im looking to upgrade to a bigger cam i would like to go 450-480 lift so i dont have to change hardly and internals and give it more of a growl! does anyone have any suggestions on wut kind of cam i should get. or what one whould be the best bang for the buck!

i have a 97 ram 1500 ss/t 5.9 mods listed in my signature looking for one that will give me the best out of wut ive already done!

 

i would definitely call comp. really depends on your goal and supporting mods, not to mention getting some r/t or eq heads isn't a bad idea, however it may be out of your budget. the 1.7s may limit you as far as lift goes, but the end result will be the same. i think stock heads are good to .510?

 

You'll need better springs for a cam, the 1.7s are pushing the stock springs as it is....You can get a cam ground for the 1.7s, but if they are the non adj HS rockers, your push rod length will have to be dead nuts on...

 

i saw on youtube i think it was called a sausage cam

 

It's a great little cam, I had one once upon a time, nice lope...but like I said, it's going to need springs.

.508 intake/.510 exhaust - Duration: 206° intake/210° exhaust @ .050 112° LSA

It'll pass emissions

 

will it operate without SMACK w/1.7s?

 

Mine was ground for 1.7s...

 

well damn.. Now I'm really thinkin' about rebuilding mine instead of dropping all that coin for a 408.. stripping her all the way and working it over on the way back up w/ polishing, balancing, new heads and cam.. Shoot, it will do all I want it to do with that..

I've a suspicion a 408 built similarly would cost me a lot of $$ in build, gas, and little pink slips too..

 

see im trying to find one that will work with my 1.7s i was in horsepower sales today and they said they only make 2 for the 5.9 one for racing and one for towing.. 490 lift or 590 lift i was like bull**** ive seen many more. he also said any cam i get wont work with the 1.7s cause wont have enough valve room or something in that situation not enough valve clearance

 

You can get a stock cam re-ground for 1.7s...Hundreds/thousands of people have...I did. Tell those bozos to go back to smoking their corn cob pipes.

He's probably talking about valve cover clearance...To run 1.7s with the stock covers you need to smash the baffles flat...But you have 1.7s now right...? Any problems...?

No.

Bugs the **** out of me when shops that don't know **** about Mopar say they do...Dumb asses.

Pick a grind, and unless you are going all out...Anything close will work, and have your stock cam re-ground. Or buy a stock cam for a core so you don't have any down time.

The issue (but easily fixed) is your stock push rods and springs...Did Mr Corn Cob say anything about that?