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Apr 30, 2003 | 05:31 PM

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What is a cam card?

Title says it all. What is a cam card? I see people asking about them for used cams.

Apr 30, 2003 | 05:53 PM

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Re: What is a cam card? (boost2much)

A cam card will tell you the valve timing as well as lift and duration on a particular cam. It will tell you if the cam is advanced, retarded or ground straight up.
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Apr 30, 2003 | 06:02 PM

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Re: What is a cam card? (Phil97SVT)

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A cam card will tell you the valve timing as well as lift and duration on a particular cam. It will tell you if the cam is advanced, retarded or ground straight up.
Phillip

It tells you the spec of a cam. Just like 295/35 18 tells what size a tire is. 222/228 575/580 114lsa tell a cam's dimensions.

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Apr 30, 2003 | 07:43 PM

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Re: What is a cam card? (YELLOHHH)

THANKS!! :cheers:

Apr 30, 2003 | 08:37 PM

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Re: What is a cam card? (boost2much)

Here is mine for the MTI B1 Cam 221/221 559/559 114

Apr 30, 2003 | 09:21 PM

2001 Red Coupe Bandit

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Re: What is a cam card? (wallstAL)

Al how do you like your 221 cam? This is Gary. I now have a SS3600 stall TC similar to yours. My buddy has a Cam he got out of another car (with 1K miles on the Cam) and it is a Comp Cam 222/222 .56X/.56X 114 LSA. Which seems to be a decent Cam with good power across a wide RPM Range. He might give it to me at a decent price.

The Bandit...............

May 1, 2003 | 11:49 AM

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Re: What is a cam card? (2001 Red Coupe Bandit)

I went with a mild cam due to the strict Cali emission standards. I picked up approx. 43hp in conjuction with other mods. The idle is great with proper tuning. Your friends cam is almost identical, go for it.

May 2, 2003 | 10:48 AM

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a Comp Cam 222/222 .56X/.56X 114 LSA.
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Bandit, stab the cam in. The cam you are describing sounds very much like the MTI B1. The B1 was a standard on this forum from 2001-2002 and still continues to be a nice broad range cam like you are describing. The T1 may have had more acclaim due to its tighter 112 lobes, but I think the 222/222 will work great with your A4 car.