51 ford flathead cam question

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whiterguy

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What are the advantages of installing a street cam and which one is recommened? The flathead is stock but does have a 4-barrel carb and a msd dist. THanks in advance
 
What's the engine in? Stock heads/compression ratio, stock cam is hard to beat for bottom end torque. This is where it spends most of it time.
Best bang for buck = higher compression. This will nicely bump up the torque in the real world street driving.
Wether you get it from cut heads or aftermarket, it's your money.
I guess you haven't got John's (Jwl) book, flathead facts, if not get it. Good back to back dyno stuff on all sorts of combinations. Could save you a bunch of cash.
Martin.
 
I absolutely second Martin's opinion on this. JWL's book really opened my eyes on a bunch of things, and I believe it is the most important tome anyone considering "Hopping Up" a flathead should get.
 
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