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Reply #15 – January 22, 2009, 06:21:36 PM

Quote from: grutinator;252404

btw, its a billet hydraulic roller cam.

Ah ok. I thought Jay would have sugested a solid roller cam. Then again I bet that you'll be doing most of your driving on the street so the solid roller probably isn't worth the added maintinance. I bet you'll love the engine. I've heard nothing but praise for Jay and his cams.

Quote from: EricCoolCats;252998

Finally...someone that gets it. :)

Ah the Canfields. They are great heads. I'm going to use those when ever I decide to do another engine :D

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Reply #16 – January 22, 2009, 06:56:12 PM

The guy that designed the Canfield heads did the machine work on my heads. He's something else. I have a hook-up for Canfields also, whenever I get around to doing another engine...they're local to me.

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Reply #17 – January 22, 2009, 07:45:21 PM

thunder, i'll be doing about 50/50 street/strip, while i wanted this to be about as fast as it could be, i didnt want to loose any streetabilty. i bought the valvetrain from jay, so they're not cheapo lifters, they can handle the springs and the cam jay made me. if it were a 100% strip car sure, but i dont want to mess with solid lifters.

and yeah, i never even heard about canfields till i delt with jay. once a started to learn the dynamics of heads and what sounds like itll make power and what actually will, i was sold with these heads. it made me think i was crazy going back and looking at the heads i was thinking about running. as soon as shes up and running ill let you know how she does :evilgrin:

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Reply #18 – January 23, 2009, 11:36:15 AM

Quote from: grutinator;253076

thunder, i'll be doing about 50/50 street/strip, while i wanted this to be about as fast as it could be, i didnt want to loose any streetabilty. i bought the valvetrain from jay, so they're not cheapo lifters, they can handle the springs and the cam jay made me. if it were a 100% strip car sure, but i dont want to mess with solid lifters.

and yeah, i never even heard about canfields till i delt with jay. once a started to learn the dynamics of heads and what sounds like itll make power and what actually will, i was sold with these heads. it made me think i was crazy going back and looking at the heads i was thinking about running. as soon as shes up and running ill let you know how she does :evilgrin:

I figured that he would get ya lifters that would do the job;) I'd want hydraulic too. Some how having to remove the upper intake to adjust the valves every few month doesn't sound like fun :hick:

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Reply #19 – January 23, 2009, 12:33:53 PM

Jay's hydraulic rollers will rev (provided you get the associated springs & lifters)! I have one in a 347 w/canfields (the old 192 castings) which has a shift point of 6,900. The lifters are the Comp Lifters (non link bar) which Jay sells, with a shim added. The deciding factor for me between H/R & S/R was: the stock block. 7,000+ on a regular basis with a late model block is asking for trouble.

Jay's cam cards (or sheet) are great! He tells you peak power, shift points, crossing rpm (at the end of the strip) and maximum RPM. I've found them to be pretty accurate.

Once it's running, you're going to have a BLAST!

The only draw back I found from putting in his combination was the upgrades I had to do to the rear end and rear suspension. The power was too much for the Auburn differential (31 spline), so I went with a spool. The rear suspension was circa 1993 (South Side Machine lowers, Ford Motorsports uppers & an air bag) fine for a low 12 second car, but a bit lacking for low 11's/high 10's. Team Z upper relocation kit and adjustable lowers went in this fall. Soon an ARB.