Does this cam make sense?

[fastbacker]

Hey-

I've been waiting on my crank from Scat for about 8 months now. This has given me so much time to second guess my cam that it's making me sick. I've not only changed my mind several times, I've also bought and sold several cams that I planned on using. I guess part of my problem is that I keep consulting different people who are real knowledgeable on cams and keep getting totally different reccomondations. Anyways, the custom cam I just got, modeled by a highly respected racer, is a little unusual. The guy building my engine told me it wouldn't work. What do you all think? Specs below:

The hydrolic roller cam:
-206/248 @.05
-532/585 (1.6/1.7 rockers)
-116 LSA
-112 ICL
-IVO-9btdc/IVC-35abdc
-EVO-64bbdc/EVC-4atdc

The engines's going into a 3300lb 65 Mustang fastback
with the full Griggs GR-350 suspension, a T-56
(2.97/2.07/1.43/1.00/.80/.62),275's and a 3.7:1 9"
using 91 octane gas. The engine may get spun as high
as 6500 rpm's.

This is going to be a 95% street car - city, highway,
and mountain driving. It will see open track events 5%
of the time. I need it to be easy to drive (no lumpy
idle).

The engine:
-Dart 348 (302 based - 3.25 stroke and 4.125 bore)
-AFR 205's with just a valve job (set up for hydrolic)
-8.5:1 CR
-Holley SysteMax II with clean up porting and port
match
-Novi 2000 with 8 pounds
-1 7/8" custom headers with 3" exhaust
-EFI to be determined (62lb injectors)

Thanks-
Craig

[TheHawk05]

It's not uncommon for a custom cam to look odd to a lot of people...including engine builders. I wouldn't worry about it. I've seen specs of Ed Curtis cams that look a little wack when you compare them to off the shelf stuff...but there's no question his stuff works. Always keep in mind that reputable custom cam builders just don't pick specs off the top of their head....all of them use computer programs to arrive at a given design. I assume this cam was made for you based on your exact combo of parts and planned usage of the car.

[fastbacker]

Here's the numbers the engine made with 8 pounds using 62 pound injectors on the original engine dyno run using the F.A.S.T. engine management system. We're hoping to get a little more out of it on the chassis dyno run.

RPM TQ HP
3000 438 252
3100 446 263
3200 459 280
3300 470 296
3400 479 310
3500 484 323
3600 487 334
3700 493 347
3800 504 365
3900 515 382
4000 527 402
4100 539 420
4200 547 437
4300 554 454
4400 559 470
4500 564 483
4600 571 501
4700 580 519
4800 590 540
4900 597 557
5000 603 572
5100 609 591
5200 609 603
5300 607 612
5400 605 624
5500 602 630
5600 596 635
5700 588 640
5800 584 644
5900 580 653
6000 570 650

[Paxtu22]

Nice number's!! Now turn up the boost.

Eric