good cam for a stock A4
09-28-2008, 07:55 PM
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Pretty much any cam that will make decent power and be worth the money of the swap needs a stall.. You could look into a GM Hotcam if you don't want anything that is too big of a step up and trying to stray from the converter, but in the end may wish you would have just bitten the bullet and upgraded the stall..
09-28-2008, 07:55 PM
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looking at it that way, a nice stall would make your car faster than a cam... but if you just REALLY dont want a stall....... id say probably something like a z06 cam.. but your only looking at maybe a 10rwhp increase... for the money not worth it... IMHO
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09-28-2008, 11:42 PM
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Taken from the sticky....
Do i need a stall with a cam???
Usually. Most people tune the car for the cam which involves raising the idle speed on the car. Without a stall, you will have to just stand on the brakes to keep the car still because the engine is now idleing at 800rpm. Also, a bigger cam shifts the power band of the car higher, a stall enables you to jump into the cam's powerband faster so youll be faster.
I would get a stall first as you will get more performance from it
Do i need a stall with a cam???
Usually. Most people tune the car for the cam which involves raising the idle speed on the car. Without a stall, you will have to just stand on the brakes to keep the car still because the engine is now idleing at 800rpm. Also, a bigger cam shifts the power band of the car higher, a stall enables you to jump into the cam's powerband faster so youll be faster.
I would get a stall first as you will get more performance from it
09-29-2008, 10:28 AM
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another vote for the TR224. do a search for tr224, everything you see on here about this cam is good..
http://thunderracing.com/dynographs/...n=read&pgid=62
http://thunderracing.com/dynographs/...n=read&pgid=62
09-29-2008, 11:00 AM
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224 cam is really nice, 3k stall, tune - do them all at once, it will save time and money. you will love it! also, what gears do you have in the rear?
its not that hard. 
09-29-2008, 12:21 PM
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^^The Trex would not be the cam he needs. With that cam he would have to have his
idle raised so high with a stock stall the car will load the stock converter up at a stop light. And thats a pain. If you dont have the money for a stall you're gonna need a cam thats got the same idle speed close to the stock cam. Like what was mentioned before the 2001 LS6 cam is a good choice since its cheap. Another one you can look at that makes great
power and still idles @ 600prm is the GT2-3 cam from Lingenfelter. A guy i know istalled one on his 2004 GTO LS1 and he now runs mid-12's, and that was only with the GT2-3 cam a cold air kit and headers. And he used to run 14.0"s before the install. But our cars are alot lighter than a GTO so you can just get a lid and filter and and either cam and you'll love it
Hope i could help. If you have anymore questions just ask. Enjoy.
idle raised so high with a stock stall the car will load the stock converter up at a stop light. And thats a pain. If you dont have the money for a stall you're gonna need a cam thats got the same idle speed close to the stock cam. Like what was mentioned before the 2001 LS6 cam is a good choice since its cheap. Another one you can look at that makes great
power and still idles @ 600prm is the GT2-3 cam from Lingenfelter. A guy i know istalled one on his 2004 GTO LS1 and he now runs mid-12's, and that was only with the GT2-3 cam a cold air kit and headers. And he used to run 14.0"s before the install. But our cars are alot lighter than a GTO so you can just get a lid and filter and and either cam and you'll love it
Hope i could help. If you have anymore questions just ask. Enjoy.
09-29-2008, 12:29 PM
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^^now i see you might get a stall...its a good idea for the shift kit...it makes up
for what tuning misses....The Transgo-HD 2 is a good one. It will help take the loosness
out of the tranny. But you'll still need tuning with a converter even with a shift kit.
You need to have torquemanagement removed, you can custom your shift speeds, you can set the converter lock-up mph.
I forgot to add the Vig.3200 is a killer street converter...dont be tempted
to go the cheap route here...Yank and Vig. are the most proven and
the most reliable...stay away from cheapy's like TCI.
for what tuning misses....The Transgo-HD 2 is a good one. It will help take the loosness
out of the tranny. But you'll still need tuning with a converter even with a shift kit.
You need to have torquemanagement removed, you can custom your shift speeds, you can set the converter lock-up mph.
I forgot to add the Vig.3200 is a killer street converter...dont be tempted
to go the cheap route here...Yank and Vig. are the most proven and
the most reliable...stay away from cheapy's like TCI.
09-29-2008, 12:30 PM
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Next is "The polluter" cam. I have been looking at this one for a while...if you go to www.pcmforless.com it has dyno charts and all that good stuff to go with it.Tick Performance Polluter Cam
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