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Old 09-27-2011, 07:41 PM
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Question help, can't make up my mind, cam for an LQ9

this will be a weekend fun car that will be taken on long trips once in awhile.

LQ9 stock, stock 317 heads, LS6 intake, long tube headers, full exhaust, t56, 3:73 gears, Monster Stage 3 clutch

all of this will be put in my 91 Z/28.

looking at the cams below, but any suggestions would be appreciated:

Futral F13 - 230/232 .595/.585 112 +4 (or even the F14)

TSP Torquer V3 - 231/234 .643"/.598" 111

TR TRuTorq Lvl 4 - 227/234 .616/.614 115 LSA (maybe just throw caution to the wind and go TRex)

EPS 230/238 on a 113 (Spec'd by Geoff)

i would like to have some good power under the curve, not looking for a dyno queen, but i would like to see 400rwhp. shifting at approx 64-6600, rev limiter 6800 or less.
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come on....someone must have an opinion....
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EPS cam out of those up there you posted. if it were me id lean torward a tighter split like a 232/238 but Geoff knows what he is doing
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I would take the EPS cam. They have made some nice numbers and Geoff is very knowledgable.
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Of course I am going to put a vote out for the torquer v.3. We have had great luck with it being an aggressive street driver with a broad powerband. To me it looks exactly like what you are looking for, but then again all those cams have very similar specs.
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no brainer....eps since it was spec'd for your combo.
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i'm going to have to ban myself from reading anything more about cams...just stumbled onto the Ed Curtis Street Sweeper HT.....
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Many cams like to put up big words (hype). A spec'd EPS puts up big numbers (reality).
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no doubt about claims vs. reality....however, the tried and true stuff that has real road miles, graphs to back the claims, and a happy customer base, says something too.



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