cam and intake

ok once again my 77 ski is in the shop due to a stump. My insurance company gave me 3k, there are some scratches and a hairline crack under the stern of the boat. Im not going to fix the scratches until the winter and I intend on doing it my self, So with the extra cash im going to buy a cam and intake. Right now I have a stock 351 with electronic ignition installed and gt40 heads. what intake will fit under the engine box without height being an issue. what cam do i buy and where do i get it. I have only used lunati cams in the past, I really dont know of other brands. Thanks for any advice.

for the money get a performance products intake off of ebay. It's a reproduction of edlebrock's design basicly at a fraction of the cost with a crossover water passage the edlebrock doesn't have. I'll be getting a chrome version from them when my heads are done another thing you cann't get from edlebrock either. I use a comp camscam like a coule of others it's custom ground because of the reverse rotation, others have used the clevette and someone else found a pretty good source as well I believe it was Tim that did, TBJial or something like that. just don't get too crazy unless you know exactly what the lift rate of your valve springs are otherwise you'll be fixing the heads. Get a high output coil as well be carefull with the blaster II on the mallory dist they say it will burn it up, the resistance is mismatched for the electronics. I use tha mallory pro series marine verson paul has an automotive version of the same coil on is 62. Your going to have to re-jet the carb once the cam is in to so that you don't lean it out and burn a valve but it's pretty easy to change jets think you'll need 72's.

Thanks 79 Im getting excited about this. Im about to order the intake tonight. will it fit under my engine box with the stock plate and flame arrestor?

Actually ReidP told me where to get the Clevite. He's still alive, just sent him 4 emblems.

A mallory active power filter(maa-29351)will keep you cooking your distributor its $36.88 from SUMMIT.I use the high-vibration blaster coil by MSD, together they put out a hell of a spark     

TRBenj...send me a private message as I have a question about your intake manifold. If no private e-mail then my e-mail address is jsmith2@ev1.net

Thanks!

it should be listed on the instructions but no 25 ft-lbs is what we torque johns too.

If you guys like Crane cams, look in the cam section of the Summit catalog and search for Summit cams. I found out that they are made by Crane and are usually much cheaper because people think they are some off brand. If you ask them who makes the Summit line they wont tell you and i happen to no a inside sales guy who works there plus on the installation book you can see a crane box in one of the illustrations. I havnt had any problems with thier cams