As long as you have an overall plan,
the cam's the heart of the motor.
But it has to work with the rest of it- there's no point
in a 300 degree, 12mm cam if you're going to run
stock carburetion and exhaust.
There's no point in 4" exhaust tubing if
you run a stock cam.
And so on... you have to look at flow from the air inlet through the
tailpipe...
As you've said, putting on a package of improvements
can really wake up a motor- and if you keep your
wits about you, you can do a significant
amount of good with not much loss in drivability.
Sounds like fun!
Toby
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From: Alvin Gogineni <gogineni.alvin@gene.com>
> I'm a believer in cams and exhaust. For the longest time I thought they were
> gimmicks. Turns out they do make a difference! I feared that modifying the
> valvetrain would make the SR have an undriveable idle, and poor low-end
> performance. I wasn't even expecting noticeable power gains.I was wrong! If
> it's possible to fall in love with your roadster all over again, I'm doing
> it!
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