396/375 cam for street 454?

[markjohnson]

Hey Rick, it's strange that you had a '62 bubbletop with an LS-5 back in the eighties in Texas. I remember my my father bought a red '62 bubbletop out of Texas back in 1986 that had an LS-6 454 in it. It had a powerglide though instead of a 4 speed but it also had the big 2 1/8 Hookers and a Holley three barrell carb on the stock aluminum pancake manifold. Lots of similarities there. Try to dig up a photo and I'll do the same on my end. Car was red on red by the way.

[YenkoYS100]

I was living in Calif. when I bought mine from an undercover Downey Cop. It was white with red interior. Started life as 6 cyl. stick. I sold her to the guy in Tx. Tom Jacobsen picked up the car for Delmer from me. I'll try to find my pics.

[Keith Tedford]

I had an L78 cam in a '66 360 hp 396 4 speed Beaumont. It worked fine and got excellent gas mileage as well. In our L78s and especially the L72, this cam is excellent for the street. The cam lift specs include the valve lash, so you are actually running slightly under .500" lift. If you plan on turning 6K plus rpm, make sure that you install better than stock valve springs or you run a good chance of dropping a valve sooner or later. This caused the demise of most L78 and L72 engines, including the original engine in our L78 Chevelle.

[indyjps]

its a good cam, i think youll make more power without sacrificing anything with an aftermarket grind from comp cams or equivalent.