Rebuilding a 2.3L for a 76 wagon. Will be driven daily. 50 miles round-trip. 2/3rds, 55-65mph cruising, remainder, stop and go traffic. California mandated carb, smog pump and coverter removed. Switching to a Weber downdraft carb w/elect. choke. Will run stock exhaust manifold with heat shield for cold weather running for now. May switch to a tubular header later.
I want to select a cam that will improve my "stoplight to stoplight" and "passing" performance. Hopefully, all while not killing my gas mileage.
I've looked and Crower, Crane and Comp cams. Prefer a company that will sell cam, followers, springs/retainers and lifters.
Racer Walsh and Esslinger cams are all too radical for my needs.
What do you folks recommend? Good and bad comments requested about the the above brands.
A Ranger roller cam and cam pully would be a good choice. The cam itself is not any big deal as in lift and dur. but it is a roller that will free up some HP. and with the cam pully you can dial that in with either top end or bottom end power. just my 2c.
what year ranger is good to use??im was wondering the same qestion.
thanks
1989 - 1994 will work.
i got a cam for my 2.0 from crower and they told me for the one i got and what i wanted to do that all i would need to get was new followers and nothing else.
Look at Bo-Port site, the 1.5 would work, the Crower stuff runs good also, I'm running a stage 3 Crower and the mileage is the same as stock and it makes more power from idle to 6K rpm's, I did raise compression also at the same time.
Read this,
http://www.davecompton.com/dyno1.htm
Used Schneider cams in all my 2.0 and 2.3 with very good power and cam life.
I went with the Comp Cams 252h in my 2.3 auto wagon. Comparable bottom end as the original cam with 4.5* cam advance. Has more mid range than before, top end the same. Fuel mileage roughly the same, but I tend to exercise the gas pedal a bit. ;)
A manual trans car would enjoy this cam even more.