The cam was basically free and that always makes it worth trying.  I don't want anything too radical or too fast for him until he gets enough seat time to handle it.  Looks like this will work to cut his teeth on.  Thanks again to all of you.

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN

McTim:

I wondered about the "fair idle" also, but that's what the book says.  I wondered how a cam with 108 degrees overlap could idle "fair".  Butch, as I remember, cam grinders used to supply the same cams for 351s as 302s and you had to change to the 302 firing order.  This catalog had a separate column for 351s, but no part number.  You have the cam, might as well try it.  At least if it doesn't work, you'll have an idea which way to go from there.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Thanks everybody for your help.  I'm building a 302 for my grandson to get him started drag racing.  Looks like this would be a good cam to get him going.

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN

John.  Doesn’t look like you need any help.  Your information matches mine and yes on the 107° lobe centerline.  But not sure how they came up with the ‘fair idle’ description and agree with Tim on the idle assessment as that particular cam also looks rather lumpy to me.  Rowdy is probably a better word.

Uses the early firing order or the same as the 289 and the FE engines.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Fair idle? I doubt it.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Almost forgot.  Did your catalog tell the firing order.  I would assume since it's for an early Ford (221-302) that it would use the 302 firing order.

Butch

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN

Thanks John.  The fellow I got the cam from said it had been in his shop for several years.  Looks like it will be a nasty sounding rascal in a small block ford.

Butch

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN

Butch:

My catalog says that cam fits 221-302 Ford.

Intake timing 54-88, exhaust timing 88-54, advertised duration 322, duration @.050-252, clearance .022 intake and .026 exhaust (obviously solid lifter cam), lift .526.  Centerline not given, but it looks to me like 107 degrees.  Ted?  Help here.  Street/strip cam with fair idle.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Thanks Cereal Killer but I tried that already.  There isn't any info there that helps me.  I tried calling there phone number and even took a long shot and tried faxing them, hoping that there might still be somebody there that would fax me back but I got no reply.

Butch

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN

This is not y-block related but, I got a crane cam in a trade that I don't have a clue what it is other than it is supposed to be for a Ford small block.  On the nose it has SS 322 NC and on the other end it has V4678.  I tried calling Crane but like my luck usually runs  I'm a day or so too late.  Does anybody have any literature or know where I could go to tell if it's hydraulic or solid, roller or flat?  Lift, duration, lobe separation and timing events would be nice to know too.  Thanks.

Butch

Butch Lawson

Manchester,  TN