228r cam ?
01-22-2008, 11:33 PM
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228r cam ? i have a motor with the tsp 228r cam in it which is 228/228 588/588 on 112 and im thinking about putting a carb with a victor jr. intake on it to put in a mustang just wandering how it would do with a carb instead of efi
01-23-2008, 12:52 PM
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To each their own, but a cam is a cam moneywise. All of them need upgraded springs, and retainers are highly recommended, so the cost of cam at the top of the page is almost always within a few percent of the cam at the bottom.
Now, if you're going to upgrade later to a solid roller, why spend all the money now for a mild hydraulic roller? A stock LS1 should put in the neighborhood of 380-400hp to the flywheel with headers & exhaust to fit the chassis, even on the stock ECM, and intake. You're still making more power than most H/C 5.0L engines, almost any N/A 4.6, etc.
You would be ahead of the game keeping the stock electronics, and converting the heads and cam all at once with a tune. Then you don't have to f*** with the jetting and timing all the time because the ECM should manage all but the most severe weather changes.
Now, if you're going to upgrade later to a solid roller, why spend all the money now for a mild hydraulic roller? A stock LS1 should put in the neighborhood of 380-400hp to the flywheel with headers & exhaust to fit the chassis, even on the stock ECM, and intake. You're still making more power than most H/C 5.0L engines, almost any N/A 4.6, etc.
You would be ahead of the game keeping the stock electronics, and converting the heads and cam all at once with a tune. Then you don't have to f*** with the jetting and timing all the time because the ECM should manage all but the most severe weather changes.
01-23-2008, 01:33 PM
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To each their own, but a cam is a cam moneywise. All of them need upgraded springs, and retainers are highly recommended, so the cost of cam at the top of the page is almost always within a few percent of the cam at the bottom.
Now, if you're going to upgrade later to a solid roller, why spend all the money now for a mild hydraulic roller? A stock LS1 should put in the neighborhood of 380-400hp to the flywheel with headers & exhaust to fit the chassis, even on the stock ECM, and intake. You're still making more power than most H/C 5.0L engines, almost any N/A 4.6, etc.
You would be ahead of the game keeping the stock electronics, and converting the heads and cam all at once with a tune. Then you don't have to f*** with the jetting and timing all the time because the ECM should manage all but the most severe weather changes.
Now, if you're going to upgrade later to a solid roller, why spend all the money now for a mild hydraulic roller? A stock LS1 should put in the neighborhood of 380-400hp to the flywheel with headers & exhaust to fit the chassis, even on the stock ECM, and intake. You're still making more power than most H/C 5.0L engines, almost any N/A 4.6, etc.
You would be ahead of the game keeping the stock electronics, and converting the heads and cam all at once with a tune. Then you don't have to f*** with the jetting and timing all the time because the ECM should manage all but the most severe weather changes.
Are you talking about switching from an efi setup to a carb setup? Is that what all of that^about?
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01-24-2008, 02:48 AM
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ok here is the deal i have a trans am and i am going to pull the camed motor out it has a 228r cam in it and i am going to put a stock motor back in and build a 91 lx coupe car with the cammed ls1 and for ease of tuning and not haveing to mess with all the wires i just want to stick a carb on it and get her running for right now and later build a bigger motor so my question is how would the 228r cam do with a carb
01-26-2008, 12:05 AM
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As we see in his reply, he want's to keep the electronics for the donor car, and he want's to keep the cam that's in the motor.
Originally Posted by GraphicNature
ok here is the deal i have a trans am and i am going to pull the camed motor out it has a 228r cam in it and i am going to put a stock motor back in and build a 91 lx coupe car with the cammed ls1 and for ease of tuning and not haveing to mess with all the wires i just want to stick a carb on it and get her running for right now and later build a bigger motor so my question is how would the 228r cam do with a carb
Obviously, you must want to put the T/A back to stock, because that's a lot more work than leaving it alone & just putting a cam in the other 'stock engine' and dropping it into the mustang.
01-26-2008, 12:42 AM
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It will work fine but if it were me I would take the time to install the wiring harness and ecu when doing the implant. It won't take that much longer and then you have the same setup you are running now so you know how it should run. Once you go carbed and with a different ignition, it's going to take some time, money, and head scratching to get it to run halfway right.
