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Old 03-08-2005, 10:52 PM
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I love the power my magic stick cam puts out, but now I wanna build a sleeper but still have that same sized cam, I know alot of speed shops can make custom grind cams and I was wondering if its possible to make a magic stick sized cam with a 115 or 116LSA and if so will I lose any power???
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umm i think it will still lope.... not sure though
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I had a 244/250 .615/.615 116+4 lsa cam in my car and at 900-950 idle you could barely hear the lope(kinda like a TR 220 on a 114). Several people didn't even know I put a cam in my car I switched it out for a 244/248 612/.615 114 lsa and this one lopes hard! Here is the kicker on my car the made the same power.
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raising the idle really helps in smoothening the choppiness. depending on how big of a cam, you could set it at ~950-1000 rpm's
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sweet, just wondered if it could be done, thanks
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Originally Posted by StangKillaLS1
I love the power my magic stick cam puts out, but now I wanna build a sleeper but still have that same sized cam, I know alot of speed shops can make custom grind cams and I was wondering if its possible to make a magic stick sized cam with a 115 or 116LSA and if so will I lose any power???

Widening the LSA will cause the cam to loose overlap and hence loose power.
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it should also peak way way higher in the rpm band.
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If I go with a 114LSA, and move my idle up to 1000 or so, will that make it not so coppy?? Im planning AFR 205's or 225 heads and might drop to a little smaller cam, maybe 228/233 or so with a 115 or 114 LSA, but want something thats almost going to sound stock and not a Drag car like it sounds now, im also going to be putting a ORY and Corsa back on. Im hoping for a 430-460rwhp NA with H/C and boltons.




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