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I need camshaft ideas!!!!!!!
I need camshaft ideas!!!!!!! Hi i have a 2004 GTO 6 speed. i want to run mid to low 11's in the quarter mile with like a 1.8-1.9 60ft. im lookin to go 125mph. i plan on doing a cam, lifters, rods, springs, and eventually rockerarms to stabilize the valvetrain. i also have a k&n intake and pacesetters long tube headers. WHAT SIZE CAM WILL I NEED TO REACH MY GOAL.
Heads r an option if i were to upgrade the heads it would be to the ls2 or ls6 heads. my friend has a ls6 motor in his 75 corvette with a powerglide behind it and he runs 11.00 @120mph. and he only has this cam in the car with lifters, push rods, springs, headers, and prw rocker arms.
http://cranecams.com/?show=browsePar...60&lvl=2&prt=5
i know that my motor has potential to make 600 hp with a cam. i know his car is 700lb lighter then mine but i think i could get my car pretty close to 11.50
http://cranecams.com/?show=browsePar...60&lvl=2&prt=5
i know that my motor has potential to make 600 hp with a cam. i know his car is 700lb lighter then mine but i think i could get my car pretty close to 11.50
if i were to upgrade the heads it would be to the ls2 or ls6 heads. my friend has a ls6 motor in his 75 corvette with a powerglide behind it and he runs 11.00 @120mph. and he only has this cam in the car with lifters, push rods, springs, headers, and prw rocker arms.
http://cranecams.com/?show=browsePar...60&lvl=2&prt=5
i know that my motor has potential to make 600 hp with a cam. i know his car is 700lb lighter then mine but i think i could get my car pretty close to 11.50
http://cranecams.com/?show=browsePar...60&lvl=2&prt=5
i know that my motor has potential to make 600 hp with a cam. i know his car is 700lb lighter then mine but i think i could get my car pretty close to 11.50
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You can see mid 11's cam only, but not a 125 trap speed unless you are spraying or cutting some weight. Dont go out and get a cam just because its radical, alot of time the mid sized/smaller cams will run the same if not better than a huge cam radical cam.
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My friend has an 04 GTO 6 speed. Fast intake, pacesetters headers, ported heads, stock gears and a RADICAL cam Trex (242-248 110LSA). He has cut a 1.8 60' with 255/50-16 MT ET Streets. Best pass N/A 12.2 @ 111 mph Good luck man, you'll need it! Car is way too heavy for a big cam, the thing just bogs and falls on its face. The car would run much harder with a smaller cam but hey I can't tell him anything.
I would focus on weight reduction and suspension if you want a cam-only setup to run that quick. It's going to come down to a setup that is properly put together with everything complimenting eachother. That trap is unheard of from a vehicle with say 400-440rwhp at that weight. The cam is just another piece of the puzzle and that recommendation you got is basically a cam I would run in a DD not something to get the best ET and MPH.
Let's say you get a cam in there and the car runs good. Keep in mind you will need slicks to get that 6-speed to hook well, which means your clutch, stock 2-piece driveshaft, and halfshafts among other things will be toast. Cutting a 1.8 or 1.9 sixty isn't going to get that car anywhere close to a low-mid 11 cam-only at stock or near stock weight, going to need to drive the hell out of it and go sub 1.6's IMO. Just saying I think you may be a little ahead of yourself. We have a GTO too so I know these cars really well. They are heavy and have IRS which really makes it hard to reach goals like that especially with an '04.
Let's say you get a cam in there and the car runs good. Keep in mind you will need slicks to get that 6-speed to hook well, which means your clutch, stock 2-piece driveshaft, and halfshafts among other things will be toast. Cutting a 1.8 or 1.9 sixty isn't going to get that car anywhere close to a low-mid 11 cam-only at stock or near stock weight, going to need to drive the hell out of it and go sub 1.6's IMO. Just saying I think you may be a little ahead of yourself. We have a GTO too so I know these cars really well. They are heavy and have IRS which really makes it hard to reach goals like that especially with an '04.
If I was you get heads first then match it with a good cam there is where you are going to see the power. Then I would have cam motion or vendor on here custom grind you a cam. I dont thing you are going to see 125 mph with out some spray or boost.
My old set up I ran a ms3 cam 239 242 609 lift and a set up patriot stage 3 heads. car ran 11.02 with a 3400 stall@ 119 mph witha performaBuilt 4L60E
My old set up I ran a ms3 cam 239 242 609 lift and a set up patriot stage 3 heads. car ran 11.02 with a 3400 stall@ 119 mph witha performaBuilt 4L60E
Thanks Thanks 4 everyones help i did not think that 700 lb would keep the car from going 5 mph faster then my friends vette. Thanks 4 all your help i learned alot. I am going to post a video of my friends vette i think u will be impressed
Video here is the video. his car is the blue vette with red bumper in teh left lane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tev4hqYRLFQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tev4hqYRLFQ
The only thing I would tell you is if its a daily driver then you dont want a super radical cam. My car has a pretty good size cam and its not that much fun to drive around.
I run 10's n/a.When I was in the low 11's,it took more then a cam at my 3,680lbs. I could be much faster if I was willing to loose more weight.
Good heads are the best place to start. Lets say trick flow 215 heads.......
Good heads are the best place to start. Lets say trick flow 215 heads.......