Should I go solid?
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Racer
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Should I go solid?
I am in the process of building a 396 short block and will be making a cam choice soon. I don't really know yet as to what I want. I have been kicking around the idea of a solid roller, but I'm concerned about the maintenance. It will be a lower compression motor(between 9:1-9.5:1 cr) with a healthy shot of juice. Cam choices??????? Give me some ideas.
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Drifting
Joined: Dec 2002
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Re: Should I go solid? (Dr. Doom)
If you go solid, you will have more maintenance, that's for sure. However, it's not as bad as some of the information you may have heard from the non-roller guys. The roller lifter does definitely help reduce the wear on the cam lobe. If you're planning on running a big cam, I'd definitely go roller. You lose so much airflow with hydraulic lifters on big cams.
As far as cam choice goes, it's impossible to say without knowing what your heads flow, where you want peak horsepower, how wide of a powerband you want (wider power band means you give up peak HP numbers), how much your intake system will flow, etc, etc, etc.
As far as cam choice goes, it's impossible to say without knowing what your heads flow, where you want peak horsepower, how wide of a powerband you want (wider power band means you give up peak HP numbers), how much your intake system will flow, etc, etc, etc.
