[Healeys] What Cam?

[Michael Salter]

BIG lifters I guess!!!

Michael Salter
100 (1953) #174
AHX12 (1953)
Bugeye (1961)
http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?p=432


-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
Sent: February 18, 2009 7:23 PM
To: Greg Lemon
Cc: healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] What Cam?

Dang, that's a heavy cam!!! 

;) 


bs 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Lemon" <glemon at neb.rr.com> 
To: "healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:15:13 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] What Cam? 

I rebult my hundred motor to M spec including increasing the compression 
ratio from the stock 7.5/1 to 8.5, the only thing I did not do was go with 
the bigger M carbs, used an M cam. I got better gas mileage going from the 
low 20s on the highway to high 20s, 28 29 mpg. 

Lightened flywheel as well to about 29 pounds, no issues with lumpy idle or 
loss of low end torque, the M cam is very conservative, their may be better 
grinds out there now for HP, but the M is tried and true and if you don't 
want to compromise driveability the M cam is a good choice. 

The M cam is 40 plus pounds stock (42? don't recall exactly), taking 10-12 
pounds out of it will not result in any more wear and tear or fatigue on the

tranny. 

Greg Lemon 
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