Formula-T/A

Hey guys I have a 230/224 .575/.563 cam and I was thinking of going with the T-REX cam.My car is a a4 with no stall,will this be a problem?

SOM98TA

iTrader: (1)

yeah its a problem.

Formula-T/A

what kind of problems?

hellbents10

iTrader: (10)

You are gonna need a lot of stall like 4000 or better and a really good tune and some gears. Do a search and you will see the light.

Formula-T/A

thanks man.

blkZ28spt

You need a converter. Minimum to get any real use out of it would probably be ~4k stall speed, 3.73's and a good tune.

8banger

iTrader: (16)

Wow, running a TR230 without a stall? I don't even want to know what that'd be like off the line. As everyone else says, you NEED a stall and gears. Without a stall, you car would barely even run/idle with the T-Rex. It's a badass cam, but it definitely needs other mods with it to be effective.

35th SS

iTrader: (2)

better get the other mods first like everyone says before and put the trex in there.if I was you go with a 4400 depends if you d/d drive it or not.you can do a search on that one.good luck.

Josh

iTrader: (9)

I don't have any experience with A4s, but I ran my T-ReX with stock gears for more than a year. Obviously, that wasn't ideal, but I did it, and I still enjoyed the cam.

Josh

Jimmy P

iTrader: (177)

My buddy is running a t-rex with 2.73 gears, but he has a 3800 stall . Ran a 12.0 @117 i believe, with a 1.7x 60ft. It could realy use larger gears though.

Formula-T/A

Its not that bad of the line,I have 3.73 gears and it spends the Mickey Thompsons till about 3,100rpm in 1st. I know I need a stall but its a daily driver and I really dont want to go over a 3,500. Thanks for the advise guys

8banger

iTrader: (16)

Do what I did...pick up a nice 3400 stall.

koniu77

i would get little more then 3400 for a t-rex, more like 4400

Bryan @ Speed Inc.

iTrader: (19)

i think you'd be fine if you had a 3500 stall w/ a 3.73 gear. and to the guy that said he ran the cam w/ his m6 car w/ stock gears for a year.... manual cars are much easier to deal w/ big cams. an automatic you can't jsut rev the motor up a little higher and slip the clutch a little more. stock stall + big cam = BOG!

KGSloan

really you should consider just getting a stall for the setup you have.

i ran the tr 230/224 for a while and it can run some killer times (mid 11's at 119 mph in my car). of course i had all of the supporting mods to go with it. which is essential to running fast times.

put a stall in the car and it will be a completely different animal.

blkZ28spt

Trex needs more than a 3500 stall. Hell, my MS3 needed more than that to show any of it's potential. You could get away with the Trex on a 3500 but it would be stupid, IMO, to put a Trex on a <4000 stall.

Formula-T/A

Thanks guys,I guess I will keep what I got and give a stall a try.

8banger

iTrader: (16)

Good...that really is an awesome cam.