Quick question about how a cam sounds?
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Quick question about how a cam sounds? I have an 00 WS6 M6 and I am getting ready to throw a cam in there. My car currently has: lid, 85mm throttle body, LS6 style intake manifold, hooker super comp long tube headers, tsp off road y pipe into an electric cutout, and an EFI Live tune. The cam is a custom grind 228/234 .588/.598 112+2 I am putting this cam in my WS6 soon. I know a guy that has this same camshaft in his LS3 firebird except his is a 112+4 and mine is a 112+2. I realize that he has a bigger displacement engine and different heads, but should this cam sound the same in an LS1 as it would in an LS3 at idle?Do different heads change the sound of a camshaft? Here is a clip of his car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBCK-QvXJog
I was just curious is mine would have the same chop/idle as his.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBCK-QvXJog
I was just curious is mine would have the same chop/idle as his.
Last edited by Cvaught; Jan 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM.
it will actually sound a little more radical in the smaller engine....its kinda like how the truck guys can use a 220r in a 5.3 and it sound like a beast and the same cam in a ls1 sounds like a baby....if all you are asking is will it sound nasty...yes it will looks like it will have around 7 degrees of overlap at .050 so it should sound real nice...
I'm sure heads would make some difference, but one big thing that will make a difference is your tune
Idle rpm, timing air/fuel....................a tuner can make a medium cam like this one sound fairly tame or more radical to a certain extent
Idle rpm, timing air/fuel....................a tuner can make a medium cam like this one sound fairly tame or more radical to a certain extent
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