Which Cam for Nitrous?
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Which Cam for Nitrous?
On an otherwise stock C5 (A4) that is about to recieve the blessings of nitrous (50-125 dry shot) is there a cam that could be added safely/effectively to give it some more usable power for the times it's not on the bottle?
What cams are available for a stock C5 with nitrous, without listing every part on the car, are there any 'required' updates that have to go along with a cam or can just the cam be replaced by itself?
Here are the reasons that adding 'only' a cam once I've finished the nitrous install sound good to me. Please give me your pros/cons.
Pros
1) I 'race' my car about 0.01% of the time, so nitrous won't hurt a small thing like a cam upgrade.
2) I try to only spend money on investements until I'm older, and a cam can be replaced with little money spent.
3) I want to keep my car for 30 years and/or 300k miles (with luck), and a cam will not hurt the life of an engine if it's relatively consertative.
Cons
1) I've waited three years to put on nitrous, obviously I'm shy about modding my baby.
2) Once I start I won't be able to stop until I have a pile of unrecognizable parts in my garage where my vette used to be.
3) Costs are impossible to contain once I start modding.
What cams are available for a stock C5 with nitrous, without listing every part on the car, are there any 'required' updates that have to go along with a cam or can just the cam be replaced by itself?
Here are the reasons that adding 'only' a cam once I've finished the nitrous install sound good to me. Please give me your pros/cons.
Pros
1) I 'race' my car about 0.01% of the time, so nitrous won't hurt a small thing like a cam upgrade.
2) I try to only spend money on investements until I'm older, and a cam can be replaced with little money spent.
3) I want to keep my car for 30 years and/or 300k miles (with luck), and a cam will not hurt the life of an engine if it's relatively consertative.
Cons
1) I've waited three years to put on nitrous, obviously I'm shy about modding my baby.
2) Once I start I won't be able to stop until I have a pile of unrecognizable parts in my garage where my vette used to be.
3) Costs are impossible to contain once I start modding.
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Don,
If you want a nice cam for your car and friendly with the NOS, a ZO6 cam is a good way to go, but I recommend a Thunderracing applicaiton. A good TR224 in the .56X area would be perfect if you ask me. Call thunderracing today and get an opnion from those guys. They are very helpful and will point you in the right direction. I just sold one in that spec a month ago, sorry this wasn't brought up before.
You should get more posts soon, but that is my personal opnion and the driveability is great on the TR 224 cams.
Micah
If you want a nice cam for your car and friendly with the NOS, a ZO6 cam is a good way to go, but I recommend a Thunderracing applicaiton. A good TR224 in the .56X area would be perfect if you ask me. Call thunderracing today and get an opnion from those guys. They are very helpful and will point you in the right direction. I just sold one in that spec a month ago, sorry this wasn't brought up before.
You should get more posts soon, but that is my personal opnion and the driveability is great on the TR 224 cams.
Micah
