The "Old Man Cam" was what I was thinking of too. Lloyd could easily do one of those for you. His emissions cam might be a good canidate for that.

Bret

 

Sleeper huh? Once i get the 383 in the Nova, ill show you sleeper. This thing will look stock down to a dummy single tail pipe exiting the back. The exhaust note will be tamed as best I can. Bench seat, Old school floor shifter, all 6 cylinder badges. Under the hood all components will look as a '63 Chevy II Nova with a 283 would down to the "Chevrolet" scripted valve covers, painted and debadged intake manifold. I think the only DEAD giveaway at a car show would be the roll cage, or the headers. Steelie Rims with doggie dishes and trim rings for wheels. I will definitely post pics once this project gets underway.

 

Not an LT1, but show queen or sleeper (?): 396 badges, stock wheels, and a little flashy color. The giveaways are a 6-pt roll-bar, dual 3" exhaust at the bumper and a cam I could not hide if I tried.

Chevelle

 

Nice lookin Chevelle. See to me, seeing that i would expect something, however to anyone else, I would doubt it. Nice car!

 

Sleeper...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...69771324MmMcEQ

The give away...
http://community.webshots.com/album/180138016oxXwQt

BTW, the 224/236 114 LSA I have in my TA is pretty tame at 950 RPM idle. It sounds just a little more rumbly than stock, except when you first crank it and the lifters haven't pumped up yet, then it sounds pretty nasty.

 

a bigger motor will help tame a long cam.

 

So Bret, what's the difference between an "old man cam" and the Crane 227,
GM 845 or TPIS ZZ9? I would think they qualify as old man cams unless I'm
completely missing something. I have nothing against a custom cam, and
knowing what I know now, I would have gone that route. I' m just wondering
if there is a big difference in specs for a no lope custom cam and the off the
shelf models.

The key to a sleeper is a stock appearance and no lope. Even if a car runs
crappy, if it has any lope, it's a dead giveaway. More cubes is good, but also
expensive unless the project includes a new motor.

 

Yes, but it depends - as long as the cam isn't too big. The increased displacement in my Chevelle did little to tame the cam I thought the additional cubes would have cut it down a bit more than it did.

I'm not complaining though.

 

my car is pretty loud and looks good and is understmated all the time because most third gens are but sooner or later they figure out it no TBI RS