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Originally Posted by Bobby Zlatkin
Rich B., you are correct about the replacement cam for the 270 hp and 283 hp 283 engines not being accepted by Farmer. It was called the 'green stripe' cam by some and the 'Duntov cam' by others.
Farmer Dismuke knew that the posted specs. were short and bounced a few guys that he knew were running the cam right out of the tube. (That's how they used to come from GM)
Supposedly he did it to get GM to submit the correct specs. to the NHRA. I would have hated to have been one of the sacrificial lambs.
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Bobby I did not know that about the solid lifter Duntov cam....
We had a tow car once with that cam in it.........030-.030 lash makes a lot of noise and in a tow car it's no bargain flat towing to various places listening to that all the way!!!
We ran a 220 HP 283 in our sedan delivery....I/SA in 1966 and the original hydraulic cam was superceded by Chevy......We just ran what we got from Chevy and had it in the car all year if my memory serves me right....
On a side note.....We did have Bill Jenkins do a carb for us and it did not work well for us.....Actually it did not work worth a dam and I redid the carb myself.... a Carter- WCFB....We did not run the Rochester.....