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Old 02-07-2014, 08:20 AM
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Here's the grind I'm getting from comp for my SS. My car is a weekend warrior/track car. Just wondering what numbers I should expect and what you guys think of the setup. Thanks!

235 242 621 615 112LSA

Full bolt ons, lid, long tubes, ory, cutout, bellow, etc.

Ls6 intake

Milled 799 heads

3400 circle D

Hd-2 shift kit

3.73 gears

Edit: car is on 295-18 Nitto nto5r's
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That cam should make somewhere in the 60-65 hp gain over stock. It's right in between the size of our 233/239 cam and our Tsunami camshaft and should reflect that power wise.

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Originally Posted by Mavn
Here's the grind I'm getting from comp for my SS. My car is a weekend warrior/track car. Just wondering what numbers I should expect and what you guys think of the setup. Thanks!

235 242 621 615 112LSA

Full bolt ons, lid, long tubes, ory, cutout, bellow, etc.

Ls6 intake

Milled 799 heads

3400 circle D

Hd-2 shift kit

3.73 gears

Edit: car is on 295-18 Nitto nto5r's

Specs look really close to the Tick Performance SNS stage 3 cam
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Wow it is! What numbers is the sns stage 3 putting down? Where's Martin@tick?
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Similar to the Brian tooley stage 4, but with what seems to be a more aggressive exausht lobe. Not sure though, lift doesn't tell the whole story.
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Do you guys think I can breach the 400 hp mark?
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Originally Posted by Mavn
Do you guys think I can breach the 400 hp mark?
No. You'll be lucky to break 350...
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Originally Posted by dr_whigham
No. You'll be lucky to break 350...
Damn! My car is the 3.8 SS😎
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I ran a very very similar cam in my Formula 3 years ago. It was a 235/243 LSL/LSL lobe 112+2 and with the same mods you have MINUS the 799 heads (mine were stock 241's) mine made 396rwhp. Powerband and torque curve was broad and smooth. Mine worked very well with the stock 241 heads with its later IVC point but honestly with the 799's that I eventually swapped on to the car it would have really benefited by advancing the cam another 2* or so. What ICL are you using? I would recommend you go 112+3 or +4 personally.
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That 234/242 profile and the variants work very well. I would also recommend a 108 ICL from either a 112+4 or 111+3.
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I'll be very curious as to how this cam works for you. Mine is similar...612/612 lift, 236/244 duration, 113+4 LSA/ICL. I love this cam
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I'm excited! My friend owns a performance shop here in Houston and they build some Nasty cars. Should be 2 weeks before everything is tuned and ready to go.
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2 Questions.....
Won't the pistons need to be flycut to clear that size cam especially if it's on a 108ICL with the 799s also being milled ???
Will the 3400 stall be enough or will it get caught between the dual torque bumps that finally take off from say 4000-7000 ???
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Originally Posted by dr_whigham
No. You'll be lucky to break 350...
Wow, mine broke the 350 mark with a 224/228 @112. I can see OP making over 400 with a lift like he has being spec'd out.
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Originally Posted by z28SSilvest
Wow, mine broke the 350 mark with a 224/228 @112. I can see OP making over 400 with a lift like he has being spec'd out.
I think he was kidding. I've been told 400-440 with my setup I'm going with. 420-460 once I get a fast intake with tb.
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Originally Posted by A.R. Shale Targa
2 Questions.....
Won't the pistons need to be flycut to clear that size cam especially if it's on a 108ICL with the 799s also being milled ???
Will the 3400 stall be enough or will it get caught between the dual torque bumps that finally take off from say 4000-7000 ???
I was thinking the same thing about the stall speed being to low for a cam that size. I could be wrong but I'd ask some sponsors about it.

I personal have learned enough about cams in the last year or two to know that I don't know enough to spec my own cam. I'd talk your combo over with either Martin Smallwood from Tick or Brian Tooly, there are other great cam guys but they'd be my top choices.
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You'd probably be tight with stock valves if the milling is pretty mild (.010" clean up pass). Anything more than that and you'd be too tight. Best way is to measure. The stock valves help out some there, but it's a big, tight cam.

3400 would be on the low side for that cam. However, it would drive around fine with it, but a 3600+ would be more ideally suited with a 4000 probably being about right.
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Originally Posted by JakeFusion™
You'd probably be tight with stock valves if the milling is pretty mild (.010" clean up pass). Anything more than that and you'd be too tight. Best way is to measure. The stock valves help out some there, but it's a big, tight cam.

3400 would be on the low side for that cam. However, it would drive around fine with it, but a 3600+ would be more ideally suited with a 4000 probably being about right.
Yeah it's on the smaller side. I'm not trying to break any records or anything. And I want Better drive ability. I dd a 4k stall on my last lt1 and it wasn't my favorite.
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Originally Posted by JakeFusion™
You'd probably be tight with stock valves if the milling is pretty mild (.010" clean up pass). Anything more than that and you'd be too tight. Best way is to measure. The stock valves help out some there, but it's a big, tight cam.

3400 would be on the low side for that cam. However, it would drive around fine with it, but a 3600+ would be more ideally suited with a 4000 probably being about right.
How do you measure the amount milled? I understand how to measure the combustion chamber, just not hot to tell how much milling was done.
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Not sure how much was milled off... I think .10?


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