I have a question. I just got a new engine and th350 tranny in the car, and i want to know what would cause the power to fall off after about5300 rpms. I havent taken it much past that because it seemed to stop pulling. The reason i ask is because the cam i have seems to be calibrated for much higher rpms, like 3-7k. What gives? Here are the specs...

4-bolt main block bored .030 over, decked .010
.010R and .010M cast crank
ARP rod bolts, rods resized
TRW forged flat-top pistons
MOLY rings
Michigan (sp?) bearings
LT-1 heads
Manely Valves 2.02-1.6
Hard ex seats
New pushrods
Elgin rollar tip rockers
Speed pro Hyd. Cam
302 degrees, 536 lift int, 536 lift Ex
Performer RPM intake
H. V. oil pump, steel rod. New pickup.
GM chrome valve covers and timing covers.
Everything new

it also has a b&m 2800 stall and edelbrock 600 electric choke carb in it.

any suggestions?
Chris

P.S., if nothing else, i will switch out the cam for something more streetable, but i kind of like the quirkyness it has now........

 

Well, depending on how good those head are done, that would be one.

But first, check your timing and your advance cure. Make sure you are not running too much timing (ie. lots of initial) and having lots of total timing. My cars been running OK lately, but only mediocarly OK at 8 deg. Set it to 16 today, rips. Obvioulsy 16 for my motor is NOT correct, it used to run like that at 8. My balancer must have slipped, but lately it has been running like crap even though I kept checking the timing. One of those things, I guess.

 

When that happened to my old car, I adjusted the timing and the problem seemed to go away. I had different mods though...