BTR Stage 2 cam surging
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"Should" you? Depends on the tune and other mods.
"Could" you? Absolutely YES. Every aftermarket cam has the potential to surge in certain scenarios.
I have a custom cam very similar in specs to the BTR 2. If my spidey senses are really on point, there are times (very infrequent) where I can feel the slightest/tiniest surge when my car is set on cruise and the car is at low RPMs (1500-1600). It's so faint you can't really feel it if you're not "trying" really hard to detect it.
Bottom line, even with a perfect tune your car may ever-so-slightly surge in rare situations.
"Could" you? Absolutely YES. Every aftermarket cam has the potential to surge in certain scenarios.
I have a custom cam very similar in specs to the BTR 2. If my spidey senses are really on point, there are times (very infrequent) where I can feel the slightest/tiniest surge when my car is set on cruise and the car is at low RPMs (1500-1600). It's so faint you can't really feel it if you're not "trying" really hard to detect it.
Bottom line, even with a perfect tune your car may ever-so-slightly surge in rare situations.
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"Should" you? Depends on the tune and other mods.
"Could" you? Absolutely YES. Every aftermarket cam has the potential to surge in certain scenarios.
I have a custom cam very similar in specs to the BTR 2. If my spidey senses are really on point, there are times (very infrequent) where I can feel the slightest/tiniest surge when my car is set on cruise and the car is at low RPMs (1500-1600). It's so faint you can't really feel it if you're not "trying" really hard to detect it.
Bottom line, even with a perfect tune your car may ever-so-slightly surge in rare situations.
"Could" you? Absolutely YES. Every aftermarket cam has the potential to surge in certain scenarios.
I have a custom cam very similar in specs to the BTR 2. If my spidey senses are really on point, there are times (very infrequent) where I can feel the slightest/tiniest surge when my car is set on cruise and the car is at low RPMs (1500-1600). It's so faint you can't really feel it if you're not "trying" really hard to detect it.
Bottom line, even with a perfect tune your car may ever-so-slightly surge in rare situations.
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From: Kansas City MO
5.5 if I remember correctly.
OP, I run a BTR stage 2 on my LS3 and don't have bucking like it sounds like you have. It will occasionally surge lightly if I'm in a high gear decelerating at very low RPM, but that's it.
OP, I run a BTR stage 2 on my LS3 and don't have bucking like it sounds like you have. It will occasionally surge lightly if I'm in a high gear decelerating at very low RPM, but that's it.
Last edited by doomi; Jul 12, 2018 at 08:15 PM.
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In 6th gear there should not be much surge at 1500 rpm, and none by 1,700 rpm for a cam with 5.5* of overlap if the tuner works at it. In 1st gear, where the load is light, some surge at 1500 rpm is not surprising.
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got my car running via remote tune runnin like a top. My cams bigger and drives very tolerable for how big it is in all fairness lol
got my car running via remote tune runnin like a top. My cams bigger and drives very tolerable for how big it is in all fairness lol
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