Cam question
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Cam question
I've been planning to cam my FRC over the winter. Current mods are vararam, headers and tune. I plan on doing 243 heads/LS6 intake when I do the cam. I came across a good deal on a custom cam locally (New) but not sure if its what I'm looking for. The guy who tuned the car said it'll be good for what I want. My goal is to make around 420whp and have a nice streetable car as I drive the car nearly every day. The specs on the cam are 227/238 LSA 110 Lift .613 .615. Thoughts? Thanks fellas!
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That cam will drive really nice actually, you could step up the intake duration a little more if you want to a 232 and put the lsa on a 112 and the car would drive great if the tuner is good. if you have any further questions please feel free to pm me.
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I've been fighting this all day. Is a cam like this http://www.texas-speed.com/p-1154-te...-camshaft.aspx worth an extra 200?
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I've been fighting this all day. Is a cam like this http://www.texas-speed.com/p-1154-te...-camshaft.aspx worth an extra 200?
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size of the cam does not change the price, what will at times is if it's a billet core or not. imo i would never run a non billet core. especially a comp as there have been way to many with high failure rates like the lobes basically eating themselves apart lol.
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because your looking for a Head and cam combo look into the MTI V3 cam and our V3 CNC ported 243 heads. Both are matched to flow very well. you'll be knocking on the door of 500hp with headers and a ls6 intake.
www.MTIracing.com
shoot me an email, I can get you some pricing with shipping. johnny@mtiracing.com
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$200.00 in the grand scheme of modding is a drop in the bucket. If you have to redo it later because you are not happy, it is going to cost a lot more than $200.
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I've been planning to cam my FRC over the winter. Current mods are vararam, headers and tune. I plan on doing 243 heads/LS6 intake when I do the cam. I came across a good deal on a custom cam locally (New) but not sure if its what I'm looking for. The guy who tuned the car said it'll be good for what I want. My goal is to make around 420whp and have a nice streetable car as I drive the car nearly every day. The specs on the cam are 227/238 LSA 110 Lift .613 .615. Thoughts? Thanks fellas!
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I've been planning to cam my FRC over the winter. Current mods are vararam, headers and tune. I plan on doing 243 heads/LS6 intake when I do the cam. I came across a good deal on a custom cam locally (New) but not sure if its what I'm looking for. The guy who tuned the car said it'll be good for what I want. My goal is to make around 420whp and have a nice streetable car as I drive the car nearly every day. The specs on the cam are 227/238 LSA 110 Lift .613 .615. Thoughts? Thanks fellas!
How many have you seen? We've installed hundreds since 2005 and I only know of a handful personally, not even sure if they couldn't be attributed to the oil used.
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Good stuff!!
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update.... I decided to pass on that cam because it probably wasn't what I was looking for. I have recently narrowed down to two cams, Brain Tooley's stage III and stage IV cams. http://www.briantooleyracing.com/nat...-camshaft.html
http://www.briantooleyracing.com/nat...-camshaft.html
Now I understand with the stage IV I'm walking a fine line of messing up my driveability and that definitely worries me. Also what would be some other drawbacks of running a bigger cam? I heard something about the vac messing with cruise control when running a bigger cam? I love cruise control, I can't have that lol. I'm just happy I've narrowed it down finally, this process has been harder than expected but I don't want to hate my car lol.
http://www.briantooleyracing.com/nat...-camshaft.html
Now I understand with the stage IV I'm walking a fine line of messing up my driveability and that definitely worries me. Also what would be some other drawbacks of running a bigger cam? I heard something about the vac messing with cruise control when running a bigger cam? I love cruise control, I can't have that lol. I'm just happy I've narrowed it down finally, this process has been harder than expected but I don't want to hate my car lol.
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I wouldn't go above the Stg.3. Of course, you'll need to upgrade springs, and preferably pushrods, too. Might be cheaper to buy finished CNC 243s, with everything done. Tooley's the man for that, too. If you run 93 oct. then 11.25:1 is not a problem, assuming a good tune. Injectors, oil pump, clutch, etc...
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I wouldn't go above the Stg.3. Of course, you'll need to upgrade springs, and preferably pushrods, too. Might be cheaper to buy finished CNC 243s, with everything done. Tooley's the man for that, too. If you run 93 oct. then 11.25:1 is not a problem, assuming a good tune. Injectors, oil pump, clutch, etc...
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