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Old 03-09-2009, 07:45 PM
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Im about to order a tr224 cam for my 1970 gto with a 2004 gto ls1 auto trans. This is going to be a daily driver. My question is 112 or 114lsa. I know a 114 is better for a dd. My question is--is the 112 idle much different than the 114? Is it to rough for a dd? After all its going into a muscle car. Does the 114 loose alot of its midrange? Do I have to have the car tuned? I know thats alot of questions but I always get great info from this site. Thanks
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A lot of people dd a 112, it all depends on your tuner. a tune can make all the difference in the world.
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go 112 ur only running the 224 and not the 224r so u dont have the more aggresive lobes which will help. i have the 224r on a 112 and i dd my 2000 ta. my friend has a 224 on a 114 and it sounds sick still but not as lumpy. ur torque curve is going to move is a dif also. if u run the 112 ull make more down low which is better for a heavy street car
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It's not going to make that much difference. Go with the 112. Like you said, it's a muscle car.
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I have that cam with a 112 in my camaro. It has a nice idle, you'll like it. It even ran before it was tuned perfectly. Go with 112.
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A 224 cam with 112 is fine for a dd plus the torque curve will be lower in the rpm's with the 112lsa whitch is better on the street. Aka more useable power.
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114LSA better as a daily.

112 better suited to M6 cars.
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what kind of trans is this running through?
andyes it is always recomended to tune after cam swap.
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Its the stock 4l60e, but will be changing the torque converter.
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Don't be scared to run a lower LSA cam if you want to. A good tune and you will be fine. The only bitch I have is my cold start idle can be a little temperamental but after about a minute everything is great even in sub freezing weather.....
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i would recomend te 112 just because it will sound a little better, and it will still be well behaved (unless you want your car to drive like a Buick). You cant go wrong either way. Good luck!!
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Don't rule out the 228R camshafts either. dyno testing constanly shows a solid 8hp gain over the 224 camshaft with very very little change to driveability. We've swapped 224s for 228s several times with good results.

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Originally Posted by jsn829
Im about to order a tr224 cam for my 1970 gto with a 2004 gto ls1 auto trans. This is going to be a daily driver. My question is 112 or 114lsa. I know a 114 is better for a dd. My question is--is the 112 idle much different than the 114? Is it to rough for a dd? After all its going into a muscle car. Does the 114 loose alot of its midrange? Do I have to have the car tuned? I know thats alot of questions but I always get great info from this site. Thanks

The 112 lsa will be fine. It has a very very subtle chop to it. It should get tuned, but will run ok without it. Might surge a little and maybe try to die sometimes when you come to stop. Really should have a tune though when you go changing valve events like that.




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