Frankenstein Engine Dynamics Camshafts?
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Frankenstein Engine Dynamics Camshafts?
Okay so I’m still weighing my options with cams. The top contender is still a BTR stage 3. My goal is to have a streetable cam-only setup that will make hopefully around 415whp. My car dyno’d 363whp on just headers and an air filter. Hoping to also add a CAI and maybe a throttle body. The car is a 2004 so it also has 241s and the ls6 intake.
I stumbled on FED and have heard nothing but positive feedback on their heads and cams. I’m looking at their cam at the following link: https://frankensteined.net/shop/fed-ls1-camshaft/
to save you a click it’s a 235/240 112+3 .361/.347
ive only been able to speak with one person running it, but they love it, and said it made better power than a larger cam they were running prior.
My question is has anyone else run this cam? I’m not the most knowledgeable on cams, does this seem like a good spec for a street car? I’m pretty tolerant when it comes to driveability, but I don’t want anything that’s going to absolutely be a pain in the *** either.
My biggest priorities here are that power goal and maintaining at least half decent drivability. If it bucks or surges mildly, I’m not going to throw a fit.
And yes i will be springing for pushrods and a nice fancy valvespring setup
I stumbled on FED and have heard nothing but positive feedback on their heads and cams. I’m looking at their cam at the following link: https://frankensteined.net/shop/fed-ls1-camshaft/
to save you a click it’s a 235/240 112+3 .361/.347
ive only been able to speak with one person running it, but they love it, and said it made better power than a larger cam they were running prior.
My question is has anyone else run this cam? I’m not the most knowledgeable on cams, does this seem like a good spec for a street car? I’m pretty tolerant when it comes to driveability, but I don’t want anything that’s going to absolutely be a pain in the *** either.
My biggest priorities here are that power goal and maintaining at least half decent drivability. If it bucks or surges mildly, I’m not going to throw a fit.
And yes i will be springing for pushrods and a nice fancy valvespring setup
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those lift numbers must be a typo, .361/.347 is quite a bit less lift than the stock cam
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yeah you're probably right, most advertise valve lift so that was my first thought... lift would be .614/.590 and that sounds more like it
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This is just my opinion, but I can't see investing in a quality cam and using stock 241 heads. It's leaving too much on the table.
That being said, if I had unlimited funds, I've seen enough out of Frankenstein that I would have no problems giving them my money.
