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Old 12-18-2011, 06:15 PM   #8
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Exclamation Re: .430 Valve lift for everyone?

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Originally Posted by novassdude View Post
Easy answer is no.

I have always wondered why the rule was this way. If the rest of us have to work with much less lift why do they get extra lift just for being a truck or FWD?
OK, I'll tell you why. Back in the beginning of FWD the Chrysler 2.2 motors were all .430 lift which was about .050 more than the GM or Ford motors had and allowed the Chrysler's to dominate. It was decided in order to make the GM and Ford cars competitive they would just allow all FWD combos to have a .430 lift or stock lift, whatever was larger. I know the Caddy I ran all those yeas was .390 stock and it allowed us to have a .430 lift cam made by Crane. They latter decided to apply the same cam rule to the trucks. I wasn't involved in that decision. Jim


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