[FWDLK] RB 383 cam
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[FWDLK] RB 383 cam



Hello all, I tore into the '60 Saratoga engine today, an RB 383, and as I suspected from the symptoms, it has a wiped camshaft.  One lobe is just a little nubbin', and two others are clearly half what they should be.  Seems like a simple cam swap is in order except of course for the small matter of early B/RB lifters and pushrods being different dimensions from the later ('66 and later?) stuff.  From a previous experience with putting a cam and lifter kit into a '65 engine, I think I recall that the late lifters are taller, and must use the late pushrods to compensate.  I could have it backwards, but in any case, I think the solution to using a late cam and lifter kit is using the late pushrods too.  I have several core 440 engines and I'm thinking, make a cam selection, buy the late style lifters with it, and use a set of the 440 pushrods (being that both my '60 383 and the 440's are RB engines with the same deck height).  Comments/cautions/suggestions?  This is not my hot rod and I plan to go with a pretty mild cam.

Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana, harboring of bunch of old and newer Mopars

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