blacknite427

Hopefully in the near future i want to install my new D1SC blower kit.
SInce i have an A4 i'm going with the Vig.3200 stall and have a TransGo HD-2 shift kit until i can afford to have FLT beef up my tranny to a stage IV. I have the headers and the catback picked out. As far as heads i have a set of stage 2 GTP LQ9 heads, but since i have a stock bottom end for now i'll stick with my stock heads or buy a set of LS2 heads since they flow great and they will keep my compression near stock. Or even alittle lower since i'll go with slightly thicker head gaskets and i'll install ARP head studs. But now it all comes down to a cam. I really like A&A Corvette. Those guys put together some nice setups. I've been looking at their stage 2 or the stage 3 blower cam. And now i'm even liking the 220 duration stage 3 cam. Can anyone running their cams please post how they like their cams and what times they run with their cam?
Since my car will be 90% street i'm not looking for a big cam at all.
A few years ago i spec'd my own Comp Cam design and it was a 222/228 115lsa high lift cam but i sold to a guy that put it in his 347cid ZO6 Vette and ran an awesome 10.3x and 128mph+. I might be wrong about the mph since its been a few years, but i remember the ET. He wrote me after he ran the 10.30 and he thought i was a cam designer..lol. Maybe i'm answering my own question here..LOL. But he had a forged bottom end so i'm trying to keep the cam size down.
But non the less i'm still interested in the A&A blower cams and i'm hoping any of you guys will post up what the A&A cam did for your car, i would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks.

BLOWNBLUEZ06

I never used my current config. without the A&A cam, but I can tell you it makes great power, has a great power band, has great driveability and was very easy to tune.

blacknite427

^^ Thanks for getting back so fast...appreciate that. I heard a long time ago how good
A&A was. I have them as a friend on MySpace..thats how much i respect these guys. And man i really love the 215cc Edelbrock heads that they do the CNC work on. I would bet with a killer cam and supporting mods and tuning their porting work must be incredible. I know they are over $2,300 but i'd bet A&A's heads kick ***. Geeze they made me think a few times
about selling my Procharger kit and use the money for their heads and have them spec me a street/strip cam to go along with them
BlownBlue, what stage cam did you go with? Thanks.

TRIZ

I installed an A&A cam with their blower kit and AR headers. Couldn't tell you what the cam added by itself.
It's a 218/224 .562/.567 and 116 lsa. Very, very mild.
Turned a 9.85 last week with a 2600 stall and stock heads.

BLOWNBLUEZ06

You don't need heads. You just need a good cam. I just have Patriot heads and was able to achieve my goals. I never discussed stages. Just asked for a wide split cam and ended up with a 220/234. See #'s in sig.

Wicked C5

I have a 224/228 on a 115lsa making some pretty darn good power.

MotleyDrew

Like Triz I run a baby cam as well as I had told Andy what I was looking for performance wise and with my high expectations for street drivability.

214\226 559\569 115lsa

FreddyG

Andy knows his stuff and has put out plenty of cars to back his reputation!

If you're on a budget, you could also look at the 2002 Z06 cam. It has similar specs to one of the cams that have been mentioned. It's also a good blower cam and tuning it would be a walk in the park! Just a suggestion.

Here's the specs:

Duration@.050: 205* intake, 219* exhaust
Lift: 0.551 intake, 0.549 exhaust
LSA: 117.4♦

MotleyDrew

agreed ...the stock 2002 Z06 + cam is a nice blower friendly cam !

tail_lights

One I was considering when making my choice.

FreddyG

It just so happens that there is one for sale now at a Good price too!

All you need is a set of good springs (and of course pushrods, and gaskets, etc.)

2002 Z06 cam for sale..................

MarkT 2002

I've got one of Andy's 220/224 .581 114LSA baby blower cams. Bought it about a year and a half before I bought a SC. Just the cam and headers put down 408rwhp/388rwtq. With one of Andy's V-1 kits it put down 588/508.

The best thing about this cam is the 400rwtq it's putting down at 3000rpm and it passed the Cali sniffer test. Trust Andy

tail_lights

How many lbs?

MarkT 2002

7.6 @6500rpm

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Very nice

blacknite427

I want to thank all you guys that replied to my post. I definately like the idea that a small cam can deliver some killer times. I read a post that Bob from EPP put up about a C5
347cid forged motor make over 750 rwhp with using the small GT2-3 cam which is awesome and has a stock idle. Also i'm glad to hear that there are some fast cars that still run stock heads Even though i'll stick with my stock 241 heads i think i'm going to replace my lifters with a fresh set of stockers cause my engine sounds like i might have a lifter going bad cause it's making a slight ticking noise on the passenger side of the motor. I bought the car 1 1/2 years ago with only 2,009 GM certified miles so its possible that the lifters bled down for such a long time and i think i got atleast 1 noisey lifter. I had it looked at and was told it's not a spun bearing, god forbid if i do
My only concern is i found out way after i bought the car that Cartek changed the tuning from MAF to SD and god only knows why since the car didn't have any mods done to it when i bought it. But how i found out was my car kept stalling out because the night before the temp dropped in the teens. So i scanned my pcm with my buddies HP Tuners and found out that the pcm was SD tuned. I was alittle pissed cause who in their right mind would spin a motor thats not really broken in and why would anyone want to spend the money to retune a bone stock car Some people just have more money than brains thats for sure.
Well i reflashed my pcm with a stock 02 file with the MAF working. And sure enough the next cold day my car started and idled perfect. And there was no difference in power between the SD tuning and when i switched it back to the stock MAF tuning. The SD tune did run great as long as it didn't get too cold outside. But i'm sure alittle tweak would have fixed the stalling issue, so i have nothing against SD tuning, but i do have an issue with putting a car with less than 2,000 miles on a dyno Sorry for the rant..lol. Again thank you to all that replied to my post. But i have to ask do any of you guys think my ticking sound is
a bearing issue or just a noisey lifter??

blacknite427

You know i've seen 218/224 cams make some nice power. Even in my 2002 WS6 A4 i ran the old design Comp 216/220 .525/.532 114lsa cam and i loved it. And a couple of my buddies ran the Comp.218/224 114lsa cam and they ran mid 11's with mild ported heads and Mac headers. It seems like that cam size hits a sweet spot on the LS1. Even Thunder Racing told me they only gained about 6 rwhp by switching from the 218/224 to their TR224 114lsa cam which has more agressive lobes. So it seems that Comp Cams hit the nail on the head over 10 years ago when they came up with their 218/224 .527/.535 114lsa. Pretty friggin cool
TRIZ is your 218/224 cam a Comp Cam or another companies cam? BTW, your setup is killer since you run that ET.

blacknite427

I know what you mean about the ZO6 cams...There's a guy on LS1Tech that ran low 9's with a 2001 ZO6 cam and he ran those times with the D1SC. But i believe his heads were out of the box 225cc Dart heads.

crosstheline

You got that right! What LSA is it on?

crosstheline

I will make you a killer deal on an ECS blower cam that has four pulls on the dyno. It is brand new. Still in the old block and should be coming out shortly.