maximum valve lift

[import convert]

i got a ford E cam now

oh yea this engine itll go on will have ported heads or aluminums. stock bottom end except for the pistons unless the money shows itself. ill use the edelbrock rpm airgap i have and the holley 600. ill get 3.73s and a 2400 stall. get some roller rockers too and an X-pipe to go with the hooker shorties

im now likeing the howards 22725 torquer cam.

[Southern_Pride]

E6's heads will handle a lot more lift on the lopo shortblock than an e7 will. Valves sit higher in the heads.

[P72Ford]

More lift doesn't mean a whole lot if the heads won't flow worth a damn in the first place.

[import convert]

so ive done some reading and found out that lobe separation can affect engine vacume and how rough the idle is. may not seem like a big deal to some but for me its nice to know.

and yea after some searching and consideration i figure id go with a lunati 51014 cam. i dont need something crazy and with the fact that im porting E7s they probably wont flow good enough for anything else.

[Southern_Pride]

E6's flow close to E7's. Not worth swapping from one to other in my opinion.

[Outlaw440]

E6's flow close to E7's.

Flow isn't the only factor in deciding what's a better head.

Ok, so the E6 flows close to the E7, it's still less. What about the combustion chamber shape/design? Port length/shape/design? MCSA? ACSA? Any experienced flow bench operator can manipulate the testing conditions to produce some flow # that'll razzle and dazzle you.

E7 Heads are better. Period. If they weren't, then why would people here be doing HO conversions? I rest my case.

[Smokestacklightnin]

for all that bother you may as well just find a usable HO or Explorer shortblock. THey both have relieved pistons, and Explorer motors have better heads.

Explorer has a better intake also.

[gadget73]

He's got a carb, so it won't matter much.

[Pirate]

He's got a carb, so it won't matter much.

....but if he bolts the explorer intake to the top of the carb, that will add 40 HP!!!

[gadget73]

hm. I wonder how a single big sidedraft carb bolted in place of the throttle body on an EFI intake would run. Plug the injector bungs up and see how much fuel drops out of the air stream before it hits the cylinders.

[Outlaw440]

hm. I wonder how a single big sidedraft carb bolted in place of the throttle body on an EFI intake would run. Plug the injector bungs up and see how much fuel drops out of the air stream before it hits the cylinders.

Hmm...That'd be an interesting way to skate around some class rules that prohibit EFI....

[91waggin]

It would look retarded.....I like the idea though.