I currently have a 383 with Hotcam and was wondering if the HT383 crate motor cam would be better

The crate cam has Dur @ .050 196 int .206 exhaust

Lift int .431 and .451 exh

But has a 109 lobe centerline VS the Hotcam only has 112.

 

Man, that crate cam suxs. The LSA is tight because their is little over lap with that small of a duration. I would upgrade to a XE 230/236 LSA 112 or maybe slightly larger. It would wake that **** up with some headers. Not a big fan of the cc306 in a 350 but in a 383 I bet it would be a great cam too. Need more duration for the added stroke. The hotcam would be very, very drivable though. I doubt if it has any lope to it at all though.

Jeff D.

 

You need a bigger cam than that with a 383.

 

Depends on what you are doing with the car. If you are daily driving the car I would go with a hot cam. If you are going to be street/stripping the car i would go with a even bigger one, like the guy above talked about. But the crate cam would DEFINATELY make your 383 project a waste of time. I would be considering it if I were pulling trailers but in a car like yours the HOT cam is a VERY daily drivable cam

 

It is a good cam just wanted some views on it. For my grocery getter it works fine.

Eric

 

Between those two cams I'd go with the hotcam. That crate cam sounds even smaller than a stock LT-1 cam in some aspects. 383's need a little bit more to breathe there. I'm not a fan of putting small cams in big motors but at least drop in the hotcam. It's a little different sounding than stock but it's a good cam for idle up until about 6200-6300 rpms.

 

just wondering about the HT383 cam and how it would be compared to the hotcam. The hotcam is a pretty healthy cam.