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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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whats up guys this is my first time on here and i was wondering if you can help me out on what cam i should get and also if anyone can recommend some one that does a good tune in Arizona??? here is the mods i have

00' Trans-am WS6 m6
pacesetter Lt's with straight 3inch all the way back
professional products typhoon intake w/95mm tb
4.10 rear stock ten bolt
some suspension work
i already have springs for the heads max lift is .625

i was looking at these cams tell me what u think
comp 224/230 114 lsa
comp 228/230 112 lsa
lun 227/233 112 lsa
tsp 228r 112lsa

my goal is to be mid 12s after cam

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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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Man, this is a hard one for anyone to answer. Its your car, so do some research and try to figure out what you want out of your car. Some people like big cams and some like smaller cams.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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yea iv been researching for like 3 months now im just stuck on what to get i was gonna get the ms3 from tsp but found out i need like 11to1 compression to really get the power it can push out.. how is the cam you have doing at the track and with drive-ability
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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yea iv been researching for like 3 months now im just stuck on what to get i was gonna get the ms3 from tsp but found out i need like 11to1 compression to really get the power it can push out.. how is the cam you have doing at the track and with drive-ability
I won't have any track numbers till probably next weekend cause its been too cold out here. Drivability is good, but that's because I have a really good tuner. It pulls hard as hell and really fun to drive. I've heard a lot of good out of the MS4 and I had the TRex in my car for about a week, but that didn't work out too well for me. But a lot of people like it. These are both pretty big cams though.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:01 PM
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o nice yea i want to get a big cam but at the same time i dont know wats the biggest i can go on my car without over caming it
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:05 PM
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TRex is the biggest you can go on stock heads. I can't remember the exact specs but I think they are 242/248 608/612 on a 110 lsa. Any bigger than that and you are going to run into some PTV clearance problems, if that's what you mean by "overcamming"
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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o wow i didnt know that but im talking about for the mods i have done to it... by the way for the tune i was thinking on going with the mail order tune by tsp wat do u think or should i find some one good in town better?
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:32 PM
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I've never done a mail order tune so I can't help you on that one. I have heard good and bad from them though. I, personally, would find a good tuner around town. But that is all up to you. Call someone at Texas Speed or Thunder. They can give you all the info you are looking for. I dealt with Shane and John over at Thunder, and they are really good at helping people with questions like you have.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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cool thanks
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You want to go mid 12s? Your car should be capable of that as it sits with some slicks.

I am cam only with the Texas Speed Torquer2 (232/234 595/598) and went 11.83 @ 116.
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my bad i meant to put mid 11s im running a 12.9 and 106mph with stock tune


im from Tucson AZ and a lot of my buddy's have the same mods as me but there tune and there only doing mid 13s i dont get why im faster but im not complaining either haha
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by the way hows the drive ability on that cam?
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You're buddy might not have the driving skill you have.

I can't complain about the Torquer 2 in any way. I daily drove it for quite awhile. Good manners, still got decent gas mileage, and made good power.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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doin high 11s sounds like good power to me to wat type of gas mile did u get
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About 16 in town, 25 on the highway.
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o nice i was wondering about getting a u/d pulley wat do u think about those??
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o nice i was wondering about getting a u/d pulley wat do u think about those??
I always recommend them. ASP makes a nice one that is SFI certified.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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