Hello and I hope all is well.
Been a while since posting as my older son somehow managed to take the 65 mustang to college a few years ago. The good news is he graduated and the mustang somehow survived. We are now doing a pretty major rebuild and looking for input and recommendations on camshaft selection.
Previously, we have done the following
- had to replace head due to broken ears on #1 and #6 exhaust flanges. Replaced with 1967 head and did recommended 3-angle valve job per the Handbook
- Installed 2 barrel Weber DGEV Progressive carb
- Installed 2” diameter headers
- Installed electronic ignition from Bill and timing advanced 18 degrees
We have just finished bottom end rebuild with .030 oversized pistons and plasma-moly rings.
Have also ordered and received the following from Vintage Inlines - ARP head studs, reconditioned harmonic balancer, dual roller timing chain and graph-form header gasket
Cylinder head combustion chamber volume measured at 45cc and based on deck height, gasket thickness, etc, calculated the combustion ratio = 8.88.
We have a T5 from Modern Drivelines that will be going in and mated up to a rebuilt 9” rear end from a 57 Ranchero with a 3.89 gear ratio.
We are not planning on taking it the drag strip and it will be a weekend or occasional daily driver.
We are looking for much better acceleration off the line and when downshifting to pass. We are not too worried about the top end since will have overdrive for highway.
The one thing I know is that we don’t want to put a stock cam back in! What would you recommend?
Thanks in advance and have a great day.
Been a while since posting as my older son somehow managed to take the 65 mustang to college a few years ago. The good news is he graduated and the mustang somehow survived. We are now doing a pretty major rebuild and looking for input and recommendations on camshaft selection.
Previously, we have done the following
- had to replace head due to broken ears on #1 and #6 exhaust flanges. Replaced with 1967 head and did recommended 3-angle valve job per the Handbook
- Installed 2 barrel Weber DGEV Progressive carb
- Installed 2” diameter headers
- Installed electronic ignition from Bill and timing advanced 18 degrees
We have just finished bottom end rebuild with .030 oversized pistons and plasma-moly rings.
Have also ordered and received the following from Vintage Inlines - ARP head studs, reconditioned harmonic balancer, dual roller timing chain and graph-form header gasket
Cylinder head combustion chamber volume measured at 45cc and based on deck height, gasket thickness, etc, calculated the combustion ratio = 8.88.
We have a T5 from Modern Drivelines that will be going in and mated up to a rebuilt 9” rear end from a 57 Ranchero with a 3.89 gear ratio.
We are not planning on taking it the drag strip and it will be a weekend or occasional daily driver.
We are looking for much better acceleration off the line and when downshifting to pass. We are not too worried about the top end since will have overdrive for highway.
The one thing I know is that we don’t want to put a stock cam back in! What would you recommend?
Thanks in advance and have a great day.