Originally Posted by evocrazy1
Whats your guys opinion on the F cam, i have the valve clearance to run up to .580 lift, and i have .600 lift springs on the heads. would it be worth it run a X-cam with 1.6s instead of the F-cam with 1.6s and 1.7s cuz i'm gonna have sometime before i can put in the cam, I bought a Milodon 7 qt pan, i think it'll be smart to put in a Hi-Volume pump. and where can i get a hardened oil pump drive?
Go with the F cam, I know it worked great n/a and with the boost for me. The X is pretty damn rough.
A good oil pump can be had here from what I understand
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www.precisionoilpumps.com
They are blueprinted and have some very meaty internal.
Get the oil pump shaft from ARP. You will pay a little more for it but it will be well worth it because snapping it would result in a fubared motor. One thing to check though is the thread engagement of the pump shaft into the oil pump itself. We had to do some modifing to get it just right.
Best of luck with it, sounds like you are on the right path. Just don't cheap out on critical things like bearings, oiling, etc..