Cam for track car?
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Cam for track car?
Any recommendations for a mild cam for an ls6. The car is a dedicated track car (road course)and I really don't need any more power but since the motor is apart for other repairs I feel I should get something out of my labor and expense. I would like something that is not hell on valve springs and has a nice mid range torque boost. Again, I don't need the extra power but a 50 hp/tq boost would be nice. Thinking mild cam and headers and debating on changing heads to tsp ls6 ported heads. Any thoughts. I still want reliability on the track, so I don't want radical mods.
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does mild cam and track car go in the same sentence?for your type of racing and your setup id run a cam with the following specs. your gonna need springs with this one. but since you want to do a set of heads why not right.
Int. Exh.
Valve Lift .578 .592
Lobe Lift .340 .348
Adv Dur. 284 292
Dur @ .050 233 241
Center Line 110 118
Timing @ .050 tappet Lift
BTDC 7 ABDC 47 BBDC 59 ATDC 3
Int. Exh.
Valve Lift .578 .592
Lobe Lift .340 .348
Adv Dur. 284 292
Dur @ .050 233 241
Center Line 110 118
Timing @ .050 tappet Lift
BTDC 7 ABDC 47 BBDC 59 ATDC 3
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From: At the beach in little Rhody
For a road course car I would look to a 220ish cam. I ran a VHP_056 cam, 216/224 and the mid-range was very good and the peak power increase was 40 rwhp. As for the headers, look at the Tri-Y design. QTP used to make them but no longer does. There are others out there though.
