Say Yblock: Did you ever get/read that book on cam design? As I said earlier, wish my memory was better. I could help you with that.
I did a great deal of experimenting when I was racing and even had a cam grinder grind a cam to my specs. I think it was Lunati.
I called them up and told them what I was trying to accomplish and after talking with one of their very knowledgeable people we
came up with a grind I thought would work. The cam worked great but I had problems with valve float. Probably had the wrong springs.
Anyway I went with an Iskendarian cam & kit. BTW: I know Iskendarian still making cams for the Y-block.

I remember in 73 my wife wanted a sports car, but we needed a family car. She found a derelict 62 Corvair Greenbrier station wagon in a junk yard.
She had come with me when I went looking for parts for my 68 Corvair. She got bored when I started b.s.ing with the owner of the place and wandered off.
She came back all excited. She had seen the Greenbrier sitting in a corner of the lot covered in rust. She wanted to know if it could be fixed and was it for sale.
I bought it and dragged it home and turned it into a "sports station wagon" family car for her. I'm pretty sure it was Lunati I had grind me an RV type cam for the engine.
I fooled around with headers and ended up designing/building my own. Did everything I could to give it low end torque. I had another company, I don't remember their name,
in WA. state I think, wind me a set of springs. Hunted around until I found exactly the shocks that did what I wanted them to do.
I used the shocks designed for the back of a 57 Chevy in front. Can't remember what I used in back. I changed the automatic to a 4 speed complete
with short throw shifter. Changed the dash to a Spider dash so she could have a built in tach. Then I had some little old lady I knew stitch up the inside for me.
Complete with Recaro bucket seats. Had it painted "British Racing Green" with white "racing stripes." A 3" wide one flanked with 1" wide stripes on either side,
on the passenger side of the car. The interior was done in "Buckskin." (tan)
That was one sweet running and handling car. It didn't have much top end. I don't think it would do much over 100, but NOBODY could stay with me from 0-60.
With the engine over the drive wheels and probably 175 hp on tap it would really get up and go. I surprised my share of sports cars, Porsches, Alfa Romeos, MG's
and even the occasional Jag or Vet if they were in the hands of an unskilled driver on the twisty mountain roads of upstate New York.
The car had so much torque that even when the wife messed up and accidently started in 3rd instead of 1st,as she did from time to time.
The car had enough power to pull away. Slowly and a bit jerky, but it still pulled away.



I apologize to everyone for letting this post turn into a book. As I've said elsewhere, it's kind of fun to wonder down memory lane from time to time.