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Old 03-12-2007, 06:47 AM
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Question Cleaning out a big cam?

I was just wondering how important it is to clean out a “big” cam? I herd its not to good to let it idle for a good amount of time and then just “putt” round. But I just got 4:10’s put in and I only have a street tune and not my WOT dyno tune yet so I really don’t wanna floor it yet. So anybody else just crawl around w/ ur bigger cam and not really get on it at all? Thanks in advance for the input guys.
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ttt.....Man two hours go bye and I'm on page 2 already lol. Any thoughts on this guys. I mean an I hurtting anything letting it get backed up by not opening up on it?
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It's a roller cam. It's not going to hurt anything by letting it idle. Whoever told you that is a tool.
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Well I was just told its not good to let everything go with out given it some gas to clean everything out. I was just trying to see what all you ppl w/ bigger cams do b/c of all the overlap.
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Anyone else?
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Come on I know that are some cammed ls1 around here.
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There's quite a few that daily drive cams with 23x/23x duration and more than .59x lift (me being one of them when the weather's decent). The only thing your burning off by "cleaning out" the engine is the gas used to bring the RPMs up.
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the car is fuel injected...don't worry about cleaning it out....
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Originally Posted by skipperbisket
the car is fuel injected...don't worry about cleaning it out....


let er lope man, and put fear on the faces of the children in the neighborhood
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This is all good to hear. I just want to know I'm not messing anything up by putting around town all day and not opening up on her.
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Originally Posted by T'sBlack99Z28
This is all good to hear. I just want to know I'm not messing anything up by putting around town all day and not opening up on her.
Only hurting the cop's feeling because he doesn't get to pull you over.
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^^^ Yea I hear ya there lol. I trying to keep a real close eye out for any cops just w/ it being so loud.
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Do you mean carbon buildup because you drive like a granny? We get carbon buildup at high RPMs through the PCV anyway, so its probably a wash . Just stretch her legs from time to time, or seafoam it.
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Did someone say seafoam?




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