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I am making changes............again....

I have an Anderson N41 cam on the bench, and a Trick Flow Track Heat intake and spacer in route. The Trick Flow R has been too much intake for my car.

The Ed Curtis cam has been awesome, but it was made when I had a lot of different parts. I have since swapped the rear and the gear ratio, 3.55 to 3.73. I went from a 70mm throttle body to 75. Shorty headers to long tubes, and the GT-40 intake to Trick Flow, so, I think I'm going to swap the cam next Thursday, along with the intake and a new balancer. News as it happens along with pics.

Here I go again.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

I am making changes............again....

Reply #1 –
Soooooo, what do you do with your spare time Vinnie?      ��  It's an addiction we all live with so don't feel bad.
84 COUGAR/90 HO, 1.7RRs, performer RPM,700DP, equal length shorties, stainless EXH ,T-5,Hurst pro-billet, KC clutch, 8.8/ 4.10s, line-lok, bla ,bla, bla.
71 COMET/289,351w heads, 12.5 TRWs, 750DP, Liberty TL, 9"/6.00s, 11.9x @112 , bla,bla,bla.

Never shoot your mouth off, unless your brain is loaded! ....I may get older, but I'll never grow up!....If you're not laughing, you're not living!  :laughing:

I am making changes............again....

Reply #2 –
Spare time? What spare time? LOL
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

I am making changes............again....

Reply #3 –
Vinnie how has the Trick Flow R been too much? Why the cam change? I can't believe you will gain a bunch with the N41.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

I am making changes............again....

Reply #4 –
For the cam, it was made when I had shorty headers, 70mm throttle body, 3.55 gears, GT-40 intake.........then I swapped to 3.73 gears, 75mm throttle body, Trick Flow R intake, and long tubes. The cam is really nice, but I felt that with all of the changes, it's not able to do it's job as Ed designed it for, so I found a stupid good deal on a brand new N41 cam and thought I'd try it. I talked to Anderson Motorsports, and they said with their cam, the R intake is better suited for racing and high RPM driving and I'd be better with a Track Heat or Holley Systemax intake.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

I am making changes............again....

Reply #5 –
I really wouldn't swap the intake. The Performer RPM I'm running is for "high rpm and racing" but it runs great on the  street. The car runs much better than it ever did with the GT40. With 3.73 gears you're not going to really notice a difference.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

I am making changes............again....

Reply #6 –
Vinnie,  what ratio RRs are you running? A simple swap from 1.6 to 1.7 can change alot.
84 COUGAR/90 HO, 1.7RRs, performer RPM,700DP, equal length shorties, stainless EXH ,T-5,Hurst pro-billet, KC clutch, 8.8/ 4.10s, line-lok, bla ,bla, bla.
71 COMET/289,351w heads, 12.5 TRWs, 750DP, Liberty TL, 9"/6.00s, 11.9x @112 , bla,bla,bla.

Never shoot your mouth off, unless your brain is loaded! ....I may get older, but I'll never grow up!....If you're not laughing, you're not living!  :laughing:

I am making changes............again....

Reply #7 –
Right now I'm using 1.6 roller rockers. The N41 info states that is what the cam is designed for.

As far as intake, I have the new Track Heat arriving today. I will try it out. If I don't like it, I can re-install the R intake. To be honest, I'm using the info that the Anderson rep was ttelling me when I called.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

I am making changes............again....

Reply #8 –
Is there an ET/mph you are going to compare the new vs the old combo against?  Stock compression/displacement shortblock ?

I am making changes............again....

Reply #9 –
Quote from: Vintage;467124
Is there an ET/mph you are going to compare the new vs the old combo against?  Stock compression/displacement shortblock ?

My last time slips were with a different intake, gears, throttle body and headers. So, no current data to compare it to.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

I am making changes............again....

Reply #10 –
Bummer. Would have been interesting to see what the effort yielded at the track in addition to how it responded on the street. Hope it does what you want it to.