cam?

["95cobra"]

Ok i did it! I ordered the #19 steeda camshaft today form steeda after much much thought and research thanks guy for all your help and advice!

[USMC302]

Originally Posted by 95cobra

yeah i have 1.7 crane energizer rockers, what would you guys suggest for a cam on my 95 cobra i haven't really decided on one to run yet, i really don't want to have a real bad idle problem, what do you guys think?

PS.The energizer rockers are crap. Even Crane will tell you the life expectancy of these is low.Get your money back if there new and spend the extra couple bucks to go with a nice set. If you want to stick with crane, they sell a gold race set that are reliable.

["95cobra"]

well thats good to know, they where in my car when i bought it about three years ago, there 1.7 petestal mount and are for the cobra cars they run for about 200.00, they seem to be in great shape but maybe i'll look into some others.

[Coupe50h]

Sure there is better rockers out there, but i disagree with usmc.
The crane 1.7's are fine, they are actually designed for reliability and daily use.
I laugh at some of my friends that I can beat everytime with their high dollar comp cam rockers, including stud mount's....
I will eventually go with those scorpion rockers if mine do wear out, which im not seeing any noticeable wear, and i have alot of miles on mine.
I mean everything has a low life expectancy if you race hard, and frequently.
Btw, If I had a nice stroker motor like usmc's, of course I would have some stud mount crane golds.

[hrdroc]

can anyone tell me I have gt40p heads that im having ported all the way out as far as they can go I have a stage 1 trick flow cam 499/510 lift, and corba intake with 24lb injectors will this be a good set?

[Coupe50h]

Originally Posted by hrdroc

can anyone tell me I have gt40p heads that im having ported all the way out as far as they can go I have a stage 1 trick flow cam 499/510 lift, and corba intake with 24lb injectors will this be a good set?

Sounds good, please tell me you have upgraded springs on those heads.
but your looking at a possible 300 rwhp through a 5spd, I never dynoed yet, but you should make little more power than my combo below.

[hrdroc]

yes i have upgrade my springs they good up to a .600 lift and I also have suspension work and 3.73 gears,bbk cold air intake and I also having the corba intake port match to the heads. 70mm throttle body and rite now the heads have 1.94 intake valves and 1.54 exhaust valves. So im hoping to see on motor at least some mid to low 11's. Thats what I'm hoping to see and I also have 1.6 ratio roller rockers to go with it....

[rwhite65]

Originally Posted by Coupe50h

I will eventually go with those scorpion rockers if mine do wear out, which im not seeing any noticeable wear, and i have alot of miles on mine.

I also plan on looking at the scorpion rockers when I have to swap my 1.7 trick flows out for a 1.6 version in the spring.
Ryan

[Coupe50h]

hydroc, unless your car is real light, or you can cut a 1.4 60ft, low 11's is tough to do on a n/a 302, unless your reving to 7K+ rpms, And the suspension has to be decked out.
For me to even see low 12's with my combo, I would have to see a low 1.6 60 ft or better.
good luck, keep it updated.

["95cobra"]

hrdroc i would while your at it put on a mass air meter and c&l power pipe with that throttle body, i had a cold air kit on my car then i put the power pipe on with the mass air and i love it, just a suggestion.
your set up sounds alot like mine gt 40 heads and intake fully ported,70mm bbk tb,75mm mass air & power pipe,24lb injectors, 1.7 rockers,4.10 gears,steeda valve spring kit,#19 steeda cam, ram clutch,venom chip.

do you plan on putting a cam in the car?

[hrdroc]

yeah i have a cam trick flow stage 1 499/510 lift i have a mass air meter cold air intake 24lb injectors 70mm i have 1.6 roller rockers cause i dont know the clearance of the pistons to valves

["95cobra"]

yeah i didnt see the cam in your thread, i'm running the steeda cam with a 516 lift with 1.7's everyone i have talked to said i should be good, even my local mustang shop but i still feel like i'm taking a chance. i haven't got my motor all back together and running yet so i hope i see some good numbers to.!

[hrdroc]

yeah i wanted to use 1.7's but by my lift being 499/510 with 1.6 rockers 1.7's i think is going to be too much and i might not have the clearance i need but u should see some good numbers

[USMC302]

Originally Posted by Coupe50h

Sure there is better rockers out there, but i disagree with usmc.
The crane 1.7's are fine, they are actually designed for reliability and daily use.
I laugh at some of my friends that I can beat everytime with their high dollar comp cam rockers, including stud mount's....
I will eventually go with those scorpion rockers if mine do wear out, which im not seeing any noticeable wear, and i have alot of miles on mine.
I mean everything has a low life expectancy if you race hard, and frequently.
Btw, If I had a nice stroker motor like usmc's, of course I would have some stud mount crane golds.

FWIW, the dowl pins at the end were the problem I had with mine, they were sliding out of place and Crane told me this was a sign of the end of there lifespan. Of course, Crane also knew I was going to spend more money with them...... I probably had 6 or 7k miles on them before I tore everything down for the 331, that's when I noticed them. Glad I did because those little dowel pins in the motor = disaster. Good luck either way!

[Coupe50h]

I never knew rockers had "dowels".?

hydroc, I heard of people using 1.7's with that cam, and stock pistons, but i would do some more research.

[hrdroc]

Yeah I know I called Trick Flow and they was telling me that they know 1.6's would work and will give you that lift of the cam. But 1.7's will take up the lift .030 on the intake and the exhaust being intake .499 to .529 and exhaust being .510 to .540... So they told me that I had to check the clearance and myself and go from there. But I was hoping that someone would know and would be able to tell me for sure if they will work....

[USMC302]

Rockers

LOL, ok, ok, the Needle bearing fulcrum. Just thought I would lose some people here. Here's a pic as well.

[hrdroc]

with thi set what type of after market intake would work good with this....any suggestions

[USMC302]

What's wrong with your current cobra intake? IMO, for what you have, that's a suffice intake.

[Coupe50h]

LOL, I knew you had to be kiddin around, I was thinking, you must be talking about fulcrum as well, i can see how that would wear down.

Another vote for the cobra, but the typhoon is a good choice, inexpensive, and will flow a little better.

Im surprised no one else has chimed in on the tfs/1.7 combo, I know for a fact someone here has used this combo, I remember asking if they would clear since i almost got a tfs1 cam, but instead went with the e-cam, and someone told me they ran this with stock pistons, i know of some guys running an x-cam with stock pistons, yea it's close, one missed shift, and over rev motor, valve meets piston.