Welcome to Club Hot Rod!  The premier site for everything to do with Hot Rod, Customs, Low Riders, Rat Rods, and more. 

  •  » Members from all over the US and the world!
  •  » Help from all over the world for your questions
  •  » Build logs for you and all members
  •  » Blogs
  •  » Image Gallery
  •  » Many thousands of members and hundreds of thousands of posts! 

YES! I want to register an account for free right now!  p.s.: For registered members this ad will NOT show

 

Thread: 4-7 firing order swap cams
          
   
   

Reply To Thread
Results 1 to 14 of 14

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Dave Severson is offline CHR Member/Contributor Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Madison
    Car Year, Make, Model: '67 Ranchero, '57 Chevy, '82 Camaro,
    Posts
    21,160

    Pat--Thanks! our discussion around here was on the "easier on parts aspect of the 4-7 swap, but the small gains in hp are always welcome, seem $30.00 is cheap to improve both!

    Mike--Thanks for the article link! Supports much the same as what Pat learned. When the engine builders and the experts come to the same conclusions it's going to be good enough for me! I've had days I'd kill for 8 or 9 improvement on hp and torque at the rpm ranges the article and dyno results show the gains. Graphing out the gain @ rpm, especially with a 5 speed, one could alter his shift points a bit and spend more time per gear with the engine producing peak power! Some days it can make up the extra few hundredths a guy might need cuz some young clown treed me!!! Maybe a younger drive and the 4-7 swap would be even more better????
    Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
    Carroll Shelby

    Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!

  2. #2
    rspears's Avatar
    rspears is offline CHR Member/Contributor Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Gardner, KS
    Car Year, Make, Model: '33 HiBoy Coupe, '32 HiBoy Roadster
    Posts
    11,229

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson View Post
    Maybe a younger driver and the 4-7 swap would be even more better????
    Younger driver!!! Bite your tounge, Dave!!
    Roger
    Enjoy the little things in life, and you may look back one day and realize that they were really the BIG things.

  3. #3
    pat mccarthy's Avatar
    pat mccarthy is offline CHR Member/Contributor Visit my Photo Gallery
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    bay city
    Posts
    10,546

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson View Post
    Pat--Thanks! our discussion around here was on the "easier on parts aspect of the 4-7 swap, but the small gains in hp are always welcome, seem $30.00 is cheap to improve both!
    yep all my custom grinds are 4/7 as they get used in max effort engines .a very small amount of more money . if it helps with bottom end parts crank then its worth it to us.one of my customers been using a 4/7 for many years with 400hp of Nos .crank is not the top of the line but allways checks out great .the 8000 + rpms and the Nos as well. i would of bet it would of been busted in two parts many years ago i can not say its only the 4/7 swap but for the price its a no brainer
    Irish Diplomacy ..the ability to tell someone to go to Hell ,,So that they will look forward to to the trip

Reply To Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Links monetized by VigLink