Trex Daily Driver!?!?!?
08-12-2007, 02:22 AM
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Trex Daily Driver!?!?!? ok so im curious cause i want power but still need it to be good for street use (decent drivability).
does anyone daily drive there trex? if so how is it on the street? in traffic? whats ur gas mileage road and highway?
does anyone daily drive there trex? if so how is it on the street? in traffic? whats ur gas mileage road and highway?
08-12-2007, 02:33 AM
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i daily drove a trex with a tune on the car for the tr 224 in my m6 camaro ... had 4.10 gears ls7 clutch never bothered me driving it never really surged ... got close to the same mpg as when i had the 224 but it was running rich not being tuned for the trex other than that she gave me no problems on the street
08-12-2007, 09:48 AM
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Its not too bad. I dont daily drive the car but I could if I had to. Just keep the RPM's up and dont lug it. And it still gets around 25 MPG on the highway.
08-12-2007, 10:08 AM
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If you have it superbly tuned, then you can drive it (and more importantly, enjoy it) every day. Otherwise, you can still get 95% of the power with 50% fewer driveability headaches. Something closer to a 230/230 112LSA cam would be more of a daily driver cam that would still make big power.
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08-12-2007, 11:06 AM
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i know alvin from pcmforless will be my tuner... im debating on ms4 as well but i love the power the trex makes but the powerband starts really high at 3,000. what kind of gas mileage would i get in the city?
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Just remember that on the street a trex will lose alot of the time to a smaller cam car. I say go with something a little bit smaller than the trex. Are you going to go to the track alot? If not then don't bother with it.
08-12-2007, 12:13 PM
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From the feedback I got a while ago, I was asking about a MS4 with 4.10s and how bad it would surge. I still think it's all about the tuner, heard the cam still has surge down low especially in 6th gear if it's a manual. It still all depends on the tuner though. I'm still going to get it though
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i drove the t-rex for 6 months on stock gears. and its not as bad as people say it is.
now im gonna have the set up in my sig on stock gears. you jus need a real good tune
now im gonna have the set up in my sig on stock gears. you jus need a real good tune
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You'll probably be able to put up with it for a few months because it sounds cool and gets a lot of attention, but once the newness wears off I think you'll regret it. I did and I didn't even daily drive mine.
That's not to say that the T-ReX isn't a good cam, but it isn't something I can imagine any sane person who knows what he's talking about would recommend as a daily-driver cam.
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That's not to say that the T-ReX isn't a good cam, but it isn't something I can imagine any sane person who knows what he's talking about would recommend as a daily-driver cam.
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08-13-2007, 12:02 AM
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if i went with the trex id order a cam package from thunder racing but there are 4 different options for springs which do yall recommend?
Patriot Gold
Patriot Extreme
Crane Dual
Comp 26921
Patriot Gold
Patriot Extreme
Crane Dual
Comp 26921
08-13-2007, 01:59 AM
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Patriot Golds will be fine, but seriously, that is too big of a cam unless you're willing to dish out the $$$ for supporting mods. How are you gonna feel when a 228 cammed guy whip your butt from a stand.
Be reasonable, a good 23x cam with the righ VEs will sound as mean and perform much better all around.
Be reasonable, a good 23x cam with the righ VEs will sound as mean and perform much better all around.
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Originally Posted by CaMaRo67RS355
kind of like the ms4 or is that still pretty big?
Originally Posted by Patrick G
Something closer to a 230/230 112LSA cam would be more of a daily driver cam that would still make big power.
