As some of you might know I bought an 1983 Malibu Wagon for my wife. I am getting a good used low mileage 350 from a friend and we are going to do the basic freshing up before it goes in. I am seriously considering sticking a cam in while we are at it since summit has their cams on sale ($80 with lifters). I am considering this

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=SUM-K1102&autoview=sku

Will I need to run a stall with this?

The Comp Cams Thumper 279H says it is stock stall safe. It looks to be a more agreesive cam then this to me.

I can get a B&M stall that is 500 over stock (whatever that makes it) for my Turbo 350, still new for $100 on craigslist locally.

I'm not worried with making power, I just want to make it talky.

This will bring my budget to get the car on the road up to $800.

 

man just build that baby put a nasty cam while your doing it and a big stall and get some tires and lets see that baby roll! or wait just burn the tires off that are on there but get vids!

 

HAHA, maybe one day. For now it needs to be a tame hotrod daily driver. I might still get another one for me to drive, or keep this one and get her another one.

We both like older cars, and the attention you get driving them around. My wife likes vehicles to be loud and sound fast. Can't say that I blame her.

 

ha sounds just like my wife.

 

B&M torkmaster 2000 $109 at jegs.com

 

Any body wanna answer the question I asked?

 

no, this is not a radical cam at all and no you don't "need" a converter . I had a similar cam in a 327 with a holley 600 and made right around 300hp and had very good manners. I had a small converter in a 350 and it pulled hard.

 

I honestly like the feel of around a 2500 stall. I think it makes a vehicle a lot funner to drive IMO. I like the looseness. Like right now my 80e stall is tight and too low of a stall apeed and I really dont like it.

 

Thank you!

I don't really want alot of cam, like I said, I just want the sound. However, I just found out a friend has a set of vortec heads with a fresh rebuild, for $175. It's got me thinking hard!

My buddy that was getting me a motor, is having trouble getting me the old style motor. Looks like I will be getting a (what the salvage/core industry calls) a center bolt head engine, 87-95 truck motor. He knows he has some with low mileage on the yard.

 

I know little about SBC. However, by description of the cam, its operating range is 1500 to 4000 rpms. I wouldnt think you would need a larger converter. Maybe if the cam went 2000 to 5500 rpms or so.