Stroker 1500

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I was just wondering if anyone has had any performance problems with this cam and if anyone has ever got a misground lt4 hot cam. The reason im asking is im running a LT4 hotcam that sounds and performs like a LT4 stock cam along with the fact that im not able to run as much timing as i should for a cam the size of a the hot cam

94FormulaFbird

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You may want to go to an LT4 knock sensor and see if that helps.. You may be having alot of timing taken out. I dunno how a stock LT4 cam sounds but the hot cam doesn't lope that hard.

2000LS1Z28

The LT4 Hotcam has a lope...The stock LT4 cam (used in the LT4 F-bodies/Vettes) does not have a lope (at least that I can hear).

And the Hotcam may not lope hard through a set-up running cats and a "quiet" muffler...But it lopes plenty hard without cats and through something like a wide-open Borla, Loudmouth, Flowmaster, and especially a cutout or dumped true duals. Not quite as choppy as a CC306, but you definitely hear it...I personally love the way it sounds (lopes noticeably, but not overly choppy either). That is the cam I'll most likely be going with for my mild street set-up LT1...

Mike

GhostZ

I ran the Hotcam for a couple of years. Hooker LT's, !cats and Flowmaster American Thunder catback. It had a surprisingly decent lope to it.....not nearly what my GTP-6 has but quite a lope.

Stroker 1500

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ya see thats my problem no lope.. sounds stock even with open headers, but im like 80% sure i checked to make sure the part number was right on the cam when i put it in but it was a while back when i installed it. Anyways my dyno numbers are about 70hp bellow what they should be and my 1/4 time is about a second less than what it should be. So im thinking i either recived the wrong cam or it was misground.

LT1Factor

What type of numbers have you guys seen from the LT4 hotcam kit? I just ordered it and Im a little curious. Im doing the hotcam kit, vented opti, LT4 extreme timing set, new lifters and 1LE elbow?

GhostZ

13.2 @ 103 at near 10K feet DA. That was Hotcam kit, headers, !cats, catback, 3200 stall, 3.73's and CAI.

LT1Factor

Nice, now Im really excited

silverado

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Rcfast, when I heard your truck that was the first thing I said. I still think its a hardware issue being the wrong cam.

Stroker 1500

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ya, i read another post about the lt4 hotcam and they said the following are some of the ways to identify it. First it has a green mark on the back of the cam where the numbers are. mine did not have this and had no sign of it not to mention it was brand new so that should have been there, also they said it should have lt4 stamped in the cam between the lobes and i know mine did not have that also with a few other things that where pointed out that indicated i have the wrong cam. Im 95% sure its the wrong cam now, and to be honest i have no idea what cam it is. i think it might be a stock lt1 cam and this would explain a lot of the problems im having. I bought the cam off of a memeber on here who i found out got banned for scamming people so it doesn't suprise me that he burned me by sending me a cam other than what it was supposed to be. Anyways i ordered a comp cam that is a little bigger than the lt4 hotcam, so once i get it all in and together we shall see what it puts down

97SprChrgd383

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would a lt4 kit work good with a stroked and blown 383? lt4 intake, hotcam, lt4 heads? Just want other opinions.

GhostZ

No....sure the LT4 heads and intake have more potential ported than the stock castings but the Hotcam isn't an ideal blower cam.

You'd see better gains for the money with some ported stock castings and a custom grind matched to the heads and blower setup.

GhostZ

Addition....

Of course you could buy the LT4 kit....sell the cam and have the heads and intake worked then buy a custom or good matching off the shelf grind.

97SprChrgd383

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It's not ideal to run the lt4 kit, but would it work if it was ran though?