anyone got any advice on getting a after market marine cam?
I would like to get a little more torque out of a pair of 454's

Thanks

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:25:11 -0500, wrote:

anyone got any advice on getting a after market marine cam?
I would like to get a little more torque out of a pair of 454's

Thought you were talking about a web cam until I got to the second
sentence. I'm not sure you can do much to improve torque with a cam
shaft. Can you bore them out? Probably more effective if so.

wrote:
anyone got any advice on getting a after market marine cam?
I would like to get a little more torque out of a pair of 454's

A 454 is a 454 so I suppose a heftier automotive race
cam would provide you more torgue, but you have to
account for changes in timing, fuel delivery and such
to really make it work properly. It might not be all
that advantageous in terms of time and money.

I would think a prop change would be of more benefit
for those engines than a cam change.

Why do you need the extra power?

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
wrote:
anyone got any advice on getting a after market marine cam?
I would like to get a little more torque out of a pair of 454's

A 454 is a 454 so I suppose a heftier automotive race
cam would provide you more torgue, but you have to
account for changes in timing, fuel delivery and such
to really make it work properly. It might not be all
that advantageous in terms of time and money.

I would think a prop change would be of more benefit
for those engines than a cam change.

Why do you need the extra power?

Come to think of it, you'd also need to change props
anyway - I'd try the props first.

The auto hi performance sources have marine products as well. Try
summit and jegs. If what you want is really more torque at low rpm's
you may have to be satisfied with what you have. Most factory cans do
pretty well in that regard. Aftermarket cams tend to develop more
power at higher rpm's. In any case to get the most bang you probably
need cam, carb, and exhaust. Once you start down that path at some
point you'll start wanting a pair of 502's :-)

On Feb 12, 11:56 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
wrote:
anyone got any advice on getting a after market marine cam?
I would like to get a little more torque out of a pair of 454's

A 454 is a 454 so I suppose a heftier automotive race
cam would provide you more torgue, but you have to
account for changes in timing, fuel delivery and such
to really make it work properly. It might not be all
that advantageous in terms of time and money.

I would think a prop change would be of more benefit
for those engines than a cam change.

Why do you need the extra power?

Come to think of it, you'd also need to change props
anyway - I'd try the props first.