235 update

I have gotten my 235 together and am in the process of swapping bellhousings from the original engine to the new one. It now has a Rochester 2jet from a 77 pontiac v8 w/ trans dapt adapter, bosch copper plus plugs, and a summit 60,000V coil. it has the stock manifolds both intake and exhaust but im considering fenton headers. I would also like to put a cam in it with a lopey to slightly rough idle in it but don't want to move the start of power band much higher than 1500 is there a cam out there for this?? and what are your opinions on this set up?

 

www.12bolt.com ask for Tom or
www.stoveboltengineco.com again, ask for Tom....different guy ( mabey all Tom's know inliners lol)

 

Used to be that every Tom, Dick, and Harry knew inliners

 

Also compared to the setup i have now will camming it help it much? and thank you for the info newfisher

 

Been doing some research of my own cause i couldn't get ahold of either Tom but Patricks sells three different cams all are 3/4 race cams but one is mild which ive heard and sounds nice and the other is "Rumpy" as they call it is it rouger idleing and what would need to be done to run either of the cams? can i get by with factory pushrods and springs or should i upgrade them?

 

I put Patrick's 264 cam in my 1956 235. It sound nice. Not too wild. I am running the stock pushrods and springs and pistons. Patrick told me that he would not sell the "rumpy" cam for street use as it is not friendly for that application.

 

there are some aftermarket high lift rocker arms that have a different ratio. they do something similar to what a cam with higher lift does. the cyl head is the limiting factor on 235,s. The 848 head is the best one. OldWolf

 

I had a 235 inthe wagon. I used langdons cast headers and the 2bbl elec choke set up they offer with the mini HEI distributer. Really woke it up and I'm sure a mild cam would have just been that much better. If you lived in a mild climate, I would split the intake too and run an Offy with dual carbs. Having the elect choke in the NW was a better choice. Either way, headers, dual or 2bbl, a cam and HEI is going to get you better power, driveability and probobly a couple mpgs.