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Old 03-18-2010, 10:37 PM
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I have a 2002 ls1 that is going in my 75 vette, I will be running the victor jr manifold with a 750 mighty demon carb, stock bottom end, long tube headers, 3200 stall, TH-400 trans, 3.73 gears. The car is a street/strip car but I am looking for the most power possible with decent drivability. I plan on changing heads after a few months when they are in my budget so for now I will be using stock heads. I am looking at 3 cams and need some advice on which is the best choice, the T-Rex, the RapTR, and the Magic Stick 4. Please let me know what you all think?
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im a trex man. so thats what i would go with. but i would just wait for the heads to go on at the same time. imo
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Originally Posted by MTC_75vette
I have a 2002 ls1 that is going in my 75 vette, I will be running the victor jr manifold with a 750 mighty demon carb, stock bottom end, long tube headers, 3200 stall, TH-400 trans, 3.73 gears. The car is a street/strip car but I am looking for the most power possible with decent drivability. I plan on changing heads after a few months when they are in my budget so for now I will be using stock heads. I am looking at 3 cams and need some advice on which is the best choice, the T-Rex, the RapTR, and the Magic Stick 4. Please let me know what you all think?
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I would have one specd by Pat G. Single planes usually like a tighter lsa than the ones above. But out of those the trex performs the best with single planes.
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Originally Posted by white84z
I would have one specd by Pat G. Single planes usually like a tighter lsa than the ones above. But out of those the trex performs the best with single planes.
^^ agreed. You are looking at cams that are probably designed for ls1 style intakes (ls1, ls6, fast, etc). Find one with a tight LSA.... like 110 for a single plane. Keep your duration down. The victor jr is a rev happy intake. If you run a 24x/24x cam, you are going to be be peaking over well over 7000 rpm and shifting at ~7500. Your stock bottom end won't last long there.



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