Old Man Cam - dyno results

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Feb 17, 2003 | 07:13 AM

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99hawk297

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Jason99T/A:
 We were hoping the new Comp dual springs that fit in the factory spring pockets would have been released, but they are still in testing.
Jason <hr /></blockquote>Anybody know the specs. or an approx. release date on the Comp duals?

Feb 17, 2003 | 08:49 AM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by BriGuy:
You say these were LS1 heads right? Well were they stock LS1 heads or ported? <hr /></blockquote>Stock heads, never been off the car. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Feb 17, 2003 | 02:14 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

Hmmmm, unmolested stock heads. Now that's what I wanted to hear! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

Feb 17, 2003 | 02:49 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

A 31 RWHP gain is pretty damn impressive for stock heads and a stock idle. If you added 31 RWHP to my bolt-on car you'd have 390 RWHP.

Feb 17, 2003 | 05:29 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Jason99T/A:

Regardless, you should replace the springs once a year with almost any aftermarket cam. <hr /></blockquote>Really? Dang. Does that apply even if you go with the double springs? I'd prefer to spend some $ up front machining the heads to accept double springs if it meant I could just drive the car and not worry about wrenching on it every year.

If double springs won't do it, how much would you have to back off the lift/ramp rate to get a motor that you could just drive and change the oil on for 60,000 miles w/o any other maintenance?

Aside from that, this cam looks like just my speed

Feb 17, 2003 | 05:50 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

I don't really see springs being an issue unless you're using a super aggresive cam, revving to something like 7K, using power adders, and/or drag/road racing a lot. If the car is mostly street driven with a cam in the mild to semi-aggresive range I don't think 40K+ miles is unrealistic to expect.

I have a B1 (221/221//.558/.558) cam with 26918s and the car is basically street driven only. When I do give it a WOT blast, I shift at or before 6400rpm, and I'm not using a power adder. I don't expect to have issues with these springs for 10s of thousands of miles and/or many years. I don't plan to check them or replace them as a regular wear item. I think that is unnecessary for my application. JIMO.

Feb 17, 2003 | 09:24 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

Sounds like the SLP 51011 cam, 214/222.

Feb 18, 2003 | 12:11 AM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

You more than likely will get more than one year out of your springs. This can vary quite a bit depending on driving habits, cam profile,etc. Changing them out once a year would be a good idea, but not absolutely necessary. This would mainly be the case for a car that is raced or driven hard on a daily basis, like mine. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

We pulled off a set of 918s from a customer's car when he went to a set of TEAs w/ dual springs. He had close to 15k miles on the springs and they only lost 3lbs on the seat. He could have gone another year on them easily.

BTW, this can is totally different from what SLP offers.

Jason

[ February 18, 2003, 12:12 AM: Message edited by: Jason99T/A ]

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Feb 19, 2003 | 03:55 PM

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TTopJohn

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

So if your car is primarily used as a daily driver/road trip machine (80 something mph at 2000 rpm with 3.42 gears), the one a year spring replacement may not apply? Sounds cool.

Feb 19, 2003 | 05:54 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Hawk:
 Sounds like the SLP 51011 cam, 214/222. <hr /></blockquote>Actually its nothing like that cam.

Feb 24, 2003 | 05:57 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

I seriously may have to find out what this cam will do with a set of ported LS6 heads. Talk about stealthy! <img border="0" alt="[evil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" />

Feb 25, 2003 | 03:32 AM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Colonel:
 I seriously may have to find out what this cam will do with a set of ported LS6 heads. Talk about stealthy! <img border="0" alt="[evil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> <hr /></blockquote>If you do that you will have to keep us informed on how well it works! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> I have thought about that set up for a while, but I just don't have the $$$ to finance it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

Feb 26, 2003 | 11:30 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

I thought I remembered seeing on the other thread that this cam REALLY benefits from better-flowing heads because of the high lift...is that true?

How do the stock lifters hold up to a .600 lift? What replacements would you recommend?

I have never drag-raced my car, and I may only once in a great while. At the same time, I like the idea of having big-cam power without losing streetability.

Does this cam require any tuning on an A4?

[ February 26, 2003, 11:49 PM: Message edited by: squirrels ]

Mar 1, 2003 | 06:29 PM

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Re: Old Man Cam - dyno results

When are you guys gonna make the Old womans Cam available??? I might put this in my grandmothers 02 car after I get all the boltons bolted on this spring <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

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