and with the build 22gt was recommending i didnt know if my torque would be the same or improve.thats another reason i ask i just never want anything to be drop without me knowing

 

Any crap sticking to your wall after all this flung at it?
Ill help spend your wise money also.
Know that A code made more power over your C by way of pistons that raised comp ratio.
Cobra HO GT40P iron heads, supposedly the best flowing stock heads Ford has come up with. Found Cheap $2-300 or less if theyre not wise from JYard Explorers 97-01 with 5.0. Check how much you should mill to bring chambers from 57 to under stock 54cc or less. Not much porting needed just some bumps removed. Lots of info on these. No need for whacko springs and such with the right cam on a street car. Wanna spend more $$ GT40X or Y? Same things in aluminum.
Look at Comp cams 31-230-3 or 31-234-3 SB Ford 289 - 302ci Xtreme Hydraulic Camshaft # 31-230-3 | Northern Auto Parts
Using an online hp/torque computer these grinds are awsome for off the shelf stuff for our needs. Other brands with similar specs are plentyful.
Some headers and with less than 1k youre shredding tires with the best all in a weekend.
225ftlb to 370ftlb+ 1200-4000rpm with a nice curve
330hp @ 5000
Try this combo and report back. I would but my 5 speed fell through and I need that 1st.
HP is for show Torque is what makes you go!

 

meant that i didnt want to have torque drop while hp increases if i change cam or anything.
and i thought you had to spend a good bit on gt40p heads to make them work on a 289,ive heard good and bad about those though?

 

and barnett when you say top end do you mean my tourqe and hp up top will be lower?as in free way use

 

I can't tell you what your estimated hp and tq will be at fwy speeds [rpm] without a lot more info.


Someone else will need to address this for you if you feel you absolutely must know. It appears to me that you are way over thinking this. You can not have a smooth idling 289 that gets 50 mph and has 600 hp. You can't have your cake and eat it too.


A comp xe274 cam will have more peak rpm than an xe256. It will also have more hp/tq at it's peak rpm than the xe256 will at it's peak rpm. It will also have less hp/tq at 2000 rpm than the xe256.


What is the 1 single thing you absolutely positively must have?


The link below shows the 31-234 [XE256H] cam specs 1ofAMillion suggested which is similar to one of the cams I recommended to you previously.

51-221-4 - Xtreme Energy? Hydraulic Flat Tappet Camshafts

 

Generally if HP goes up torque will drag along. HP usually comes with a more abrupt peak while torque can build and rise in a nicer curve.
Im drooling over this CL add right now! 450 for in the box and install stuff.
Ford GT40P Heads, (new in box)

For free upgrade find a 97-2001? 5.0 Explorer. Take the rear end, lots of threads on that, and heads, the engine as a spare, use the heads and part out the body,trans, intake etc.. All easier said than done but I bet someone would at least break even.

 

will look into cam tomorrow as its getting late for me and sleeping in class is frowned upon lol.and really all i want is to be able to have a good launch and still be able to go on the freeway with out it reving real high so i imagine all i really need is tourqe

 

gYour 5 speed will take care of the fwy, 323 gears will help substantially with launch and still not rev to death on the fwy.


So were back to where we started in my earlier. Gears or increasing your cubic inches will launch you more than ANY of these cams will. Since you can't change your eng size that leaves gear ratio.


Put a 256-262 duration cam in it, if it doesn't launch enough change your gears or change your gears to 323 and if it doesn't launch enough then put in the cam.