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I DONT WANT TO DO A CAM CHANGE TWICE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO RUN A GX53 , GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK. MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT
DRIVEABILITY AND DOES THIS CAM JUST HIT HARD UP TOP OR DOES IT START AROUND 3000 RPMS. MY 02 Z IS STOCK W/ A SPEC 3+ AND
A CAI. HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS CAM??
DRIVEABILITY AND DOES THIS CAM JUST HIT HARD UP TOP OR DOES IT START AROUND 3000 RPMS. MY 02 Z IS STOCK W/ A SPEC 3+ AND
A CAI. HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS CAM??
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
I have it in my A4, it comes in about 3000 rpms. Damn thing hits like a freight train. 
Plenty drivable, so long as you have a good tune. Love it and would have it done again in a heartbeat. 
Plenty drivable, so long as you have a good tune. Love it and would have it done again in a heartbeat.
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From: Hillsborough NJ
Originally Posted by 16Again
I have it in my A4, it comes in about 3000 rpms. Damn thing hits like a freight train. Plenty drivable, so long as you have a good tune. Love it and would have it done again in a heartbeat.
Plenty drivable, so long as you have a good tune. Love it and would have it done again in a heartbeat. 
I've moved on to bigger and better things, but I was impressed with this cam. I'd recommend the cam on a 114 lsa, as it will be easier on the street as far as drivability. 40 mph cruising around town in 4th gear...no problem.
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14
My cam is between a G5X-2 & a G5X-3 and it hit like a ton of bricks at about 3000rpm. The new cam will be insane.
It's ALL in the tune...
Oh yeah, I supercharged it
It's ALL in the tune...
Oh yeah, I supercharged it
Melting Slicks
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I run this cam.. I like it. I have it on a 112 LSA. It lopes nicely. I DD my car no problem. It's all in the tune. It comes alive 3500+
You do NOT need to flycut the pistons if you run stock heads or stock sized valves. 114 LSA gives you more P/V clearance, but a 112 will fit as well with a lil less clearance than recommended. I had to flycut the pistons, due to my aftermarket heads having larger valves.
Make sure you upgrade the valvetrain. Use either Patriot/PRC springs, or the Comp 921's. And buy hardened pushrods. Thats all you need as far as valvetrain..
Whatever you do, DO NOT upgrade the rockers with a higher ratio arm. It adds too much lift for the given duration. You will have NO P/V clearance at all. Pistons will contact the valves. This WILL "flycut" your own pistons with your valves and make a mess. (bend valves, break stuff.) Run stock rocker arms and you are all set and good to go.
It's a good cam, you will like it. Also the TSP Magicstick is a good one too. They are pretty close.....
Steve
You do NOT need to flycut the pistons if you run stock heads or stock sized valves. 114 LSA gives you more P/V clearance, but a 112 will fit as well with a lil less clearance than recommended. I had to flycut the pistons, due to my aftermarket heads having larger valves.
Make sure you upgrade the valvetrain. Use either Patriot/PRC springs, or the Comp 921's. And buy hardened pushrods. Thats all you need as far as valvetrain..
Whatever you do, DO NOT upgrade the rockers with a higher ratio arm. It adds too much lift for the given duration. You will have NO P/V clearance at all. Pistons will contact the valves. This WILL "flycut" your own pistons with your valves and make a mess. (bend valves, break stuff.) Run stock rocker arms and you are all set and good to go.
It's a good cam, you will like it. Also the TSP Magicstick is a good one too. They are pretty close.....
Steve
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
Originally Posted by ridered007
I am pretty certain you will need to flycut to make this cam work with your Z06.
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I run this cam, I have a 114 now and had a 112 before, the 114 works better for drivability and makes the exactly the same power just in different area's of the curve but the end result is the same, I back to back dynoed them the same day three hours apart.
It makes power from 3200 up and keeps building right up to my current redline of 7000 RPM.
You should like it as long as your not looking for a stock like drive and understand big cams require more RPM's to drive even slow.
No flycutting here, and I have aftermarket adjustable rockers and they work better than stock as long as you stay with 1.7 ratio.
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Jamie
It makes power from 3200 up and keeps building right up to my current redline of 7000 RPM.
You should like it as long as your not looking for a stock like drive and understand big cams require more RPM's to drive even slow.
No flycutting here, and I have aftermarket adjustable rockers and they work better than stock as long as you stay with 1.7 ratio.
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Jamie