Hey everyone,
So -- the 360 in my Challenger has been diagnosed as being pretty far gone. Well...not too far gone, but too far gone to repair. It's a strong candidate for a full on rebuild, but that's not happening yet.
Anyway -- I've found a good deal on a 360 from an 89 250 series van. It has the 308 casting heads, and is a fuel injected engine.
I'm not going to be keeping the fuel injection system. I'll be replacing the top end with my Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and having the 308 heads worked a little bit. For the sake of driving the car soon, and knowing that I'm likely going to have my current LA motor reworked in the next few years, I'm not planning on doing anything to the block of the new motor.
My question is: what kind of cam should I look for? I'm looking for something that I can drive regularly, to and from work, errands, etc. I'm looking to make my Challenger as much of a daily driver as I can at the moment.
I understand that those motors are fairly weak. The car needs too much body to justify a call to Carolina Machine Engines for one of their motors at this point. An investment of about $1500 is going to be a pretty good temporary solution for me. At this point, dropping the new motor as is, with my intake/carb is an option. I just figured, while I had the intake off, heads can be pulled and a cam can be swapped.
Not worried about installation, as a friend of mine will be helping out. I'm getting the motor for $500 , so I'm hoping to put a grand into the head work and a cam.
With that said, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Thank you!
Topic: Cam recommendations/advice for upgrades to late 80's LA block (Read 4639 times)
