Hi, I am putting together a stock shortblock 302 with afr heads and a stage one turbo kit from HP and want some opinions on a good cam that would work well with this setup....The first thing that came to mind was the f-303 cam being very low cost and having a good reputation for fast times on turbo motors. Let me know what you guys think i should look into.

Thanks, Nick

 

I am wondering this same question.

 

stock cam

 

im with him, this question has been asked a couple times, and each time- the stock cam will crack your block just as much as any other one will. if you already have the stock one in there keep it, if you have somehting lying around, then throw it in there, but i wouldnt spend money on a cam when it can go to other parts

zach

 

Yeah, what he said. Stock cam will get the job done. F,E,B-cams also work well. Keep it simple and basic.

 

this question has only been asked about 6,000,000,000,000,000 times on this board and the answer is always that the stock cam will do. so will the F303, so will the E303, so will the G303 so will the R303, Q303, just about any comp cam, crane cam, lunati cam, custom grind cam, roller cam, flat tappet cam, solid cam, over head cam, pnuematic cam, etc...

 

I brought back mr turbo to answer this question haha

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I was wondering the same thing. I have a lunati 51025, 224/232 .535/. 544 @112 deg, and was not sure if I needed to pull it out or not.

 

I have also read that the Tirck Flow 1 cam works well and can be bought cheap

 

Any cam but that one will work

 

Won't using a stock cam be a waste of a set of AFR heads?

And who wants a cam that works "fine" , "good", or "will do".

I should think that any power hungry mustang fan would want a cam that works great. I think that that is why this question comes up so much. Ya this cam works but will this one work better?

 

Your right, but here is the thing, any cam mentiond will make enough power to split the stock block in two. So why waste your money on a cam?

 

Exactly, I was just curious if mine was going to hurt more than help. I know for a fact Im going to split the block in half.

 

for me is driveability that I am looking for. That is why I like the stock cam. However I have a 94 cobra cam and switching to TW heads with 1.6 rr vs. 1.7 rr seems like would hurt things since the cobra cam was designed for 1.72rr's.

 

The game is not to split the block but see how fast you can go BEFORE that happens.
I am in the same boat(stock block)with a pile of stuff to go faster
but I am trying to go 9.99 with the stocker and not tear it up,then the Dart block
goes to the machine shop.

 

Unless you already have different cam, I wouldn't use anything other than a stock cam if using a stock block.

 

thanks for the info guys.....i think we will probly end up going with either the f-cam or somthing compareable......as soon as the block splits an aftermarket block will be put in....and then making too much power for the block won't be an issue so therefore i might as well get the cam now as im putting everything else toghether.

 

When your stock block cracks, I seriously doubt the cam will be salvageable. If you don't already have it it's a bad idea to buy a cam or anything else for that matter to use in the stock shortblock.

 

Stock cam works great, if you want any other cam, choose based off where you want your powerband to be. Street car? Strip only? What shift point you aiming for? etc. With the AFR's, I'd prolly throw in any cam that'll keep the main power in the upper rpm's and hope to not blow the block into a billion pieces when ripping shifts at 6200

 

Seems like the normal thing to do...unless you like wasting money!