94camm

alright, got a couple hundred bucks to spend on some mods. I was thinking of valvetrain/cam swap, but may be a little more than i want to spend. I will be installing myself, so you can forget about labor costs.. I can get a LT4 hotcam kit for around $460, but everybody regrets that they should've gone bigger. The money I have is x-mas money so i can't save up for anything big... Would an underdrive pulley and some 1.6 roller rockers be worth it??? I want people to notice that there is a cam in my car with a nice choppy sound, but nothing extreme.. any recommendations on cam choice, or what I should do next would be great

95 Z28

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Does that hotcam kit come with gaskets and everything you REALLY need to install it? My buddy had a hotcam on his DD 94 Z28 A4 and loved it, it pulled pretty nice and he had a stock stall and 2.73s.

infinitebird

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1.6 rockers are worth it, underdrive pulley is pretty much a waste though.

94camm

i think minus the gaskets, which isn't much anyway, it comes with everything one would need... i've never heard a sound clip of one, put people say there are way better cams than the hotcam, would the cc502 or comp xfi 280 cam work good on stock heads?

97LT1

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I would do the rockers. Your not taking in consideration the springs and hardware that goes with those and cam swap items.

fast

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the HOT cam is great for a daily driver

what all does the kit include?

I like the specs on the 268xfi

94camm

hot cam kit comes with the cam, full roller rockers, springs, locks retainers, maybe it won't be such a bad choice, i hear about 35hp gain from this, is this right??

355z28

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i run the hotcam kit, you cant beat the price. People do still notice theres a cam in ur car, if you want people to definetly notice when u send ur computer off to get it tuned tell him you want a lower idle. Eventually ill go bigger, but for now its a daily driver in the summer and I dont regret getting it. A timing set is about 11.00 from a part store, and ull be able to reuse ur valve covers, and an intake set is about 15.00...Over all its a cheap set up and you'll he satisfide with the change..Like and mod youll always want more, even these guys running 9sec and 10sec still want more.

burnzilla

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Ive seen people put up some good numbers with a Hotcam Kit and properly ported heads.

nomoneyz

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A guy on here by the name of merv ran 12s on his hotcam z28. It doesnt seem bad at all for the price.

fordeater

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i ran 12.9X's all day with my hot cam and it was a full weight M6, if you have a hot cam in a stalled Matic with full bolt-on's im sure they could easily go mid 12s

355z28

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I havent taken mine to the track yet, all we have is 1/8ths around here, i might take a road trip a couple hours away and see what i can run. Im running a 2500 stall, but for next spring im hopin to be running LT headers instead of my edelbrock shorties, and ill port my heads this winter, thinking about upping to a 52, or 58mm throttle body and running 26lb injectors.

DopdBrd

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The hotcam is old technology but will still put down good numbers and get a GREAT daily driver cam. The kit is very cheap and for the money well worth it.

I was sooooo close to ordering a Hotcam kit for my car for this winter but instead just bought a whole new car!

94camm

ok, well i think you guys have changed my mind. Do you guys recommend getting my computer retuned again after the install???

niceroc

yea, the hotcam is great but i would step up to a lil bigger cam, you could look aorund on forums to find a used custom ground cam, that what my friend did, he found a 224/224 cam, he ended up putting down 345 rwhp with great diveablity, or u could run a cc503, alot of poepl liek that cam, and if you find some good used parts it isnt much more hten a hotcam kit

Out1aw

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My answer to these threads is always: "Save that couple hundred bucks for the mods that you think are only gonna cost a couple hundred bucks".

slick1851

I dont like the hot cam, its kinda over talked about


And I would not run it...

DopdBrd

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Tru.

If you have bigger plans for the car, save the money and do it right.

Example, me and a friend of mine built his 331 mustang in my back garage. He was in a hurry to get it done and just started ordering parts with no real goal in mind. Now, to this day, he has changed the headers 3-4 times, the heads 2-3 times, and the intake around 5 times. He is ALWAYS changing parts out on the car, he reads about bigger and better packages all the time and thinks he will pick up that 4-5 HP for 1000 dollars.

Get a set goal in mind that you will stick with, then start ordering everything you need. I usually order all the universal parts that would work for a wide variety of things first, ex. headers, suspension work.