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Technical Goodwrench 350 Cam Stories

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Tri-power37, Jul 11, 2019.

  1. Tri-power37
    Joined: Feb 10, 2019
    Posts: 510

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    I am after any camshaft advice from anyone who has upgraded the cam in their Goodwrench 350 or any other smogger 350 for that matter. I know gearing, how much vacuum you need,vehicle weight, etc ,etc all that stuff matters. But I’m just after tales of what cam you used - what you used it in -and how it turned out.
     
  2. I ran the stock cam for maybe a year and a half, long enough to get out of warranty. Then I added a Melling MTC-1, this is Melling’s torque cam or sometimes called an “RV” cam. If you look into the specs on this cam, it’s the same as the Edelbrock Performer cam. It’s not a high RPM screamer, but a great all around cam. Smooth idle, not as smooth as stock, but works great with tall gears, and the less than optimum heads the factory puts on these engines. My engine was in two different vehicles, first was an O/T El Camino, headers, 2-1/2,exhaust, THM 350, and 2.73 gears, second was an O/T 2wd Suburban, manifolds, 2-1/4 exhaust, 700R4, 3.08 gears. It had a Holley Street Dominator intake in both applications and a 600 Edelbrock in the El Camino, and the stock Quadrajet on the Suburban. Either way it ran very good. The cam really woke up the engine. I’m not sure how much more cam you could put in this engine with its stock, 8.5-1 compression ratio. My Goodwrench 350 is currently on my engine stand waiting on another project, I might put some decent heads on it and add more cam and intake, depends on where it lands next. Sorry for the long winded post, keep us posted on how you proceed. Thanks, Andy


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  3. Dan E
    Joined: Nov 8, 2016
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  4. sdluck
    Joined: Sep 19, 2006
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    Compression on these motor I was told was 8.1 or lower
     
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