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told i needed a big cam to beat a 03 cobra is this cam big enough?

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Old 12-15-2008, 09:14 PM
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got a torquer v.3 231/234 with all the supporting bolt ons
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depends on what kind of cobra your dealing with

if your wantin to go after pullied cobra's (with bolt ons of course) then your definitely gonna need at lest 430+ rear wheel horsepower. considering most pullied cobras make 440 at the least. so as far as that specific cam being big enough- i can't help you...but like i said your gonna wanna make 430+
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Might be, might not. Oh, just for further reference (not trying to be a dick in anyway), we have a sub forum over in the racer's lounge for bench racing and whatnot.

I would say, stock, of course it is enough. Pullied like bigjeep said...I would do heads for insurance, spray for more insurance, all of it, plus gears, and yea. Some pullied cobras have trapped 121 or so...that is like cam+ 100 shot ranges generally. A good, heathy H/C car could pull that off though. Just run and find out.
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You do have the weight advantage, so depending on the mods you may or you may not. Keep in mind there aren't too many stock Cobras anymore, and a twin screw will put most of us above 600 rwhp.
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Go race, THEN post the results in the KILL SECTION.

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Originally Posted by 02 T/A 984
got a torquer v.3 231/234 with all the supporting bolt ons
nope. your gonna need some spray or some heads to go along with that cam
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Originally Posted by AznMuscle
Might be, might not. Oh, just for further reference (not trying to be a dick in anyway), we have a sub forum over in the racer's lounge for bench racing and whatnot.

I would say, stock, of course it is enough. Pullied like bigjeep said...I would do heads for insurance, spray for more insurance, all of it, plus gears, and yea. Some pullied cobras have trapped 121 or so...that is like cam+ 100 shot ranges generally. A good, heathy H/C car could pull that off though. Just run and find out.
i got 124 traps outa mine this year
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Originally Posted by JayplaySS2
Go race, THEN post the results in the KILL SECTION.

New guys, read these, again.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/street-ra...ease-read.html

https://ls1tech.com/forums/street-ra...-retarded.html

See you Friday.
I was wondering if you were gonna do that.
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yay! i can finally use:

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just spray that T/A of your's you can probably spray 150 with bolt ons and be fine. but if you spray with that cam you win as long as you have traction but if that cobra has a decent mod list it may blow your doors off unless you plan on doing some more mods yourself
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Get a set of heads from Texas Speed and call it a day. If the cobra is at 440 rwhp then you definetely do not need 430 rwhp in the f-body. But a healthy cam and heads setup should definetely be around that number. Just do them for insurance. I dont see you having a problem against the cobra.
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Cam only you dont have a shot. See my sig, I am speaking from personal experience driving both cars within 3-4 days of each other. I had the TSP 233/239 cam on a 112lsa too.
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Originally Posted by smokin2001formula
Get a set of heads from Texas Speed and call it a day. If the cobra is at 440 rwhp then you definetely do not need 430 rwhp in the f-body. But a healthy cam and heads setup should definetely be around that number. Just do them for insurance. I dont see you having a problem against the cobra.
the weight difference isn't much...

"cory" and his brother raced (cobra had 15 more to the wheels) and they were locked up.

so if a cobra has 440...then he could very well need 430 to win.
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Originally Posted by Dynotune04
i got 124 traps outa mine this year
I was refering to you that trapped 121....now you bumped it up.....dammit! Sick car though. You going to port the blower?
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The Cobra he is running only mod is a catback. That cam will be more than enough to beat a catback only Cobra. He is asking this in other sections as well thats why I knew the cobra's only mod was a catback.
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I was about to ask why he has this posted in the Internal section, as well as here.....but anyway. Catback, you got this. Pullied, no chance, unless the cobra has !driver.
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Originally Posted by AznMuscle
I was refering to you that trapped 121....now you bumped it up.....dammit! Sick car though. You going to port the blower?
yea. plans for the winter are fuel, stage 5 port, solid axle and a 8 point bar. gonna shoot for a 10 second eaton car next year.
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Originally Posted by mrbigjeep
the weight difference isn't much...

"cory" and his brother raced (cobra had 15 more to the wheels) and they were locked up.

so if a cobra has 440...then he could very well need 430 to win.
Yes we were very close....but 100 shot on a full bolt on LS-1 is way diff. than cammed LS-1 and we have proved that....the hit of nitrous and the tq. will usually yank on a cammed car. BTW- I spun real bad from the 25 roll or it might have been diff. but from a 50 roll I was stuck beside him..I have no shame in it... his car runs hard from a roll, I have seen him run door to door with cars that trap 124!!!
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Originally Posted by Dynotune04
yea. plans for the winter are fuel, stage 5 port, solid axle and a 8 point bar. gonna shoot for a 10 second eaton car next year.
Do it!!!
you'll love the SRA



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