Cam suggestions for 66 chevelle w/ls1
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Cam suggestions for 66 chevelle w/ls1 This is what i have sitting in my closet stock crank (croygenicly treated) H-beam rods also croyed along with main and rod bearing. mahle pistons with plasma moly rings. afr head 205 with 76cc combustion chambers. comp cams hy roller lifters and push rods. are oil pump. ls6 manifold and accel dfi gen 7. are bolt are arp main studs and head studs. roller master timing chain. fluid damper. t76 turbo with waste gate. i also have a brand ls6 block to put all these part together in. I have a couple of questions.
1. whats a good cam for my set up.
2. whats the maxium boost you would recomend for my set upon c12 race gas
3. intercooler size brands suggestion.
4. what rear end gear should i run
5. what kind of power can i expect to make with this
i am going to run this behind a t56 built by ddperformance.com
this car will be driven on the weekend and sometimes driven to work.
1. whats a good cam for my set up.
2. whats the maxium boost you would recomend for my set upon c12 race gas
3. intercooler size brands suggestion.
4. what rear end gear should i run
5. what kind of power can i expect to make with this
i am going to run this behind a t56 built by ddperformance.com
this car will be driven on the weekend and sometimes driven to work.
maybe a 224/220-115
but theres alot of variables to what you want. do you want to make alot of power? what it to rumble, what it to idle well, do you want your power band high or low?
but theres alot of variables to what you want. do you want to make alot of power? what it to rumble, what it to idle well, do you want your power band high or low?
I can't tell what compression your engine will be, since you left that out too (tsk tsk), but if the engine was 9:1 and you run a big FMIC I would say you can make 600rwhp on pump gas, and over 700rwhp on C12. Boost for 600rwhp will be over 10 and less than 15 depending on a lot of factors. Boost for 700rwhp will be over 12 and less than 18.
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Verdad Gallardo Seems like most of the big turbo stuff peaks below 6000, so I was spec'ing a gear for my own car I'd be looking at a 3.42 unless the car was real heavy.
I think for cam specs, you'd have to match up your turbo specs to figure that out too. If you were to talk to Terry @ Cam Motion for any length of time, he will generally spec out a cam that is smaller than a comparable supercharger cam (ie. for a given application shooting for the same power level).
The biggest hydraulic cam is the OH Boy's Formula, and I think the intake duration might be in the high 240's or even in the 250's.
For your car, if you are all about max power, I'd be thinking about intake duration in the high 220's or 230's. But I suggest you either call Terry or contact a Cam Motion distributor and get them to suggest to you (a) a mild grind and (b) a wild grind, so that you can see the difference.
Speed Inc. and W2W are both Cam Motion distributors.
I think for cam specs, you'd have to match up your turbo specs to figure that out too. If you were to talk to Terry @ Cam Motion for any length of time, he will generally spec out a cam that is smaller than a comparable supercharger cam (ie. for a given application shooting for the same power level).
The biggest hydraulic cam is the OH Boy's Formula, and I think the intake duration might be in the high 240's or even in the 250's.
For your car, if you are all about max power, I'd be thinking about intake duration in the high 220's or 230's. But I suggest you either call Terry or contact a Cam Motion distributor and get them to suggest to you (a) a mild grind and (b) a wild grind, so that you can see the difference.
Speed Inc. and W2W are both Cam Motion distributors.