Right stall for cam?
11-27-2006, 09:37 PM
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Right stall for cam? Hopefully I will be picking up a H/C package this winter off a guy and I was wanting to get my stall and get in installed before I did my swap. The cam is a 231/231 .595 .595 112 I believe. Would a 3600 be sufficent enough for that size cam or will I need to go bigger? Thanks
11-28-2006, 04:05 AM
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This is quite a personal thing, but IMO that would be sufficent although you could go bigger (4000rpm) if you wanted. And many people do.
If it's more a track biased car or not driven in heavy traffic then bigger may give you more, however as a regulary driven street machine it may become more tiresome.
You'll probably get better response in the Auto tranny forum.
If it's more a track biased car or not driven in heavy traffic then bigger may give you more, however as a regulary driven street machine it may become more tiresome.
You'll probably get better response in the Auto tranny forum.
11-28-2006, 05:18 AM
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I heard this once, dont really know if its true. Ive been told to look at the rpm range of the cam and make sure the stall is between that range. But I guess I dont know why.
11-28-2006, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by BLK85
I heard this once, dont really know if its true. Ive been told to look at the rpm range of the cam and make sure the stall is between that range. But I guess I dont know why.
11-28-2006, 10:56 AM
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You want your stall speed to be around your engine's peak torque rpm. If your cam makes peak torque at 4k rpm, get a stall that's close to 4000. Are you going to be spraying it? If so, that changes things a little. A 3600 would be better on nitrous, 4000 would be better for N/A in my opinion.
11-28-2006, 04:07 PM
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Im wont be spraying. I just didnt want to go with a 4000 really, I figured 3600 is a sufficient size and I would go ahead and order it and get in put on. I want to say the guys car Im getting it from is an auto and if so Ill see what stall he is running, if not I can go for the 4000. Im not a track queen, but in the summer I will make my share of visits. Its going to be street more than strip thats why I dont want to go too extreme. Thanks for the input though, Ill keep reading up on other setups and talk to some people to help me come to a conclusion.