Hughes cam

[Beekeeper]

Hi everyone,

Taking a break on my own projects to help a friend get his 70 Charger RT back on the road. The engine is ready to go off to the builder but we are having trouble selecting a cam.

My friend wants the engine to have slightly more power than the original HP 440 had, tons of low end, high vacuum for power brakes, good drive ability in heavy traffic with a slightly lumpy idle if possible.

My question is...has anyone used Hughes Cams for an application like this with good success? I hear great things about their cams but it's always from people who did more aggressive builds. I'm a little worried about too steep a ramp causing issues later or not breaking in properly. I'd love to try them but not if the risks are significantly higher than other cam companies with less lift but similar durations.

The builder is a good guy and I trust his opinion but he is more of a Chevy and ford guy so he has never heard of Hughes and keeps steering me to the companies he knows better.

Feedback appreciated. I'd love to hear from folks that have first hand knowledge of Hughes products.

Thanks

[Chryco Psycho]

Hughes carries an OK product but they an be difficult to deal with .
 Lunati VooDoo series offers better grinds IMO  Fast ramp speeds & high lift works great , duration seriously controls the lope & RPM powerband  lift is free so more is better just like a roller cam , 701 or 702 grind will work  well with decent power up grade but decent idle , vacuum & drivablilty .
 so by keeping similar duration with a 114* CL & increasing lift to close to .500 it will work very well .
 All lunati cams can be custom ground as well so you can get the same lobe spec but with a higher CL / increased lobe seperation so you can go up to 114 or 115* CL using agressive lobes so this will keep the powerband low with good idle .
 I would recommend using a 3 bolt cam & a billet roller timing chain such as the JP performance one with multiple keyways to correct the installed CL like this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/JP-Performance-JP5606T-Billet-Double-Roller-Timing-Chain-Mopar-361-440-3-Bolt-/221716641498
 The factory Magnum cam was
Duration: 268/284 Degrees
Duration @0.050 228/241 degrees
Overlap: 46 Degrees
Center line: 115 Degrees
Lift:
Intake: 0.450"
Exhaust: 0.458"

[cudabob496]

what about a Mopar purple cam?

[Chryco Psycho]

40 year old design , lot of duration with minimal lift so no really the best choice anymore

[Beekeeper]

Thanks Chryco. I will check into the Lunati cams.