My engine currently has a 290 Scatter pattern cam, i'm just worried that it will not be a great road car the engine was orignaly designed to be a race engine.

I've heard a bit about the SW5 from swift tune in the UK, anyone had any expirence with these?

http://www.swiftune.co.uk/

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I think you would find it a pig on the street, scatter or not...

Depends what you want.

SW5 is supposed to be nice and smooth but I doubt it's much good over 6000.

286 is as far as I would go unless it's for track, best street cam I've run is Russell Engineering's RE-13.
It kicks in around 2500-2700, but is quite smooth below that. Mine will pull from 1500 with a 45 Dellorto (36mm chokes), and with 1.5 rockers on it, is still hauling ass at 8000... not that I do that much!

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I guess I want a nice quick daily driver thats good off the lights & on the highway & not lumpy as all F@#K.

Who Sells the Russel Enginering gear?

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... Russel Engineering...?

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Thats the one, wasn't sure if it was a brand name or just a business name.

It's $130 I send him up a stock one.

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Make sure you check the cam timing with a degree wheel and dial gauge.
A 1098 I did up recently, which had a duplex chain kit was 10* out in timing, due to a keyway cut wrongly.

No fault of the cam- the stocker I took off it was retarded 10* too.
It's fine now- I've put a 10* offset key in it.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I have not read any of David Vizard's books in years. does he get into anti-reversion extractors to make wild cams more road usable? He went right into it with a B series in Car & Car Conversions many years ago and reckoned it was a good thing. I must buy his book and read it I suppose.

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