I remember running that cam with a 6 pack set up many many years ago. I only got it dialed in to awesome with the addition of the stall converter. i think i went with something around 2500. Derrick Brown 63 Sport Fury, 4 Speed, 426mw On Sep 18, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Gary Futrell wrote: > I was thinking the same thing on the converter. > > Gary F. > > > > On 9/18/12, Jason Rhoades <Jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> You might consider a 2500 rpm stall converter to match up with that >> configuration. Ask a professional converter company of course!! >> Just my penny. >> >> Sent from my Motorola ATRIX™ 4G on AT&T >> >> >> -----Original message----- >> From: Gary Futrell <gary.futrell@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: "1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tue, Sep 18, 2012 22:01:01 GMT+00:00 >> Subject: Re: Looking for cam selection help >> >> I've been thinking about using a Mopar Performance 484 cam for my 63 Sport >> Fury . Don't know how everyone else does with this cam ? It's a stock 73 >> 440 with forged crank. I have a ported set of milled 906 heads to increase >> the CR. I will probably run 3.55 gears. >> >> By the way , found another 65 BB 727 today to go with it. Went ahead and >> grabbed it since they're not so easy to find. >> >> >> Gary F >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, Bill Parker wrote: >>> -------Original Message------- >>> >>> Yah, the piston people asked me that question and I wasn't sure what to >>> say. My son wants me to build an E85-only motor and suggested a CR of >>> 13.5 >>> - 1 ... but I don't think I want to do that. Others have suggested 10 - >>> 1. >>> The piston folks say they can build me whatever CR I want. So perhaps >>> this needs to be changed to a question about CR ... so I could use some >>> help here as I have no idea how to figure that out. >>> >>> I have a 3:55 gear in the backend, my tire size will be different than >>> what >>> they are now ( haven't decided for sure yet ), and I don't know the >>> exact >>> weight of the car. >>> >>> Jeez ... this is harder than when I picked out the cam for my poly ... >>> just >>> used what Gary P said to use :-) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Brian >> >> Running a mostly stock '64 413 ahead of a 4 speed and 3.23 gear in my '62 >> Belvedere 2 door sedan around '73 or so, I put in an advertised "280 degree >> .480 lift" Crane cam. Flat top pistons, headers, mostly running a single >> 750 AFB. The cam was probably a bit too small and the gears too. I tried >> 4.56's for a bit and that sucked, I was driving between Ft. Campbell and >> here on some of my days off to hang with the family. The car ran great, >> nearly as smooth as stock, but I always felt like I left some on the table. >> It was my daily driver right I joined the army, and then saw the occasional >> street race on US 41A between Ft. Campbell and Hopkinsville, but no formal >> racing. >> >> The engine for my current '62 is a 413 max wedge block which had been bored >> out to 426 .030 size. (440 someone mentioned would be .140 over I think, >> probably impossible). The machinist going over it said the pistons were so >> loose that I would have some rattle but it would live for cruising duty. We >> talked to Indy cylinder head right up the road about maybe cleaning up the >> bores to go 426 .040 over, they said they would waste my money on sonic >> checking if I insisted but don't do it. So....I sprang for the sleeves back >> to stock 413, and had Ross custom make pistons. The stock '62 max wedge >> heads have 87 cc chambers and my chambers checked out within 1 cc >> throughout. The car is (according to Darrell Davis info) originally a >> 13.5:1 car, but I just didn't want to do that, I wanted to be able to cruise >> some, a little bracket racing, etc. So I asked them to build the pistons to >> make a static CR of 10.5:1. BTW those were $830 several years ago, I sold >> the 426 domed pistons to a list member to help out some on that. Its a 3 >> speed T-85 car but I got it (from Roland Osborne) with a four speed in it, >> and the original 3.91 rear axle. Tires 275R60X15. It had headers when I >> >> -- >> -- >> -- >> Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- >> directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and >> negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended >> recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using >> the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. 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