ECS BLower Cam Specs
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I can't speak for everyone but I couldn't crunch those numbers myself (and I love numbers) so then I have a shop pushing me into what they want to sell me (this probably happens more often than not, and well, it has definately happened to me). I'd rather go with something tried and true, even if that means not knowing the specs.
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I can't speak for everyone but I couldn't crunch those numbers myself (and I love numbers) so then I have a shop pushing me into what they want to sell me (this probably happens more often than not, and well, it has definatly happened to me). I'd rather go with something tried and true, even if that means not knowing the specs.
I do respect any shop`s choice to keep their specs proprietary, I just choose to know what I`m putting in my car....
P.S. I`m not telling my cam specs either..lol
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Well, now I'm really confused! I have been considering a cam and possibly heads for my intercooled maggie/alky/3.1 pulley, stock bottom end. Now I feel I don't really need heads, just a great cam (I want around 5-550 rwhp). Mn6, 3.42, longubes/borla. I had ECS do the Magnuson and love it (432 rwhp) and would love to have ECS do the cam install as well as the tune, but I like to know what goes in the car as well. GEEZZZ!!! Doing the research and going with EXACTLY what matches your setup is SO LOGICAL! What a great problem to have though!
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Well, now I'm really confused! I have been considering a cam and possibly heads for my intercooled maggie/alky/3.1 pulley, stock bottom end. Now I feel I don't really need heads, just a great cam (I want around 5-550 rwhp). Mn6, 3.42, longubes/borla. I had ECS do the Magnuson and love it (432 rwhp) and would love to have ECS do the cam install as well as the tune, but I like to know what goes in the car as well. GEEZZZ!!! Doing the research and going with EXACTLY what matches your setup is SO LOGICAL! What a great problem to have though!
Do you have smog sniffer/inspections?
This will limit how large you can go cam wise.
If not and your goal is the higher end of the spread you gave, it would probably be wise to do the heads at the same time.
That being said, you will want to consider the flow and compression of the heads into the equation of selecting a cam along with boost and your trans/rearend gears....
As a general rule, the Maggie will favor a larger cam on stock bottom end better than a centrifugal as it doen`t "need" a mild cam to keep bottom-end and mid-range torque....the larger cam will also counter the Maggie`s tendency to run out of steam up top.
With decent flowing heads @ 10:1 compression and aprox 9- 9 1/2 lbs boost (2.9 pulley,) 90mm throttle-body and something like a 581/588 228/236 on 115 cam should get the job done...
Oh, almost forgot.....and a real good tune!
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Well, now I'm really confused! I have been considering a cam and possibly heads for my intercooled maggie/alky/3.1 pulley, stock bottom end. Now I feel I don't really need heads, just a great cam (I want around 5-550 rwhp). Mn6, 3.42, longubes/borla. I had ECS do the Magnuson and love it (432 rwhp) and would love to have ECS do the cam install as well as the tune, but I like to know what goes in the car as well. GEEZZZ!!! Doing the research and going with EXACTLY what matches your setup is SO LOGICAL! What a great problem to have though!
Hey Dale,
We would use a different cam in your set up then our centrifugal stock engine cam. The point is that we have several cams for all types of engine sizes and types of NA and FI, we ask the mods-use-etc etc and give the appropriate cam, so I would have quit a list of cam profiles to list.
Do you really think you are going to "read it on the internet" and come up with a better cam profile then a shop that has tried and dyno'd just about every profile under the sun with each type of FI, or any other full time LSx shop?
We do not release the specs because it's years of our hard work to give you what works best, without it being a hypothesis.
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The point is that we have several cams for all types of engine sizes and types of NA and FI, we ask the mods-use-etc etc and give the appropriate cam, so I would have quit a list of cam profiles to list.
Interesting Doug...When I ordered my cam last week, I wasn't asked what I had for mods, just how big the motor was??? For the "small or big blower cam". Did I get the right cam?
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ive heard a supercharged c6 with the ecs cam. it wasnt sleeper sounds but it was choppy either just right. as far as them giving there specs away if i had a shop i really wouldnt want my specs out there for other shops to use. thats why theres so many shops out there for us to pick and the numbers talk for themselves. i own my restaurant, im not goin to give the restaurant next to me all my recipes so why would they
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Originally Posted by Hvymtlc5
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Interesting Doug...When I ordered my cam last week, I wasn't asked what I had for mods, just how big the motor was??? For the "small or big blower cam". Did I get the right cam?
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Interesting Doug...When I ordered my cam last week, I wasn't asked what I had for mods, just how big the motor was??? For the "small or big blower cam". Did I get the right cam?
Wow, that is a scary thought right there.
Clarified with Chris this morning. They only have one cam design for centrifugal superchargers applications using the stock 346 engine -we're good to go.
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ive heard a supercharged c6 with the ecs cam. it wasnt sleeper sounds but it was choppy either just right. as far as them giving there specs away if i had a shop i really wouldnt want my specs out there for other shops to use. thats why theres so many shops out there for us to pick and the numbers talk for themselves. i own my restaurant, im not goin to give the restaurant next to me all my recipes so why would they
