How much Horsepower?
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From: St. Joe Mi
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This is the 290hp crate engine from GM, it has about the same lift as the 350hp camshaft with the 8.5:1 compression.
I put the 350hp camshaft in mine and kept the 8.5:1 compression, it sounds good at idle, but as stated before I lost a lot of low-end torque. This cam was recommend to me by a local performance shop and I am happy with the sound, and mine is bassically a summer daily driver never races or anything so the torque loss isn't a big deal for me, but if the performance is an issue to you I would not go with this set up.
This is the 290hp crate engine from GM, it has about the same lift as the 350hp camshaft with the 8.5:1 compression.
I put the 350hp camshaft in mine and kept the 8.5:1 compression, it sounds good at idle, but as stated before I lost a lot of low-end torque. This cam was recommend to me by a local performance shop and I am happy with the sound, and mine is bassically a summer daily driver never races or anything so the torque loss isn't a big deal for me, but if the performance is an issue to you I would not go with this set up.
Drifting
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That's not a big compression increase, but to answer your question, I would bet that you would gain about a peak of 35 HP to the ground. Your torque curve would shift slightly upward.
Not to open the torque vs hp debate, HP makes you quicker, not torque. A 500 HP Ferarri has much less torque than a garden variety L-48 200 net hp Corvette, but would be much quicker than the Corvette if they weighed the same....
Not to open the torque vs hp debate, HP makes you quicker, not torque. A 500 HP Ferarri has much less torque than a garden variety L-48 200 net hp Corvette, but would be much quicker than the Corvette if they weighed the same....
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From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by StickShiftCorvette
That's not a big compression increase, but to answer your question, I would bet that you would gain about a peak of 35 HP to the ground. Your torque curve would shift slightly upward.
Not to open the torque vs hp debate, HP makes you quicker, not torque. A 500 HP Ferarri has much less torque than a garden variety L-48 200 net hp Corvette, but would be much quicker than the Corvette if they weighed the same....
Not to open the torque vs hp debate, HP makes you quicker, not torque. A 500 HP Ferarri has much less torque than a garden variety L-48 200 net hp Corvette, but would be much quicker than the Corvette if they weighed the same....
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From: Lynn Ma.
Originally Posted by drillman
Can anyone tell me what hp gains I can expect from a base 270 hp sb that is 8.5:1, if increased to 9:1 and switching to a 350 hp cam?hanks in advance
