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New here and looking forward to gain some suggestions on my 67' Fast Back barracuda. Originally a slant six 904 now is slowly becoming a 360 727. Complete budget build and low spectrum of budget as in Soldiers pay with a family type budget. Goal is a fun reliable street car. Current situation is I have the motor out and cleaning up the nasty engine bay getting ready to drop in the 360. However, I couldn't leave well enough alone and just decide today that I was going to pull the cam out of it and possibly install Comp's XE256. Why the 256 well my parts combination is quite mild. I have a low mileage RV 360 1971 motor that someone rebuilt at some point with fresh 973 318 heads. Not the ideal head I know and will probably choke it down substantially. But has harden seats most likely being made 75' thru 83' 1.78-1.50 valves. I should have the benefit of great velocity and a little compression but lack the flow. The 256 should in theory scavenge the exhaust better and with 340 exhaust manifolds should get me to around 250-275HP maybe 300ft LBS respectively. This is all just a complete estimate on my part. Going with the orange box ignition and has a 71/4 2.76 one leg. Sorry for the long intro. What do you guys think?
New here and looking forward to gain some suggestions on my 67' Fast Back barracuda. Originally a slant six 904 now is slowly becoming a 360 727. Complete budget build and low spectrum of budget as in Soldiers pay with a family type budget. Goal is a fun reliable street car. Current situation is I have the motor out and cleaning up the nasty engine bay getting ready to drop in the 360. However, I couldn't leave well enough alone and just decide today that I was going to pull the cam out of it and possibly install Comp's XE256. Why the 256 well my parts combination is quite mild. I have a low mileage RV 360 1971 motor that someone rebuilt at some point with fresh 973 318 heads. Not the ideal head I know and will probably choke it down substantially. But has harden seats most likely being made 75' thru 83' 1.78-1.50 valves. I should have the benefit of great velocity and a little compression but lack the flow. The 256 should in theory scavenge the exhaust better and with 340 exhaust manifolds should get me to around 250-275HP maybe 300ft LBS respectively. This is all just a complete estimate on my part. Going with the orange box ignition and has a 71/4 2.76 one leg. Sorry for the long intro. What do you guys think?
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If this is the cam http://www.compcams.com/Company/CC/c...x?csid=84&sb=0 it should work fine, your combination being what it is get the springs also. Also make sure your intake is for a 318 not a 360, if you use a 360 the runners are larger than 318 ports.
Personally I would look for a set of 360 heads to go though first, this will give more performance than the cam.
Personally I would look for a set of 360 heads to go though first, this will give more performance than the cam.
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I would have just left it alone for now and put it in the car......
Get that old coffee can out and start building another motor while I enjoyed driving the car for now.... Just my 2 cents..
Have fun with it.... Keep us posted..... Thank you for your service's..
Get that old coffee can out and start building another motor while I enjoyed driving the car for now.... Just my 2 cents..
Have fun with it.... Keep us posted..... Thank you for your service's..
