Another trex thread.
08-24-2009, 07:49 PM
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Another trex thread. i have been doing ALOT of searching and im thinking im gonna lean toward a custom ground cam but i still have a slight hesitation on not running the trex.
My setup is a forged 347. patriot stage 2 ls6 heads 2.02 intake 1.6 exhaust 227 cc intake runner. pretty big head imo for a 347 but i got a good deal on them so im using them. they have had some work done other then what patriot has done. hence the slightly bigger exhaust valve. ported victor with a accufab. later down the road it will have a bit of spray. my question is how well will the trex work with this setup? the car will get drove on the street every now and then but its more toward the track side.
My setup is a forged 347. patriot stage 2 ls6 heads 2.02 intake 1.6 exhaust 227 cc intake runner. pretty big head imo for a 347 but i got a good deal on them so im using them. they have had some work done other then what patriot has done. hence the slightly bigger exhaust valve. ported victor with a accufab. later down the road it will have a bit of spray. my question is how well will the trex work with this setup? the car will get drove on the street every now and then but its more toward the track side.
08-24-2009, 07:55 PM
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yea back when i was looking at putting a cam in my car when it was fairly stock. i ended up with the Trex in the end. it was everthing i was looking for. one of my buddies has it in his car and i dont like it
08-24-2009, 09:37 PM
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that would be a mean setup man i saw a trex with afr 205 milled to 59cc with forged pistons with reliefs in it and it made torque pretty quick which stunned me a little ended up with 44x torque and hit just over 500 rwhp
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08-27-2009, 07:06 AM
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I wanna run the cam for the power and it sound sick i think, only draw back for me is i have a lil higher mileage motor.... Just starting to think it something ***** up then that will give me a reason to go bigger and better... 
Everyone that i have heard from that has one loves it, but heard alot of members complain about it. If you like it for what it is do it! But post a vid up after
Everyone that i have heard from that has one loves it, but heard alot of members complain about it. If you like it for what it is do it! But post a vid up after
08-27-2009, 10:34 AM
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With T-Rex you'll have to measure PTV clearance.
No 2 are alike and some have been known to kiss the pistons with less than ideal valvetrain. Make sure you have enough springs to handle the rpms and lobe profile.
IMO when you put any cam that big, research carefully and be ready to slap on ALL supporting mods.
No 2 are alike and some have been known to kiss the pistons with less than ideal valvetrain. Make sure you have enough springs to handle the rpms and lobe profile.
IMO when you put any cam that big, research carefully and be ready to slap on ALL supporting mods.
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08-28-2009, 02:27 AM
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If the car you are speaking of is the one in your sig then i would worry about an intake first. The benefit of the Trex is topend power and high RPM's. The LS1 intake will not be able to support that cam. If you run a trex with that intake then you will not be any faster than if you had a 230ish cam.
08-28-2009, 09:55 PM
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Man go with a ms3 cam I had it in my old set up DD and it loves spray. On motor the car ran 11.1 and on a 200 shot it went 10.14 with a 370 patriot stage 3 heads 64cc chamber.