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Judging by the missing lug-nuts, I think the centerlines are on there just to hold the front-end up. Man, I love to see those cars being restored, the kellison J-5's/6's and the devins really evoke a very special time in automotive history, when indy cars were still built by racers rather than corporations, T/F cars ran blocks from the auto-wreckers, and anything seemed possible.

Why bother with the flat tappet ??? It will probably go flat before you get the car to the dragstrip-- A solid roller is a much better choice, plus you can make 40 to 50 MORE HORSEPOWER too JOE SHERMAN RACING ENGINES

Realistically, I can't imagine that a cam optimized for the induction, heads, desired RPM range, etc. and designed to be no harder on the valvetrain, could fail to gain 60 HP or more plus a ton of torque over any of these ancient pieces..

those are nice! _________________ have some racing parts or ENGINES for sale? Auxoo online auctions -

i would definetly use the .060" Shim to be safe ! however, all the #462 castings i've ported for SuperStock i mill spring seats 1.635 OD-> 1st= i use a modified 1.560" od cutter with a .060" corner radius custom ground into that blade 2nd= then i put a .060" thick Shim on the seat and come back with a 1.635" OD Cutter with a custom ground .060 corner radius those 2 cutter radius blend...

GregGood wrote: Is the cam black in between the lobes? If so it's induction hardened. they'er pretty hard, and I've seen several flake in the past. I don't run them at all. The black is induction hardened? I like the 8620 which all I have seen is gold & I like the 8660 I beleive it is which is natural inbetween the lobes with a nice radius (Lunati with everwear gear)

WOW ! Your engine runs great ! What did you do to the 462 heads to make that much H.P. ? Could I do it with 461 heads ?

6T6 wrote: Camking Is this done on a "regular" cast core or do you have "special" cores - K15, P55 for the fords? Seems a little big. Just asking because I don't know squat about cams except what I read in the mags. Thanks for the input. There is'nt as good of a selection of cores for the Fords, compared to te SBC. That's why I recommend my "Centa Lube" lifters. The larger...

Engines from around 360 to 420 seem to be more within their element at the EMC for whatever reasons. As with most things, there are a few exceptions.

Vintrcr wrote: Very familiar with the GM 140 cam, but felt we would be leaving just too much considering the heads on the engine. Not sure about the availability of the "second design" GM cam. Both are readily available as clones from Elgin, but can't imagine you would actually want to use either.