TVR 350i Rebuild

[Alan T]

Hello everyone

I'm currently rebuilding my 350i Wedge engine and have got to the point where I need to start thinking about camshafts, so far I've had the following done:-

Heads skimmed and cleaned
Block faced and cleaned
Crank reground
Flywheel faced and lightened slightly

I also be using an Edlbrock 500 with Offenhauser manifold.

As the car is predominantly for road use I can't decide which cam to go for and which ones are designed for a carb as opposed opposed to the original flapper injection, my current thinking is to go for a high torque one to give lots of low down power rather than making it too peaky.

Any advice on this would be appreciated.

[DaveEFI]

Surely on a TVR, you don't want a stump puller cam?

[SuperV8]

Rover V8's aren't lacking in low down torque - they are lacking in higher RPM power - I would personally choose a cam to wake it up higher up the rev range like 2000-6000 range.

[DaveEFI]

I used the standard 3.9 cam in my SD1 EFI. Although the MegaSquirt helped the bottom end a great deal over the flapper injection. But it still does that 'lift up the skirts' feeling above about 3500 rpm.

[Alan T]

Thanks for the replies chaps and point taken, the reasoning behind me thinking about a 'stump Puller' cam was because these engines struggle to make power at the top end without an awful amount of head work to enable a high bhp cam to work properly, but I'm open to all suggestions. So if I go for a "fast road" type cam, which ones will work with my choice of carb and without having to pocket the pistons. Thanks again