Do you need any supporting mods with a baby cam?
08-25-2007, 01:50 AM
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Do you need any supporting mods with a baby cam? Is is possible to just buy a cam without all the extra stuff? I am thinking about putting a small cam in my 00 WS6 but I am not wanting to change much of anything else. I don't know a lot about the internals of engines, can anyone give me any advice? What direction should i look in to purchase a small cam?
08-25-2007, 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by navymitch12
you will need at least pushrods and valve springs
really thats about it
really thats about it
He could put a giant cam in without having to change anything else except for that and mabey his timeing chain if needed.
08-25-2007, 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mattraypharbor
He could put a giant cam in without having to change anything else except for that and mabey his timeing chain if needed.
08-25-2007, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by g-ryde1
might as well hit that and a new oil pump just to get it out of the way
08-25-2007, 01:43 PM
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with a baby cam 220 and smaller the stock pushrods are fime...you could pick up an ls6 cam and springs for around 200 bucks and gain around 20rwhp depending on your mods......
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08-25-2007, 06:50 PM
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If you are going in and doing a cam, the min you should do is a ls2 timing chain (only $40), upgrade to a ls6 oil pump ($100ish), valve springs and poss pushrods. Do it while you are in there so you don't have to go back and back track you know.
08-25-2007, 08:48 PM
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we are on the same page maybe not for the same reasons. as i am thinking baby cam as well. all will work best with supporting mods.
i have been trying to research the GM hot cam LS-1 219\228 112lsa (roughly)everyone seems to go bigger 224\224 any way. but with a DD that started w\100,000 miles that i intend to put 25,000 to 30,000miles a year and the agressive ramp rates on the after maket cams is not something i'm sure i want to deal with.
my goal is high 300s rwhp at 30+mpg hwy. i belive i can make that happen with working lean cruise.
Sponsers please chime in on baby cams.
i have been trying to research the GM hot cam LS-1 219\228 112lsa (roughly)everyone seems to go bigger 224\224 any way. but with a DD that started w\100,000 miles that i intend to put 25,000 to 30,000miles a year and the agressive ramp rates on the after maket cams is not something i'm sure i want to deal with.
my goal is high 300s rwhp at 30+mpg hwy. i belive i can make that happen with working lean cruise.
Sponsers please chime in on baby cams.
08-26-2007, 01:19 AM
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yeah i would do all the bolts on first otherwise your going to get crap out of the cam. if your cars an a4 i would do the stall first. i put a yank ss 3600 and honestly i can hardly tell the differnce (i did get it tuned though). but yeah i would do your basics atleast like stall, headers and exhaust and a lid. then when your cam swap a cam, timing chain, oil pump and pulley. youll like the car a lot more
08-26-2007, 08:48 AM
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if u want a cam, u want more HP, right?
why go through all the trouble of doing a (baby)cam to only get 25whp, if that.
just get a lid(8-10hp)- used ones are pretty cheap($50-65)
port ur TB(5-8hp)-do it urself for cheap or ask bo-white for a deal prolly ($100)
add a cutout(10-15hp)-buy it on one of the sponsers>> ($50-60+$20 for welding it)
ull get roughly the same gains as a baby cam and u can do it all within a couple of hours.
do these mods(at the very least) then do the cam, ull get more out of the cam.
but if u do decide to add only the cam(its a dumb choice) add springs, seats, retainers, seals, pushrods, timing chain, oil pump, and a pulley. then go get it tuned
just my .02
why go through all the trouble of doing a (baby)cam to only get 25whp, if that.
just get a lid(8-10hp)- used ones are pretty cheap($50-65)
port ur TB(5-8hp)-do it urself for cheap or ask bo-white for a deal prolly ($100)
add a cutout(10-15hp)-buy it on one of the sponsers>> ($50-60+$20 for welding it)
ull get roughly the same gains as a baby cam and u can do it all within a couple of hours.
do these mods(at the very least) then do the cam, ull get more out of the cam.
but if u do decide to add only the cam(its a dumb choice) add springs, seats, retainers, seals, pushrods, timing chain, oil pump, and a pulley. then go get it tuned
just my .02
