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Originally Posted by Rich Biebel
Hi Dave Colbert......I built a '69 Camaro around 1979. I intended to just bracket race it but was talked into making it a SS/JA by the men at Crow's Head Shop....I soon was working there and did for 10 years. We machined lots of stuff for T/K's and I spoke to Ralph all the time. You might have been there.
The Camaro I built got a cam recommended by Ralph and it was one he said you used with great success. I had a cam reground to those specs. It was a G-K 308......I broke a pile of parts with that cam! Maybe it was because it was a regrind. I tried all kinds of things to stop the breakage but had to get that cam outta there.....I had much better luck with a Cam Dynamics or a Lunati......I never could run with the lead guys but gave it a try.......Best et was 11.18 at 118 around 1981 or 1982. The good cars were dipping into the 10.90's by then...
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By the early 80's a lot of the fast runners were porting and acid etching the heads. I didnt know about it until around 84-85. We never did that stuff on Jim Morgans 428 CJ but he still managed to get around guys like Warren, Weakland, and some other fast 325 HP Camaros and Mustangs in SS/GA. Had to run it like a small block Chev. with 5.86 gears and 8600 RPM in the traps. Jim would say he shut his eyes the last 300 ft so he didnt have to see the tach.