalogue...
Something is telling me its this car? I don't remember the exhaust cutouts and wood steering wheel. I think I remember the Skylark hood. It also wasn't a music theme video like this one, it was another just a drive around on open roads video to where they mentioned the TA-25 cam and TA rockers and the 2:93's in the info section.
Rhett is going to try and post a video i did with my 67 440 Newport 4400 lbs with me in it with only 2.94 gears. just trying to show with the right combo you can build a nice street car. just ran it till it shifts to 3rd gear. watch the tach gives an ideal how it revs and the speedometer is right on. race-tech pistons with 9.5 compression. heads are stock non hp heads which is 1.60 exhaust valve and not the 1.74 ones. no porting but a great valve job with better springs. i put in a factory 11" converter stock is 12". gives an extra 300-400 rpm stall. since then i took the 750 edelbrock with a stock ported intake. now has a 800 avs2 with a edelbrock rpm performer made a difference avs2 added of the line throttle response and rpm intake helping in the upper rpm's. sorry had to post this after seeing the 1966 video.
Rhett, thank you that's why i asked you to post it i didn't know how lol. if you can't see am shifting at about 5200 rpms and speedo reads 90 mph. no headers, comp fast ramp cam 217-221 on a 110 lsa. yea it's a boat as you can see.
That's a good running boat! I saw that french GS video before. Love that car! Anyone have a cam card for the TA-25?
And in most instances probably true but this was an older cam I was trying to get a card for. TA wasnt able to provide.
Thanks for posting the cam card Rhett! I did a Dyno 2003 comparison with it against a Comp Cams Extreme Energy XE262 (218-224 duration with custom 208* LSA), they're near identical. Tho I may do a mech lifter version of the Comp cam, I'll have to talk to Comp this week and order. They have a 15% off sale till 12/31 for custom grinds. This'll be for the silver 4 speed GS I got from George almost 20 years ago. You guys remember George? (67 StagedPower) Also want to get a new cam for my Blue 66 to get rid of the annoying big 244/244-108 Isky .... thinking of the XE268 (230-236-110).
I don't care. It's got Buick, beautiful color, 66 body, nailhead music, all girl rock band, Buick. nailhead, girls, Buick. Buick. Buick ... (fade music, as car disappears in distance...) And the Chevelle guys have what, exactly?
https://youtube.com/shorts/0OXB5wYZNH4?si=1z5eD3-hkHH1vLmL only took me 2 hours to post this lol. my point of showing this is you don't have to go crazy to build a nice street car. you can cruise at 65 mph with 2.94 gears, no lumpy over sized cam no over size valves to lose low end power. need the right combo with not loosing your low end torque. yea your not going to make power over 5500 rpms but who cares on the street. just think if it was 600 lbs lighter at 3800 lbs
