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Need some suggestions
ok, I have a few things to ask, so I'll get it all over with in one post.
1. As you can see in my sig, I have a 99 SS. It is very well taken care of, and has just over 62,000 miles on it. I'm doing the whole cam swap thing shortly. My car has AMAZING oil pressure. 50-60 at idle when cold, swings close to 75 when I get on it and its cold. When the engines warm and has been running for awhile, it will idle around 40-45 PSI. I don't recall it ever going below 35. When warm, at around 2,000 RPM or more, its a good 50 PSI at the minimum, even when I've been driving it all day. You guessed it, my first question is: Should I really replace that pump?
2. With the above factors in mind, should I replace the timing chain? I'm not going with some crazy cam with huge lift and mega aggressive valvesprings that will put alot more stress on it, and I doubt in the remainder of the time I own this car it will ever go North of 6,000 RPM.
3. So far, I've been thinking about going with the Hotcam kit. I like the idea of a cam coming with springs and retainers, I love how this cam sounds, and I love the price. I know most of you think this cam is a weenie cam and I should go bigger, and if I save some $$$ on the chain and pump I may put it towards a bigger cam and better springs. What would be a good cam for a daily driver, thats not too crazy, still has a lopey idle, and can run well on the factory tune?
I know I sound like a cheapass, but I'm 22, I'm in college (that I pay for) and I pay my own rent, I own 2 cars, which means that I have 2 insurance bills, I pay for my cell phone, and I have to eat, and I have a girlfriend (she's not cheap either, she loves to dine out). I'm almost entirely self sufficient, so please don't give me any crap about being cheap. I don't go to the dragstrip, (I might once or twice this summer) I'm really just looking for more power, for the occasional stoplight brawl. That and I have a friend with a 97 SS that I have to stay faster than, and hes doing heads/cam this spring
Any help is greatly appreciated.
1. As you can see in my sig, I have a 99 SS. It is very well taken care of, and has just over 62,000 miles on it. I'm doing the whole cam swap thing shortly. My car has AMAZING oil pressure. 50-60 at idle when cold, swings close to 75 when I get on it and its cold. When the engines warm and has been running for awhile, it will idle around 40-45 PSI. I don't recall it ever going below 35. When warm, at around 2,000 RPM or more, its a good 50 PSI at the minimum, even when I've been driving it all day. You guessed it, my first question is: Should I really replace that pump?
2. With the above factors in mind, should I replace the timing chain? I'm not going with some crazy cam with huge lift and mega aggressive valvesprings that will put alot more stress on it, and I doubt in the remainder of the time I own this car it will ever go North of 6,000 RPM.
3. So far, I've been thinking about going with the Hotcam kit. I like the idea of a cam coming with springs and retainers, I love how this cam sounds, and I love the price. I know most of you think this cam is a weenie cam and I should go bigger, and if I save some $$$ on the chain and pump I may put it towards a bigger cam and better springs. What would be a good cam for a daily driver, thats not too crazy, still has a lopey idle, and can run well on the factory tune?
I know I sound like a cheapass, but I'm 22, I'm in college (that I pay for) and I pay my own rent, I own 2 cars, which means that I have 2 insurance bills, I pay for my cell phone, and I have to eat, and I have a girlfriend (she's not cheap either, she loves to dine out). I'm almost entirely self sufficient, so please don't give me any crap about being cheap. I don't go to the dragstrip, (I might once or twice this summer) I'm really just looking for more power, for the occasional stoplight brawl. That and I have a friend with a 97 SS that I have to stay faster than, and hes doing heads/cam this spring
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Mike94ZLT1
ok, I have a few things to ask, so I'll get it all over with in one post.
1. As you can see in my sig, I have a 99 SS. It is very well taken care of, and has just over 62,000 miles on it. I'm doing the whole cam swap thing shortly. My car has AMAZING oil pressure. 50-60 at idle when cold, swings close to 75 when I get on it and its cold. When the engines warm and has been running for awhile, it will idle around 40-45 PSI. I don't recall it ever going below 35. When warm, at around 2,000 RPM or more, its a good 50 PSI at the minimum, even when I've been driving it all day. You guessed it, my first question is: Should I really replace that pump?
1. As you can see in my sig, I have a 99 SS. It is very well taken care of, and has just over 62,000 miles on it. I'm doing the whole cam swap thing shortly. My car has AMAZING oil pressure. 50-60 at idle when cold, swings close to 75 when I get on it and its cold. When the engines warm and has been running for awhile, it will idle around 40-45 PSI. I don't recall it ever going below 35. When warm, at around 2,000 RPM or more, its a good 50 PSI at the minimum, even when I've been driving it all day. You guessed it, my first question is: Should I really replace that pump?
2. With the above factors in mind, should I replace the timing chain? I'm not going with some crazy cam with huge lift and mega aggressive valvesprings that will put alot more stress on it, and I doubt in the remainder of the time I own this car it will ever go North of 6,000 RPM.
3. So far, I've been thinking about going with the Hotcam kit. I like the idea of a cam coming with springs and retainers, I love how this cam sounds, and I love the price. I know most of you think this cam is a weenie cam and I should go bigger, and if I save some $$$ on the chain and pump I may put it towards a bigger cam and better springs. What would be a good cam for a daily driver, thats not too crazy, still has a lopey idle, and can run well on the factory tune?
Pesonally, I'd get tuning and get a used TR-224 on a 112 for your application.
just .02 worth