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tubman · 10-25-2019, 08:56 PM

The reason I asked is that if you are planning on putting this engine in a relatively heavy car, such as a post war Ford or Mercury, you can't do much better than a stock "8CM" Mercury cam. When I put the '51 Merc in my '51 Ford, I had purchased an Isky MAX-1 cam that I was going to use. After a bunch of back and forth, both here and elsewhere, I decided to keep the stock cam. So far it seems to have been the proper decision. It's not a waste though, as I now have the MAX-1 in an engine I built to put in a "T" tub I have in progress.

10-25-2019, 08:56 PM	#14
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,312	Re: Flathead advice and help needed The reason I asked is that if you are planning on putting this engine in a relatively heavy car, such as a post war Ford or Mercury, you can't do much better than a stock "8CM" Mercury cam. When I put the '51 Merc in my '51 Ford, I had purchased an Isky MAX-1 cam that I was going to use. After a bunch of back and forth, both here and elsewhere, I decided to keep the stock cam. So far it seems to have been the proper decision. It's not a waste though, as I now have the MAX-1 in an engine I built to put in a "T" tub I have in progress.