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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 11:13 PM
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im considering putting a cam in my car. its a daily driver. blackwing intake, ported throttle body, headers, gutted cats, borla exhaust. tune. i dont plan on any forced induction. what do you all suggest. also will most likely add a converter. any suggestions there? thanks
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 06:16 PM
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im considering putting a cam in my car. its a daily driver. blackwing intake, ported throttle body, headers, gutted cats, borla exhaust. tune. i dont plan on any forced induction. what do you all suggest. also will most likely add a converter. any suggestions there? thanks
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im in tampa florida. ive got the basic mods done, im thinking the converter and cam is the logical next step, but im welcome to any ideas. thanks.
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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Since you've got an A/T, you could probably use higher (numerically) gears for a start. My cam suggestion depends on gearing. Assuming 3.42s, a nice 224-228@114 and .575 or so lift would be a nice DD cam.
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