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Old Jan 30, 2016 | 05:41 PM
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Hey guys i was originally looking at getting a speed inc tu 1.5 but this cam came up and its a decent price. let me know what you guys think.

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7665 turbo might jump up to a 7875 china
e85 deka 80s
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Old Jan 30, 2016 | 06:07 PM
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216/220. Alot ot people run that cam with good luck. Should work great. I myself will be running this cam on my setup also
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Old Jan 30, 2016 | 06:18 PM
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can you tell me what the lobe separation is? Im not experienced with reading cams.
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Old Jan 30, 2016 | 11:20 PM
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I was looking at this cam too and wondering how it would do on a e85 blow thru carb?
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Old Jan 30, 2016 | 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by dt23400
can you tell me what the lobe separation is? Im not experienced with reading cams.
The cam is a 216/220 .560 lift. 114 lobe seperation
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Old Jan 31, 2016 | 07:08 AM
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I ran it and it idled and drive great. And compared to the stock, LS6 cam, and now the BTR cam I'm running there's no difference in spool time between any of them.

I'd run that TFS cam again.
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Old Jan 31, 2016 | 09:26 AM
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Great budget boost cam for the money. Go for it
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Old Jan 31, 2016 | 05:29 PM
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thats what its looking like. hoping for a tad bit of lope with it. I've seen some na set ups that have a little and sound good. thanks guys.
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LSA 113.5 degrees
ICL 110
ECL 118
Installed with intake advanced 4 degrees
Overlap @ .050" -1 degree
Overlap @ nominal, about 31 degrees
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Old Jan 31, 2016 | 09:06 PM
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Not gonna lie. Majority of what you just said made absolutly no sense to me lol. But thats ok. i dont plan on being a cam guru.
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