what cam size might this be..video.. 67 f100 390

[thebannister8]

this is off of youtube...the guy has a 390 hipo? and it's been awhile since i've built a v8...cams used to be called 1 stage , 2 stage..etc...and also an rv cam...that was the lingo around my area anyhow...can you v8 buffs identify roughly the stage of this cam....i want to build a v8 and i like that cam ..thanks....btw...an extra note...i laughed when he closed the door and it made the same solid metal sound mine does...man i love that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHVyh0oc4tE

here's the guy running it..runs an 11plus 1/4 mile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k931izd ... re=related

[Happy_Camper]

Man, I remember those days fondly!
Everyone either had a 3/4 race cam or the real "cool kids" had a full race cam. Those of us who had to work for a living where lucky to have an RV cam. I think that truck just needed the choke set correctly.
Now and then someone came to school with a cam that sounded similar to this truck. If I remember right we called it a "hit-n-miss" cam. Very exotic.
Here's a video of one in action. Now you'll have to use a bit of imagination to think of this in your bump, but yeah, it's way cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLAic2uVlWo

***** Edit: Because after thinking a bit, I realized this post may not be taken in the light hearted fun way it was meant. And for that I sincerely apologize. It was meant for fun, and I really do remember the good old days when I used those same monikers of 3/4 and full race cams. That sound can be fairly well replicated in a well tuned engine by using long tube headers, a slightly more open (say 2.5") exhaust, and a low idle, even with a somewhat mild cam. I met a guy who is running this cam in his 390 http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku, with mildly ported heads, a Edelbrock performer intake, and his idle set to about 650. Sounds a lot like the truck in the video only a bit more crisp, because of the carb settings. When he took off, it sure seemed to put down some killer grunt. He was pulling a trailer full of wood, and from almost a dead stop, up the on ramp (about 1/10 mile) he merged with the speed of traffic. He turned about every head in the whole gas station
I don't know much about big blocks (I've always built small blocks), but there seems to be some very good threads here on engine builds. And there is a good "Exhaust sounds" thread as well. ****** end of edit

BTW: that was an 1/8th mile track. Very cool to see two trucks lined up together. The old white truck was hooked up out of the hole, but ole blue might have been gaining at the end, or maybe it was the camera angle. In any case, that white truck is very nice!

[My427stang]

Thats not that much cam, I'd guess at the most a 280H from Comp. Sounds like he just has it cold and idled way down.

Not that its a bad cam, that's what I run in my truck, but the lope is due to loud exhaust, cold temp and a decent cam.

[1967AceStroker]

He calls his motor a hipo 390, whats that, hi-performance?

[FreakysFords]

Man, I remember those days fondly!
Everyone either had a 3/4 race cam or the real "cool kids" had a full race cam. Those of us who had to work for a living where lucky to have an RV cam. I think that truck just needed the choke set correctly.
Now and then someone came to school with a cam that sounded similar to this truck. If I remember right we called it a "hit-n-miss" cam. Very exotic.
Here's a video of one in action. Now you'll have to use a bit of imagination to think of this in your bump, but yeah, it's way cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLAic2uVlWo

***** Edit: Because after thinking a bit, I realized this post may not be taken in the light hearted fun way it was meant. And for that I sincerely apologize. It was meant for fun, and I really do remember the good old days when I used those same monikers of 3/4 and full race cams. That sound can be fairly well replicated in a well tuned engine by using long tube headers, a slightly more open (say 2.5") exhaust, and a low idle, even with a somewhat mild cam. I met a guy who is running this cam in his 390 http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku, with mildly ported heads, a Edelbrock performer intake, and his idle set to about 650. Sounds a lot like the truck in the video only a bit more crisp, because of the carb settings. When he took off, it sure seemed to put down some killer grunt. He was pulling a trailer full of wood, and from almost a dead stop, up the on ramp (about 1/10 mile) he merged with the speed of traffic. He turned about every head in the whole gas station
I don't know much about big blocks (I've always built small blocks), but there seems to be some very good threads here on engine builds. And there is a good "Exhaust sounds" thread as well. ****** end of edit

BTW: that was an 1/8th mile track. Very cool to see two trucks lined up together. The old white truck was hooked up out of the hole, but ole blue might have been gaining at the end, or maybe it was the camera angle. In any case, that white truck is very nice!

Ahhhhhhhh the 3/4 cam. Back when we had no idea what lift, duration, overlap or anything but that tail kickin sound that meant those of us who had to pay for AND driver our vehicles might as well stay parked till the show turned to go.
I do miss it and now that I can finally afford a cam, I can't walk into my locally owned independent parts store (cause it / they don't exist in our backwood town anymore) and tell the grease monkey behind the counter that I want a brand new 3/4 cam for my ______ engine and maybe a new set of lifters if they have'em in stock and I can afford'em.

[thebannister8]

Man, I remember those days fondly!
Everyone either had a 3/4 race cam or the real "cool kids" had a full race cam. Those of us who had to work for a living where lucky to have an RV cam. I think that truck just needed the choke set correctly.
Now and then someone came to school with a cam that sounded similar to this truck. If I remember right we called it a "hit-n-miss" cam. Very exotic.
Here's a video of one in action. Now you'll have to use a bit of imagination to think of this in your bump, but yeah, it's way cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLAic2uVlWo

***** Edit: Because after thinking a bit, I realized this post may not be taken in the light hearted fun way it was meant. And for that I sincerely apologize. It was meant for fun, and I really do remember the good old days when I used those same monikers of 3/4 and full race cams. That sound can be fairly well replicated in a well tuned engine by using long tube headers, a slightly more open (say 2.5") exhaust, and a low idle, even with a somewhat mild cam. I met a guy who is running this cam in his 390 http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku, with mildly ported heads, a Edelbrock performer intake, and his idle set to about 650. Sounds a lot like the truck in the video only a bit more crisp, because of the carb settings. When he took off, it sure seemed to put down some killer grunt. He was pulling a trailer full of wood, and from almost a dead stop, up the on ramp (about 1/10 mile) he merged with the speed of traffic. He turned about every head in the whole gas station
I don't know much about big blocks (I've always built small blocks), but there seems to be some very good threads here on engine builds. And there is a good "Exhaust sounds" thread as well. ****** end of edit

BTW: that was an 1/8th mile track. Very cool to see two trucks lined up together. The old white truck was hooked up out of the hole, but ole blue might have been gaining at the end, or maybe it was the camera angle. In any case, that white truck is very nice!

i enjoyed your humor and thought it was cool....seems my high school rankings of cool depended on very similar factors to yours....i had an rv cam


thanks for the info everyone...and i thought that track looked a tad short

[DuckRyder]

I agree it doesn't sound like that wicked of a cam, I had a Crane "801" (343801/2) in my 360 for a while that sounded like that is idled at the factory specification of 650 in drive. To me it really doesn't sound that good because it is idled so low. I'm guessing since the blue truck was taken by the same person you could probably call the shop that he has the phone number plastered across the back window and just ask. (explain so it doesn't sound too stalker like) or perhaps you could e-mail from youtube? Invite em both to join up while you are at it.

[thebannister8]

great ideas... thanks