cam question?

[Poley]

which cam would I suggest for the best torque and some hp gains?

[J4GRAND]

A lot of us here have had good luck with the Summit K8600. I have over 6k miles on my rebuilt 360 and love the low end grunt and response.

[Al Johnson]

I've got the K8600 as well, and concur that it works well. Can't beat the value pricing, either. I've got torque from idle on up, and HP to boot. (Okay, I understand the torque/HP relationship, but you know what I mean.)

I'm happy with it.

Basic specs on the K8600:
@ .050, 214° intake, 224° exhaust, lobe separation 114° (if I remember correctly. Maybe it was 112°.) Lift just under .500.

Al

[Knucklehead]

Anyone run the comp cams XE series in an amc motor. I ran a XE268h in a chevy 327. I was amazed at the torque that little motor had with that cam. It was lopey due to the 110 LSA but did not have the top end I would have expected. Has a very agressive lobe profile for a hydraulic cam, enough so to make the lifters sound like a solid cam. Seat duration is 268 degrees and the duration at .050 is (I think) 230 0r 236 degrees on intake. I think they are ground to mimick a roller profile as much as possible.

[kreb]

i had a full rebuild with the summit cam and love the low end power. it is a good cam. i seem to go flat right at 60 mph but i think that is due to a poor running 2bbl and some vac problems. i think the consensus of the users was good overall, though too smalll for the 401

benjamin

[badaboom]

I run the High Energy Competition Cams .268 HYD. and related components and have been very happy with this cam. I also like Engle cams. This is all I have run in all my motors thus far.

The engle(solid) was in a 327 chevy.
HE CC in a AMC 360.

Good luck with your selection

[Poley]

thanks guys

[skid2964]

Does anyone have specs on the Summit K8600? I looked on the Summit web site. All I see is base specs, I want valve lift, lobe separation and measurements @ .050, etc ....