****Which cam? Torquer V.2 or Tr 230***
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can some one from Texas speed chime in on this question
The torquer v.3 is my main cam choice right now also. Can soem one from Texas speed chime in and let us know what is the expected valve spring life with a torquer v.3 cam? I have your PRC stage 2.5 5.3 heads with the prc dual valve springs. What do you guys think the expected valve spring life will be? I know there are factors involved but for a street driven car with an occasional outing to the track and some playing on the street here and there and also letting the valve train warm up before any reving above 2500-3000 rpms.
I ran the v.3 cam before with a set of ported 99 ls1 heads and a fast 78mm intake and the car was very strong all the way through the rpm range. The only time I ever took that car to the track it was on regular sumitumo street tires and it ran 7.50s in the 1/8 leaving really easy. The car was an auto with a 3800 converter and I basiclly had to leave at an Idle to get it to keep it from blowing the tires off so it had way more in it on a set of sticky tires.
I ran the v.3 cam before with a set of ported 99 ls1 heads and a fast 78mm intake and the car was very strong all the way through the rpm range. The only time I ever took that car to the track it was on regular sumitumo street tires and it ran 7.50s in the 1/8 leaving really easy. The car was an auto with a 3800 converter and I basiclly had to leave at an Idle to get it to keep it from blowing the tires off so it had way more in it on a set of sticky tires.
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The torquer v.3 is my main cam choice right now also. Can soem one from Texas speed chime in and let us know what is the expected valve spring life with a torquer v.3 cam? I have your PRC stage 2.5 5.3 heads with the prc dual valve springs. What do you guys think the expected valve spring life will be? I know there are factors involved but for a street driven car with an occasional outing to the track and some playing on the street here and there and also letting the valve train warm up before any reving above 2500-3000 rpms.
I ran the v.3 cam before with a set of ported 99 ls1 heads and a fast 78mm intake and the car was very strong all the way through the rpm range. The only time I ever took that car to the track it was on regular sumitumo street tires and it ran 7.50s in the 1/8 leaving really easy. The car was an auto with a 3800 converter and I basiclly had to leave at an Idle to get it to keep it from blowing the tires off so it had way more in it on a set of sticky tires.
I ran the v.3 cam before with a set of ported 99 ls1 heads and a fast 78mm intake and the car was very strong all the way through the rpm range. The only time I ever took that car to the track it was on regular sumitumo street tires and it ran 7.50s in the 1/8 leaving really easy. The car was an auto with a 3800 converter and I basiclly had to leave at an Idle to get it to keep it from blowing the tires off so it had way more in it on a set of sticky tires.
I would recommend checking your spring pressures around 15,000 miles just to make sure you are alright, but I would expect to get at least 20,000 miles out of a PRC dual spring kit with the torquer v.3.
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I have a cam like the TV3 and love it i have a 4000 stall stock heads and fast 90/90 and ran 11.94 in the 1/4 and the car was shifting at 5900 rpms (car was shifting into o.d. 100 ft be4 the line).... going to throw a set of heads on it and uped the rpms already to 6400 rpms should be mid to low 11's at full weight
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i made 399RWHP through a PT4000, stock heads and MAC cats. My thread is around here somewhere.
here it is: https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...4-a4-dyno.html
here it is: https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...4-a4-dyno.html
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They call them dual springs b/c they are dual springs. Its a spring inside of another spring just do a google image search if it sounds confusing lol. I found patriot gold dual valvesprings with titanium retainers,steel locks, seats, and seals for 255.00 at ws6store.com. I'm in the exact same boat as you right now and im leaning towards the Tourquer v2 with the patriot gold dual springs, ls6 oil pump, and ls2 timing chain.
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They call them dual springs b/c they are dual springs. Its a spring inside of another spring just do a google image search if it sounds confusing lol. I found patriot gold dual valvesprings with titanium retainers,steel locks, seats, and seals for 255.00 at ws6store.com. I'm in the exact same boat as you right now and im leaning towards the Tourquer v2 with the patriot gold dual springs, ls6 oil pump, and ls2 timing chain.
I have ran the torquer v.3 and loved it. Its a great cam but with the new 2002 ss with only 54,000 miles on it I want it to stay together for a while.
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so what your telling me is that, if I went with the torquer 2 cam and dual valve springs. I would have to get it checked every 15k miles?? I want a cam that I can put it in my car and drive it? Is that possible?
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Driving style has a lot to do with spring life. if you WOT your mess all the time you will dramaticlly shorten spring life.
On the other hand there have been a couple guys I have seen on here saying their springs (PP,PRC doubles IIRC) were still within spec at 50k running a pretty agressive X-ER lobe.
Having said that it is not a bad idea to pull a couple every so often and have them checked.
On the other hand there have been a couple guys I have seen on here saying their springs (PP,PRC doubles IIRC) were still within spec at 50k running a pretty agressive X-ER lobe.
Having said that it is not a bad idea to pull a couple every so often and have them checked.