You guys are over loading my brain here with all of this knowledge. I thought the customer just wanted a street engine.
I do not know where this limited rpm talk is coming from on stroker FE engines. I have built 527C.I. FE engines with a 4.375 stroke that we have turned 8000 rpms but it was a race engine.
The problem with any hydraulic set is the weight of the
oil used, weight of the valves, retainers and locks, how you set the lash, how radical is the camshaft lobe, spring used, retainer used, lock used and the spring pressures. Just has to be a complete package that is best for the engine build and nothing more.
You can get several camshaft with the same duration at .050 and lift but there will be a lot of differences in them. I can tell you that a camshaft that will work in a LS1-6-7 engine and turns 7000 will turn about 1000rpms less in a stock valve type Fe because of the weight difference in the valve train. Install a 8mm valve with the light ratainers and beehive spring and it will turn higher
These discussions could go on forever on all of this stuff. I would like to do the Engine Masters deal but I just do not have time for it with the business, wife and three children to help with a little. I have tried to get the guys interested at the shop but have not had much luck.
Maybe if I ever get rich like some of you guys and Barry I can take some time and do it. Good luck, Keith
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