Not yet, I am still waiting for my cam from Isky.  I have my 3,500 rpm stall converter ready to go in.  I had Midwest Converter build on for my E4OD.  Has a billet back with triple disc clutch.  I can lock up under power now with no damage to converter.  As soon as I get my cam I will be back on the project.  Our chassis dyno is on its way.  It is getting shipped from Australia.  We are hoping for february.  Absolutely cannot wait.  My pickup will problably be hooked to the dyno for about two weeks straight.  Very excited!!

any new updates?

William



1957 Ford Fairlane 500

292 Bored .30 over

Fordomatic

Unfortunately I don't have all the cam specs right now, he rattled off everything he was going to do and didn't right it down.  He was very knowledgeable about what to do though.  I do remember 114 lobe separation.  It will be 3,000 to 6,000 rpm cam.  I have a billet triple disc, 3,500 rpm stall converter to install at the same time.  He got all this info from me and said the cam he will build will work perfect.  I cannot wait.  It should have a nasty whole shot.  With the stall converter by the time the converter stalls the engine will be reaching it's power range and there should be a surge of heat in the exhaust and turbo should be spooled so it should a nice acceleration point.  As far as the injectors I thought that they were flooding under the high fuel pressure but we turned fuel presure down and it never fully went away.  Once I talked to Isky and he told me that the cam I had would not run right at high rpms I am hoping that was our problem.  The cam shows up beginning of December so don't worry it won't take long to install i'll let you guys know how it goes.

Mild cams have low overlap, so it's better for turbo setup. You dont have to rev engine, just turn turbo srew.

Balance between cam, turbochargers and Torque converter is everything, but I think, cam can be pretty mild if compared to free breathing engines.



I don't know a lot about runner/valve size ratio, but free breathing exhaust must be good for turbos.


Hyvinkää, FI

Isky will know a thing or two about cams and they will get you a cam that will work better, but the Fins do have a couple boosted, injected Ys under their belts. Have you tried their suggestions?


Lawrenceville, GA

What will be the degrees in your new cam and what you have now? We are running 270 degree grind done here in Finland from original truck cam.I don't even know the lobe angles...

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

Hey everyone did some more tuning and having issues with the hight rpm.  Engine would cut out tun rough. My buddy asked me about the cam if it's compatible for boost.  It never crossed my mind so I called Isky racing cams (thats were I got my current cam from F300) and he said that the cam would not work very well with boost.  He said that at high rpm the cam would not breath well enough and would back up in engine.  He gave me all the details of what we need for an ideal cam.  Longer lobe separation and more intake.  He said that the cam I have is great for NA engines but not for boost.  So I am having him grind me a custom cam for my engine.  That's where we are at right now.  It's a lot of fun right now I am just learning about boost as we go.  My high stall billet torque converter showed up today.  We'll pull the engine and trans and put them cam in at the same time.  So far though the very happy the project.  I will have cam for sale now if anyone needs one.

Looks great in print!  Where's the video?

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Good work Hutz! Can't wait to see it roaring down the streets . More pics about the truck and engine?

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

Hey everyone we got it running friday and took it out for a little driving.  Drove it more today and we realized we had to turn fuel pressure down.  We are at 30psi right now.  Found the injectors were flooding once pressure and duty cycle increased.  It is much better at now with lower pressure.  We actually just sent off the down payment for a chassis dyno so I have not brought it above 4,000 rpm yet.  Air/fuel looks good but we are gonna wait to get crazy until it's under a controlled load.  So far I am very, very impressed with the power.  You tip into the throttle and feel the engine power and immediately the turbo spools and it's fun.  I am running at 8psi max right now.  We have down some hard accelerating under boost and still all is well.  Like I said I am very impressed with the power gain.  I have a E4OD trans in this truck with 33in mud tires so when it got into o/d the truck really struggled to hold speed.  The engine is running 2,400 rpm @ 70mph so didn't have a whole lot of power at that rpm.  Went out today and did some more tuning and in o/d with t/c locked I could easily pick up speed going up hill.  I am very happy and excited with the power.  The sound also is awesome wiht a 4in straight pipe it is not to loud and a very nice turbo whistle out the exhaust.  If I left anything out just ask we have a little more tuning to do.  I will get more pics and some video.  Everything looks great we have titanium header wrap on whole exhaust.