I hate to ask.. cam for my combo?
I hate to ask.. cam for my combo? Sorry in advance, I've been on here long enough to know these questions get old ..but questions is what keeps this forum alive right? 
I'm looking for a cam to help put me into 11's, has a nice lope, make power up top because this will mainly be a "street performer"(mainly roll racing around here) and make around 6 trips to the track a year. I couldn't care less about drivability, I only drive the car to local meets maybe twice a week. Something not too hard on the internals, as in not hoping to do a rebuild any time soon.
What I have: 3800 stall, 2.73 gears(will stay in the car until I blow the rear, so cam needs to be versatile enough to work with lower gears if I change), and full bolt-ons.
Hopefully this isn't too much trouble but if someone of the cam experts could give me some advice I'd really appreciate it!
I'm looking for a cam to help put me into 11's, has a nice lope, make power up top because this will mainly be a "street performer"(mainly roll racing around here) and make around 6 trips to the track a year. I couldn't care less about drivability, I only drive the car to local meets maybe twice a week. Something not too hard on the internals, as in not hoping to do a rebuild any time soon.
What I have: 3800 stall, 2.73 gears(will stay in the car until I blow the rear, so cam needs to be versatile enough to work with lower gears if I change), and full bolt-ons.
Hopefully this isn't too much trouble but if someone of the cam experts could give me some advice I'd really appreciate it!
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Yea dont plan on breaking the 10 bolt with an auto on the street. I would go ahead and do 3.73s or 4.10s and enjoy it while you have it. I was on my original 125k mile 10 bolt in a stalled/nitrous auto that went consistent mid 11s and I never had a problem.
Id do a 233/239 or something in that range and 3.73s
Id do a 233/239 or something in that range and 3.73s
Head selection is way, way, more Important than a cam. You dont need a donkey dick cam to go fast. A properly set up mid size cam car will outrun an improperly set up donkey dick cam car any day of the week.
Trex with stg1 243s will get outrun by an ms3 with a nice set of heads that flow better and can gt milled a bit.
Now, trex with flycut and a nice set of heads.... Then you are talking.
Are you willing to limit your future head selection on that though?
Experience and track records of various setups.
Heads are what makes a combo when comparing similar cam cars. Hell, the first ls1 in the 10s was way back in 02-03 on a baby 220/22x .588 114 cam iirc.
***Buy the best set of heads your budget allows....
Then base your cam etc off of that.
You want a bad *** setup, heads and converter selection will play a roll more than any other single component.
As of now, yes. This is a budget build and this car will never see a super nice set of heads. I can do some research, but if you don't mind me just asking, what head selection am I limited to with a TRex?
Don't need a big cam to get the job done. Common misconception around here. My auto, stock heads car with a Futral Motorsports 228/230 broke a lot of hearts especially the six speed h/c cars