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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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I got a completely stock ls1 except headers and mass air flow and exhaust but whats the best cam i want a thump but dont wanna screw up anything
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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what are your goals for the car....a4 or m6? is it a daily driver or weekend play toy? a lil more info and im sure we can help u out
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 08:10 PM
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what are your goals for the car....a4 or m6? is it a daily driver or weekend play toy? a lil more info and im sure we can help u out
Sorry cars is a 2002 camaro SS a4 dyno said 347rwhp would like to get to 400 or 450 anywhere in beween is good. Daily driver but only drive 1.2 miles day... Also car has 31kmiles on it is.... Would like to beat the mach1 that this guy drives to my work lol
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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23x/24x 112 with a 3500+ should meet your goals. Wouldnt be to much of a dd for you though.
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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23x/24x 112 with a 3500+ should meet your goals. Wouldnt be to much of a dd for you though.

There will be not high stall i'm just wantin the power and i can just put a good shift kit in it... I just really want a good thumpy cam that wont kill the power
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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Get a custom grind cam. They do not cost much more and you get a cam that works for YOUR application.........not someone else's application.
Asking for someones opinion on which camshaft to use is like pissing in the wind............asking on the internet is like asking 5 guys to **** in the wind with you........Get a custom grind.......at least the cam grinder will know which way the wind is blowing!
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by in search of ls1
There will be not high stall i'm just wantin the power and i can just put a good shift kit in it... I just really want a good thumpy cam that wont kill the power
21x/22x 110 range.
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deciding not to go with a stall convertor really limits your choices to smaller cams. Probably a good idea since you probably also don't want to spin your stock trans into 6500+ territory (it doesn't like that for long). Smaller cams won't "thump" a lot either since that is related to overlap. Overlap comes from a relationship between lobe durations and seperation angles.. not often seen in small cams. imo a stall would be one of my very first mods on an A4. Even on a stock cam.
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Get a custom grind cam. They do not cost much more and you get a cam that works for YOUR application.........not someone else's application.
Asking for someones opinion on which camshaft to use is like pissing in the wind............asking on the internet is like asking 5 guys to **** in the wind with you........Get a custom grind.......at least the cam grinder will know which way the wind is blowing!
lol I like that. Good post.
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yea for that lumpity lump lump you want you will need a stall! just a get the lil' sissy 3200 or something!
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Cam and stall, your car will get it more than good enough to walk a Mach1 ha ha
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If your not gonna get a stall I would just put my money into spray. You just limit your cam choices and also handicap the cam you do decide on at the same time with no stall.
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