MeanWS6

Is anyone running this cam or know anyone that is with an A4? The numbers are astounding, but will it work well in a daily driven A4 with cartek stage II heads?

Ramair346

Call Lou tomorrow and ask. I think as long as they haven't been milled, it should be ok.

Gold Z

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We'll find out in a week or so when my car is finished. Lou told me it would work fine in an A4 with a decent sized stall convertor.

flynbludream

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Depends on whether you consider this well:


G5X2 cam only A4

gator's 99TA

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i bet it makes my idle sound smooth <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> very nice dynonumbers, but man that is turning that motor tight!

BurnOut

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by gator's 99TA:
<strong> i bet it makes my idle sound smooth <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> very nice dynonumbers, but man that is turning that motor tight!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nah, it's not really that bad. They usually set the rev limiter @6700 or so (on M6 cars- not sure on A4's), IIRC; only 500 RPM over stock. Considering that the most notorious weak link in the LSx (read: valvetrain) is upgraded when a cam is installed, that's not all that bad at all.

gator's 99TA

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to take advantage of that cam, like rageman and others will do, is turn it to 7K rpms since the power doesnt drop off.

as for your statement of the weakest link, ever check out a set of LSx rodbolts? lol, if you did then you would reconsider the valvespring issue. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

i am still waiting to hear a cam like that in an A4. with manuals, big cams are not a limiting factor ever. you have a clutch.

Got Me SOM

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Can you change the rodbolts out by dropping the oilpan and doing it underneath?

This just may be the cam for me. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_images/icons/tongue.gif" />

SSBoy

IMHO, this cam is to big for an A4. Especially if you want to keep your rod bolts in tact. I would think that this cam must be shifted *atleast* at 6700-6800 or more RPM's to take full advantage of this cam. I sure as hell would not want to spin my stock ls1 block (with the exception of valvesprings, pushrods, etc..)that high.

*but* thats just me, everyone is titled to their own opinion...This is coming from a guy who had a A4 with a TR-224 cam and i thought that cam was just perfect for an A4.

Visceral

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I think you would need a heck of a stall and a raised idle for sure. Definitely going to take some crafty tuning to get it drivable. I guess I would do something different. MY bottom end didnt survive its 6700 fun. But the new 387 will. But its been a long time w/o my car because I was trying for that last 3 hp <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

chris

broke7

That is one of my next mods. I have a TCI 3500 with 2.5 STR and NX 125 shot. Hopefully it all works out.

Ive heard the g5x2 loves the spray.

LG Motorsports

Hi Guys,

The power peak is at 6400, and that is where we set the shift point on an A4. For that shift point, we use a 6800 rev limiter, just so when it shifts, it doesn't hit the limiter.

A 6400 power peak is not all that high.

thanks
LG

Godspeed

Actually you would be surprised how well they idle with the cam - even the automatics. We raise the idle and make some other tweaks in the PCM and they are very street friendly. Even the A4's with our heads seem to idle better than some of the small cams of not too long ago.

SAINT WS6

Here's my graph with an A4, idles awesome! 950 AC off, 1100 AC on. No surging or stalling.
http://home.earthlink.net/~stoney69/Photo.JPG

Vig 3600, Headers, Cats, no pullies, no ported TB, S2 LS1 heads. Direct port coming soon after I build up the bottom end!

Got Me SOM

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nice graph saint ws6!
That's exactly what I want. What do you run at the track?

I see there's another thread with a a4 vette that made 394hp at 6700 rpm. That's a bit too high for me

As long as it makes it power at 6400 I think I'm gonna do it. Looks like if you kept revving it, it would still make power.

wicked 98z

I will have mine running saturday. Its also a A4.

SAINT WS6

haven't ran it yet. Had to go back to school. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> I'll run it when I get back...

SuperZ28

Saint WS6, that 415rwhp is with converter locked, correct?

if so, do you have any unlocked #s as well?

SAINT WS6

I dont know if they ran my car unlocked. I never thought to ask. Maybe Lou will pull my old charts up on the computer next to the dyno and post if he has em? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />