[DeTomaso] Wrong cam with Webers....

[Will Kooiman]

That's what I get for quoting a web page.  I have all of the specs at home.

But they were pretty mean sounding with a Holley, and they completely
smoothed out with Webers.

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Will





On 2/8/13 9:14 AM, "B. Seib" <oldwheel at shaw.ca> wrote:

>Actually Will, those cams you're running have an LSA of 110, which is not
>nearly as radical as LSA of 106.
>The ICL for them is 106 not the LSA.
>
>Barry
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>[DeTomaso] Wrong cam with Webers....
>Will Kooiman will.kooiman at gmail.com
>Thu Feb 7 18:58:43 MST 2013
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>I have posted this before, but?
>
>I ran my car with a CompCams 282S and currently with a 294S.
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>These are old school solid lifter cams with "mild rough idle" and "rough
>idle" descriptions.  I don't have the specs handy, but they are on a
>106deg lobe separation and they have a lot of overlap.
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>My car had the usual mean Pantera idle with a Holley.  When I switched to
>Webers, the idle completely smoothed out.  I can't imagine it getting any
>smoother with a wider lobe separation, and to be honest I don't want it
>smoother.
>
>I haven't run it hard (on a dyno) to watch the reversion, but I plan on it
>once I get the car together.
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>My point is that I disagree that a wide LSA is needed with Webers to
>smooth out the idle.  I am sure that it helps with reversion and may make
>more power, but how much smoother can it get?
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>Will
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