Is the hot cam a waist of money or is it a good cam all i want it a mild cam that wont give me any trouble driving every day i wanted a stock like idle and hopfuly make between 360 and 380rwhp with bolt ons and maybe low 12s will the hot cam ket me that or will i be better off with a tsp 220/220 or vrx1. Does anyone have any sound clips of any of these cams Thanks

 

224 114 LSA cam.

And its "waste"

 

You would probably be better of just doing some boltons, you would make around the same power and not have to go through all the work to install a cam or pay someone to do it. I would say it is not worth it, but hey, do what you wanna do.

 

you can go with a 224 or a little larger cam and have it run like stock. a good tuner can make it idle perfectly especially if you stay in the 114 range for a bigger cam.

 

Lotta fail on this board lately.... we got mr rick on the other thread, and a waist here.

 

you said it, along with the 15 posts on "Can i port my LS6 intake"? ......good grief.

 

Lol,

but yeah, you can get better performing cams that are more streetable than the hot cam

 

Id go with something from texas speed

 

why??? whats wrong with a custom cam, or comp.... have you installed a single cam??? name of the shop doesnt magically add horsepower... are texas speed better than LG?? or is predarorZ and patrickG just rip off artists that stand in the shadow of the allmighty TSP?? give me a ******* break, if you dont know, dont reply.....

looking at your sig i dont see a cam anywhere... and you posted this in a diferent thread:

Wow that has to suck major donkey d_ck glad im just looking for a bolt on/cam car in the future

And i dont mean come off as an ******* but here i a slight hijack to explain why... i just had enough of every tom dick and harry posting like they knew everything, I asked a couple of questions on a combo i was byuing and people with 86 posts and an slp lid were telling me that is i didnt have a mamo ported Fast and an MS4 i would loose a gazillion horsepower... sorry to have stepped on toes, but i just had to vent.....

 

I would say do full bolt ons and a ls6 cam. Will have stock driving manners and should put you right around 360-370 rwhp. Plus its not going to be hell on your springs like a hot cam or other aftermarket cam with aggressive lobes, so the durability will be stock-like.

 

If i use a ls6 cam should i get new springs and a timing chain or will the stock ones be ok?

 

you will need new springs, but LS6 springs are cheap. Well under 100 for the whole set. You have to be the judge on your timing chain, the stock will work but you may want a new one if its old.

 

I only have 32000 miles but the slp timing set it only 175

 

I would replace it if you have the cash, just for piece of mind, but 32k is nothing.

 

there has been a ton of cars on here perform very well with the hot cam......search is your friend.....and anything 22x is not gonna sound stock,unless its on a 116lsa......the hot cam even has a noticable idle....

 

Yes! I agree 100%! But what I've had to force myself to learn and accept on here is the simple phrase:

You get what you pay for.

Being it doesn't cost anyone to post their question, anyone can and will respond with there opinion...and everyone has one.

 

Ive tryed the search and it just brings up a bunch of random stuff yea i have found some sound clips of a hot cam on you tube and i dont want my car to have an idle like that yet anyway i may try a ls6 cam and springs and see how that works for now. Im only lookin for a mild set up into i pay my car off. Thanks for the help

 

Jesus Christ man, chill out...

Yes, his reply was classic but rather than start a pissing contest with that guy (which is what that kind of response usually leads to) in someone else's thread, just ignore it. It's obvious he has no clue. I understand that it get's irritating after a while, we all see it on here all the time but it's easier for everyone just to ignore those kinds of posts until at least he brings something factual into the argument.

Anyways, back to the topic at hand!

To the OP I would not "waste" my time with the hotcam. There are plenty of other cams in the 224 range and a little larger that you can run and still have nearly stock driveability but have a very satisfying gain in power as well. That being said, you are probably not going to find much of anything in that range that will still "sound" stock. Most all aftermarket cams will have a slight chop to them. Even the hotcam.

 

With the sale going on at KATECH you can get the Hot Cam kit for less than $500 and yes it's a good cam and has shown some solid gains. There are better but there is nothing wrong with the GMPP.

 

If i use a ls6 cam and springs will i need to get new retainers or can i use the stock ones?