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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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I have a 98 Z28 Camaro. 3.73 gears in rear, pacesetter LT's, ORY, borla catback, and whisper lid. The car has 140,000 miles on it, is a cam a good or bad idea? Also should I do a new intake and throttle body first? The car is built for the street as it also has bilstein's all the way around, panhard bar, sfc's and LCAs. So I want a streetable cam and nothing outrageous. Getting tuned after cam also. Thanks in advance
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 11:41 PM
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cam is still a good idea as you will be refreshening half the motor. a cam with an intake duration less than 228 will be a good cam for you. a comp cams grind that comes to mind is 228 232. or eps grind 226 230.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 06:37 AM
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what trans ?TSP 224r cam kit,tr224,EPS 222/226 cam.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 07:06 AM
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I have a comp cam 228-230 588- 590 112lsa and it streets great! Plus has good HP!
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Go to the dyno section and start looking. Many fun and streetable offerings. Do not go just by cam #'s and lobe design make a big difference and people often do not see that. EPS has been making some decent power and I would have you consider them. I have a Vengence VRx4 228/230 which is very fun as well.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 08:29 AM
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The car is an A4 but I just built the trans 2 months ago. It has been fully upgraded with beast shell, servo's etc. The only thing I did wrong is I put a new replacement stock converter instead of putting a stall while I had it out *dumbass*

Butt, with cam upgrade I will be putting a stall in as pulling the tranny isn't that big of a job.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 09:00 AM
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You might give us a call, we have tons of different options but it's best to discuss the car in detail before selecting a camshaft.

The good news is we have a crazy nice special going on the TSP camshafts right now!!
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