Which cam for my setup?
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Which cam for my setup? Well I keep reading about the TR224, hotcam, or the 02+ LS6 cam. Here's a little BG about the car: SLP Lid, SLP Loudmouth, Vig 3200 Converter with tuning, and a few suspension items (dropped about 2 inches).
Right now I'm going to be replacing my SLP loudmouth with a magnaflow system to rid the rasp and because I wasnt to get headers and run a ORY. So that brings me to my 1st decision: MAC, hookers, or pacestter headers? Right now I'm really leaning toward getting coated pacesetters and a custom ORY to give me some more ground clearnace since I have a 2 inch drop.
This then brings me to what cam I should get? I do like a mean lobe sound (but don't want it too extreme), I also want the cam to be pretty realiable and streetable since I only go to the track every once and awile. I do have a daily driver tho. With any of the cams I am planning on upgrading the heads to make everything more realiable and once everything is in I want to get a full dyno tune (Speed Inc isn't that far from me). I do still want to avg at least 15mpg in the city... but this isn't a major issue. I'm tring to still keep emisions in mind but figure that won't be a problem after the full tune...? And finally money is a little bit of a issue, but I've been able to find a TR224 cam for around 250ish.
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Right now I'm going to be replacing my SLP loudmouth with a magnaflow system to rid the rasp and because I wasnt to get headers and run a ORY. So that brings me to my 1st decision: MAC, hookers, or pacestter headers? Right now I'm really leaning toward getting coated pacesetters and a custom ORY to give me some more ground clearnace since I have a 2 inch drop.
This then brings me to what cam I should get? I do like a mean lobe sound (but don't want it too extreme), I also want the cam to be pretty realiable and streetable since I only go to the track every once and awile. I do have a daily driver tho. With any of the cams I am planning on upgrading the heads to make everything more realiable and once everything is in I want to get a full dyno tune (Speed Inc isn't that far from me). I do still want to avg at least 15mpg in the city... but this isn't a major issue. I'm tring to still keep emisions in mind but figure that won't be a problem after the full tune...? And finally money is a little bit of a issue, but I've been able to find a TR224 cam for around 250ish.
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Originally Posted by Jamie33
the tr224 gets my vote. best street/strip cam IMO.
Me likey
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Im new with knowledge of cams but i think i want one now after reading these posts. I have a 99 firehawk , would it be a good investment to get this cam you are speaking of? Would it add a good amount of HP/torque? If so, where can i get one of these and what else do i need to do for this to work for me? thanks
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Originally Posted by Rocco1005
Im new with knowledge of cams but i think i want one now after reading these posts. I have a 99 firehawk , would it be a good investment to get this cam you are speaking of? Would it add a good amount of HP/torque? If so, where can i get one of these and what else do i need to do for this to work for me? thanks
Cams are great for power, mostly horsepower. You will gain some torque, especially in the upper RPMs. Some cam-only set ups can bump you up 40HP with tuning.
Cruise the sponsors on this site and it will give you a bunch of options.
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Originally Posted by MadIceV8
Well it looks like I will probably be going with the TR224 
There is also the Hammer cam from MTI 222/222 .566/.566 112LSA makes very good torque and nice power, with very little fuss and emissions problems.
I would also go with the Pacesetter headers and a custom Y.
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ss427ci - Hmm that does sound good, but then a small shot of nitrous does cross my mind every now and then. I'll have look into that MTI cam, but it seems I can get a really good price on the TR224 also.