Yes I'm calling today. Let everyone know what we come up with
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Comp cam did not recommend that cam for efi applications, and that was just single component that I seen might have been the reason. Was wrong to try and pick out something out of it just based on their statement
Agreed, if you actually look Summit shows the 395' cam as not being computer compatible yet it came in the 305/350/383 marine engines with EFI, the Ramjet 350 and the HT383.Sometimes they'll make that suggestion for the same single reason. Go on Summit's site and you'll sometimes see itty bitty cams with tight patterns not recommended for EFI, despite the fact that some came stock that way. It's an antiquated line of thinking that only makes sense if you want to stick a donkey dick cam in with tight LSA on an old low-res OBDI speed density car and not tune it which is a terrible idea anyway, the not tuning part.
The 454 HO cam will work with some tuning. That 211 @ 0.050 intake lobe is a baby lobe for a 454. The 305 in my Tahoe had a 218@ 0.050. With the 1.7 rocker arm factored in my 383 in the van has a 222 @ 0.050 intake lobe.Man i have looked at so many cams i did not even realize the cast or billet thing.
I would go with the 454HO cam but i don't know if it works with a computer and has a smooth idle. Probably need bigger injectors and i kinda planned on that anyway and get a tune once i get everything gathered up.
I also already have a adjustable valve train coming.
The last thing i need is a cam and valve springs but it's the biggest PITA ever.
Oh, man. Sounds like short-compression-height "rebuilder" pistons. Even with full compression height, they tend to be .020--.025 below deck; which is not a good thing. The earliest of these engines--the way they were designed--they had .020-ish embossed-steel-shim head gaskets. .025 below deck, plus .020 head gasket = .045 quench/squish distance, about as big as you'd really want.Here is a shot of the pistons for ya. At TDC they sit .035 below deck. I checked 3 and they all were the same.
A good shop will CHECK the rods for roundness and size. If they're properly round and have appropriate bearing crush, there's no need to "resize" them unless the customer wants different rod-bolts. So, no, I would not expect them to "automatically" reman them.I would sure think they did reman the rods. I would think any machine shop would automatically do that.
Last I checked--and it's been years--there were two part numbers for the rotator eliminator shims. One number for regular valve springs, one number for beehive springs. I don't know what the difference is.I do know i will need 16 rotator eliminators measuring .300 thick and clean the heads up slightly to fit.