Bigger cam or no?
Drifting
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From: Colorado
* whats the use of the car
* auto or manual (whats the stall if manual?)
* gear ratio
If it's street driven, I'd stop there. If it's track only, you might as well go as big as the pistons can handle w/o being flycut, unless you've already done that.
Last edited by sean.b; Mar 31, 2017 at 01:06 PM.
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From: Lexington SC
generic question gets generic questions back:
* whats the use of the car
* auto or manual (whats the stall if manual?)
* gear ratio
If it's street driven, I'd stop there. If it's track only, you might as well go as big as the pistons can handle w/o being flycut, unless you've already done that.
* whats the use of the car
* auto or manual (whats the stall if manual?)
* gear ratio
If it's street driven, I'd stop there. If it's track only, you might as well go as big as the pistons can handle w/o being flycut, unless you've already done that.
Use is whatever I want
manual
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Last edited by Leukic; Apr 1, 2017 at 11:43 PM.
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From: Los Angeles California
Relax....no need to be a dick....I agree. And if you have it torn down, then might as well. Have you upgraded the heads already? If not, I would do that as well...if budget permits of course
Last edited by 96darkhorse; Apr 2, 2017 at 01:00 AM.
Drifting
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From: San Jose, CA
How big? What kind of driving do you usually do?
I'd probably always go for a so-called 'stage 2' whereas a 'stage 4' would **** you off anywhere but an open road.
Are you also going to upgrade any of the rest of the valvetrain? For some cams, you need to; for others, you may just want to.
I'd probably always go for a so-called 'stage 2' whereas a 'stage 4' would **** you off anywhere but an open road.
Are you also going to upgrade any of the rest of the valvetrain? For some cams, you need to; for others, you may just want to.
Racer
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From: Kelso Wa.
For mainly a street driven or dd, if I can drive around in a parking lot without having a lot of bucking issues, then no problem. For the strip, bigger is sometimes better, but for a road course bigger could be a detriment. It's like having a two stroke where you have to be on the pipe to be in the power band.
If you really want docile big power, go forced induction. At least these are my thoughts.
If you really want docile big power, go forced induction. At least these are my thoughts.
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