Herman Lewis

I know they are not bolt on and go.. geee I know they have never been bolted on or assembled.

Pair for sale on Facebook right now.........good luck.

Why can´t anyone answer this guys question ?
He is not asking if the heads are perfect he is not asking how fast you can go with an un-ported iron head and he is not asking what you can do with a 304 with 2 barrel to make it rev 12000 rpm

He is asking about advice about camshaft and short block, since he already purchased heads, intake and rockers.

So here is what I would do.

Crankshaft: If you don´t have the crank yet I would call King´s Crankshaft http://www.kingscrankshaft.com/ They are super nice and can get you sorted out with pistons rods and the crank and balance everything for you.

Damper: ATI

Rods: Carrillo or Oliver

Pistons and rings: JE ( I would go with a 12:1 to 12.5:1 ) Compression

Oil system: This one becomes a little tricky because there are so many with different opinions on this matter,
You could either buy the Indy timing cover with Razor oil pump or use a good stock cover and pump but in my opinion the problem is not the oil pump it self or the oil passage from the oil pump in my opinion the biggest problem with the AMC oil system is the suction passage to the oil pump. but you can see were you screw the oil pickup in the block size of the passage is not big enough in my opinion since you are sucking oil to the oil pump not pressure feeding it so what I would do if you decide to use the oem timing cover and pump is to make an external line so the oil pump can suck the oil more easely.

Ignition: MSD or something else in my opinion all these aftermarket ignitions perform about the same

Carb: I don´t know if you already have a carb but if you don´t take a look at Pro Systems SV1
Patrick is a cool guy and will get you sorted out with the best carb money can buy.

Camshaft: Talk to Mike Jones http://jonescams.com/ this guy will make you a custom cam, I would not recommend to anyone to get a off the shelf cam
In this case I would go with a Solid Roller

Lifters: This item is a total B I T C H since I have been trying find some lifters my self.
if you are going with the solid roller I would try to talk to someone that is willing to make you a set of solid rollers that have bushed wheel instead of needle bearing.
I´ve been sending emails to everyone I can think of but one has answered me if they are willing to make me a set of lifters, but since you live in the USA its probably easier for you to call and reach someone that is willing to help you out.

Oil Pan: Just some aftermarket deep sump oil pan

Headers: This one becomes a little tricky since I don´t know if you heads have a dogleg port or not.
But don´t go any smaller than 1 7/8" primary´s I would prefer 2" primary´s

Converter: Ultimate Converter Concepts ( UCC ) or ATI

Then finally and the most important item
Since you want to run 10s or 11s I would get a good throttle stop and start with about 50% throttle and see what time that gets you.
I bet you could see 11s with about 50% throttle.



Edited by Lenni AMC - May/18/2016 at 12:43am

x2 on mike jones for the cam although i wouldn't be afraid of anything barry allen or a.h. adkins specs for you either.

King's is just down the road.