trex and cam surge
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trex and cam surge
I got the trex with 59ccs,4.30s and a t56. The cam surge below 1800 or so sucks. The car is not tuned for drivability just the WOT and idle. The reason for that is because I haven't upgraded my intake yet. So before I change the cam to sometiing smaller, I was wondering how much of the surge I can eliminate out of the trex. Yes I know the tuner plays a huge roll but I'm looking for real world experiences. My other cam of choice is a pat g 235/242 109 lsa. Yes I know the lsa also plays a roll but I'm switching to a proflo I take so I wanna keep a 109-110 lsa.
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A cam that big is always going to have issues tuned great or not, yes ya can get alot of the issues down but thats a huge cam and with a huge cam comes huge cam problems,my ms4 car runs great on the street but that comes with a well setup car and alot of time in the tune, sorry i dont want someone to read this and get the wrong idea,really if your worried about cam surge/bucking etc that cam is not for you
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I was just wondering how much you can tune out. I dont mind it at 1200 rpms. I just don't like it 1300+ when it forces me to downshift do to the surging. Im going turbo in a few years but I may try another custom cam if the tuning after my intake install still doesn't take care of most of the surging.
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Tuning a T-Rex for no surge is a piece of cake with stock intake and TB. Gets a lot more challenging with a 90-102mm TB. Your tuner will really need to know what he's doing to get it right. Idle tuning with a 102mm TB and a T-Rex is a fine art.
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.