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Jan 17, 2010 | 11:46 PM

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Another way to think about it is = with my 3,800 stall anything below.say 3,600rpms does not matter at W0T, as long as it enough below that for cruise I'm happy

Jan 17, 2010 | 11:48 PM

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No power adders. Well I want the best of both worlds. Good driveability and alot of power. The T-Rex is pretty radical man..........I don't know. I'd need a 4000 stall and all that jazz.

The TR224/224 kinda has my eye. Do you know of any other cams that make more power than that cam but still have decent driveability?

Driveability is in the tune and the driver. If you go around smashing the pedal at every light, your gas mileage will suck regardless if you go 224 or T-rex. The 228r seems to make pretty good power and is easy to tune.

I swapped my small sized Comp Cam (212/218 .558/.563 115) which made 371 whp out for a Torquer 2 and now make 401 whp. My tuner did a great job with it, my gas mileage hasnt changed much and it drives great. The Torquer 2 pulls like a freight train too

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Jan 18, 2010 | 12:35 AM

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I'm still fine tuning my tune and on my 30 mile trip to work tonight (normal driving) 15 miles of back roads and 15 miles of highway I pulled an average of 19 mpg and by the time I'm finished should be up over 22 mpg... Stock mpg was only 16.5 lots more power AND better economy

Jan 18, 2010 | 08:15 AM

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Driveability is in the tune and the driver. If you go around smashing the pedal at every light, your gas mileage will suck regardless if you go 224 or T-rex. The 228r seems to make pretty good power and is easy to tune.

I swapped my small sized Comp Cam (212/218 .558/.563 115) which made 366 whp out for a Torquer 2 and now make 401 whp. My tuner did a great job with it, my gas mileage hasnt changed much and it drives great. The Torquer 2 pulls like a freight train too

Haha but of course. No man I drive it normal most of the time, yeah I'll get on it a few times (expected), but it is my daily driver.

what are the specs on a Torquer v2? just wondering

Jan 18, 2010 | 08:38 AM

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The GM ASA is a cam that I think gets over looked way to much.
It makes GREAT TQ and its flat. And it sound BAD ***! easy on the valve train and you can use the stock yellow LS6 valve springs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgpqC5e0AEI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL1OhyPw9Sw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-rTnKFue0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz9Xk9vTLxQ

Jan 18, 2010 | 10:59 AM

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Haha but of course. No man I drive it normal most of the time, yeah I'll get on it a few times (expected), but it is my daily driver.

what are the specs on a Torquer v2? just wondering

232/234 .595/.598 112, 113, or 114. I went with it on a 112

T2 with Corsa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAr6H...eature=related

T2 in a Goat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9NTk1RcAzc

Mine is much quieter that either of those considering I have a stock catback through a Magnaflow factory replacement

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Jan 18, 2010 | 12:18 PM

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Asian cam of choice: tsp 228r (588 lift). Not sure why somebody found it odd asians would like muscle cars. If you grow up in the states you are more than likely culturally american except you eat more rice than most.

Jan 18, 2010 | 02:25 PM

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I personally had a 232/234 .595/.598 112 in my TA before I got my X3 and I really did love it but it actually isn't as smooth as my X3 is now but it still pulled pretty dang hard! It's a great cam also!

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Jan 18, 2010 | 08:33 PM

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Hey Ztwentyateu, if your talking about the (Fresh copy cams) on Ebay I'd steer clear of them. I ran one of his cams (220/224 ) for less than a year and when I pulled it out to go with a bigger cam and ALL the lobes had deep ruts in tore in them from the metal not being rehardend after the grind!

Trust me stay away from them!

who did you get that from though? I've had a good run with them, put 40,000 on one before and it was good. I was skeptical but had a motor to try it on the first time and it was good so I figured why not. I do agree that theres some that suck out there.....

Jan 19, 2010 | 04:06 AM

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There are a few sizes avalible on ebay lited as (fresh copy cam) sold by blueandsiler200x.

I'd stay away from those, they look good but are not rehardened after being reground

Jan 19, 2010 | 08:58 AM

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232/234 .595/.598 112, 113, or 114. I went with it on a 112

Man I really like the Torquer v2, sounds awesome. And you can tune it to where you can get the best of both worlds right?

Jan 20, 2010 | 07:32 PM

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Jan 20, 2010 | 07:45 PM

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i prefer the stock cams. ls1, ls2, ls6...there is so much power lurking in these engines, a cam swap is the last thing i'd do if i was trying to go fast.

Jan 20, 2010 | 08:16 PM

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Haha well you aren't the first asian I have seen to go muscle. I saw a asian guy about 2-3 months ago in a blue WS6. I was surprised.

Hmmmm well I heard a TReX was radical as hell. And you have to have a 4000 stall for it. Please tell me the good news lol. If it is good enough news then I might consider a TReX.

man i own a speed shop i have ran about every cam that has every been out buy tsp and thunder no both owners well i love tsp cams and thunder cam and i love the trex but the best all around cam i have every run in a head and cam car is a track cam form tunder iam telling you i did some cars same heads same intake and the track cam beat the trex and the stick 3 and it cuts up harde

Jan 20, 2010 | 10:04 PM

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Personally i would say it has been the f13 for me , great cam for low end and mid range power and still good on the top end . I know its all in the set up but with full exh. afr head and a little 3200 stall from circle-d it made my car run a best of 11.69 at 117.4 . Thats a full weighted 2002 ws6 with just nitto dr in the back. The one thing that i could say is you need a good tuner or it will have some surge in it at about 1800-2200 rpm luckly my tuner got it out of mine "mike at G-force is the man".

Jan 20, 2010 | 10:20 PM

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Man I really like the Torquer v2, sounds awesome. And you can tune it to where you can get the best of both worlds right?

Absolutely. At first I was going to go with an MS3. Then after getting advice from the great people on this board, I narrowed it to the T2 and the 228r. I was worried about driveability, surging, etc. My tuner said no worries and that he would make sure it got back to me with no issues. Im really glad that I went with the T2. You wont be sorry!

Jan 20, 2010 | 10:35 PM

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So the lobe separation won't really have a change except for in the idle right? (I'm a noob with cams lol) I'll be getting SLP longtubes along with the 3" high flow y-pipe. My car has the CME and a Spintech muffler on it already. It's pretty good and loud for what it is now but I want MOAR!!! haha.

Narrow lobe separations generally produce better peak power, while wider lobe separations generally make more consistent horsepower throughout the rpm range. Narrow LSAs are somewhat trickier to tune as well.

I would also like to add do not buy SLP headers. I would recommend LPP, Pacesetter, ARH, Kooks, QTPs, Hooker, or any other headers for that matter. It just depends on how much you want to spend.

As far as a y-pipe look for something that has a nice merge like the American Racing Y.

Jan 20, 2010 | 10:54 PM

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Go with American Racing front to back you wont be sorry.

Jan 20, 2010 | 11:16 PM

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I'd look into the Futral cams

Jan 22, 2010 | 02:16 PM

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Well I have made somewhat of an elimination now down to the T2, MS3, and the TR 224/224. That Torquer v2 cam though sounds like it would give me the most power and good driveability. I would like the best of both world like I said, but the power is my #1 concern lol. Also I know a guy not too far from me at Simple Quick Racing (you might have heard of them) and he said he can tune it to however I want. Again, thanks for the input. You really helped narrow down a hard decision haha.

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