98 C5 And Need Cam Pick
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98 C5 And Need Cam Pick
I Have A 98 C5 A4 With Some Mods And Am Trying To Pick A Cam That Wont Eat Into My Wallet Using Stock Heads. I Have 342 Diff With 3000 Tc, Black Wing, Slp Maf And Bellows, B& B Shorties And When They Arrive A Bbk 80mmtb And Intake... What Cam Do You Recommend With Springs That Still Keep Car Streetable And Dont Cost A Fortune For Springs And Retainers. In Addition With The Auto Do I Have To Remove Pcm And Have Reprogrammed.....best Bang For The Buck With Least Mods Computer And Otherwise...thanks Kevin
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It would be hard to beat the TR224 considering the mild T/C that you have. Go with PRC or Patriot Gold springs, you can buy the springs, retainers, seats and seals in a kit from Thunder Racing. They also make the cam I mentioned. Mike Norris (Next Level Performance) is in Orlando Fla. he can install your cam and dyno tune your car. Or you can have someone local do the install, and get a mail order tune from Mike Norris or one of the other tuners on the forum.
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Question On Spring And Retainer Package Thunder Offers The 599 Kit Or The Upgrade For The Titanium....is It Worth The Extra...i Am Not Racing And Mostly Light Street....thanks Kevin.
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Originally Posted by ANTHONYCORVETTE
Question On Spring And Retainer Package Thunder Offers The 599 Kit Or The Upgrade For The Titanium....is It Worth The Extra...i Am Not Racing And Mostly Light Street....thanks Kevin.
You can buy the cam for 429.00 and the complete Patroit valve spring kit. That includes dual springs, Ti retainers, seats and seals for about 300.00. Food for thought.
You won't gain as much power since you have shorty headers instead of LTs. You should pickup 25+RWHP I would quess.
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who sells the patriot kit is it thunder racing...i have been told that given all other mods i have done that i should pickup with the 224/224 and 114 sp roughly 28-35 hp...thanks kevin
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Originally Posted by ANTHONYCORVETTE
who sells the patriot kit is it thunder racing...i have been told that given all other mods i have done that i should pickup with the 224/224 and 114 sp roughly 28-35 hp...thanks kevin
Thunder should have the kit. You can also buy it direct from Patroit.
As mentioned above Futral cams are excellent great driveability and power. Plus you can buy one for just 340.00 while they are on sale.
Food for thought.
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Least inexpensive would be 02 or 03 ZO6 cam, several places have them new for $200, Mallet is selling ZO6 takeoff springs for $35 a set. with that torque converter you will then be putting in a cage because you should run high 11s with decent tires.. No tuning necessary.http://www.mallettcars.com/4_sale/ta..._off_parts.htm
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Originally Posted by lost
Least inexpensive would be 02 or 03 ZO6 cam, several places have them new for $200, Mallet is selling ZO6 takeoff springs for $35 a set. with that torque converter you will then be putting in a cage because you should run high 11s with decent tires.. No tuning necessary.http://www.mallettcars.com/4_sale/ta..._off_parts.htm
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Thanks For All The Help. I Bought A 221/221 565/565 112 Lsa Lunati Cam And 918 Springs, Hard Pr Andti Ret For The Setup..i Hope This Was A Good Pick. I Wanted A Decent Idle And Hope The 112lsa Gives Me That......anybody Have A Prediction On My Horsepower After. I Am Guessing 28 Net.....thank Kevin
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Originally Posted by ANTHONYCORVETTE
Thanks For All The Help. I Bought A 221/221 565/565 112 Lsa Lunati Cam And 918 Springs, Hard Pr Andti Ret For The Setup..i Hope This Was A Good Pick. I Wanted A Decent Idle And Hope The 112lsa Gives Me That......anybody Have A Prediction On My Horsepower After. I Am Guessing 28 Net.....thank Kevin
If you want smooth idle the 114lsa would be better. I have a little cam (222/222 on 114) and it is very smooth, idles around 850rpm with tune.
