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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 11:52 PM
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I am buying a cam I prefer Texas speed performance what's the biggest I can go. My mods long tubes .xpipe. slp exhaust. Ls6 intake.cai. 150shot 2002 ls1 A4 vette plan on runing a torque converter. Want it loud and want it to sound like it has a cam I drive the car car 1nce.. every two months
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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i have a 233/239 cam from them and i love it it drives good sounds nasty and reall loves the no2
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 12:47 AM
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i have a 233/239 cam from them and i love it it drives good sounds nasty and reall loves the no2
u have a 6speed tough
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:42 AM
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T rex! First off what size stall? Are you looking for just sound or what? Do want something that will drive good? Make peak power? Power under the curv? Ect... we need more info
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by KING Z28 HAWK
T rex! First off what size stall? Are you looking for just sound or what? Do want something that will drive good? Make peak power? Power under the curv? Ect... we need more info
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 04:13 AM
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Oh god, here we go again...
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I was just being an ahole guys. I wouldn't tell anybody to put that cam in their car. I was just answering his question with what he gave us. That's why I asked for some more info.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 07:33 AM
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your best bet is to call tsp and talk with them, i went threw tsp and they are straight great to deal with , eps is also another great bunch of guys , so you only drive the car once every 2 months ? have plans to do heads or are you just gonna stay with cam only and spray . sorry we can tell you alot of cams to go with but your best bet is to call and talk with a sponser. i never understand these threads,a phone call is gonna get you way more info then just asking for a cam that sounds good.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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Torquer V3....
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 08:41 AM
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x2 on the tv3. i really like that cam, not the biggest that u can go but very nice cam. i had the ms3 before also. Why is texas speed your only cam choice? Love there stuff(just asking)
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 09:54 AM
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I love my 228r, great all around cam for what I wanted. Not the biggest I could have gotten but I love it.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000PewterT/A
I love my 228r, great all around cam for what I wanted. Not the biggest I could have gotten but I love it.
Any sound clips?
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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If you want your car to "sound like its cammed", just about any aftermarket cam is going to have a mean lope to it. If you really want that choppy idle, have your tuner set the idle speed a little lower.

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your best bet is to call tsp and talk with them, i went threw tsp and they are straight great to deal with , eps is also another great bunch of guys , so you only drive the car once every 2 months ? have plans to do heads or are you just gonna stay with cam only and spray . sorry we can tell you alot of cams to go with but your best bet is to call and talk with a sponser. i never understand these threads,a phone call is gonna get you way more info then just asking for a cam that sounds good.
While this is a good idea, I went through the same process when I was looking for my cam/heads setup and I had the best luck by just riding in/driving locally cammed cars. It's the best way to decide what's "drive-able" to you.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:00 PM
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I liked my MS3 from tsp. IF your set on tsp, that would be my choice.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:19 PM
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The LS6 intake was oem in '02.

Just FYI, you put a big cam in the Vette & it can cause A/C issues at idle. I don't know whether it's a vacuum issue or what, but with a G5x3 I have to idle my Z06 at 975 rpm or the climate control doesn't want to turn the compressor on.

Sounds like you're dead set on a cam to get the sound. There's probably more performance to be had between lights with a rear gear switch.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 03:51 PM
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im not going to dog on tsp or esp or anything but i have an A4 and will be purchasing the F14 cam from FMS. there are 2 F14 custom grind cams one is a 112 lsa and the other is 114 lsa i personally called FMS and talked to them he and every one on ls1 tech basicaly agrees that since your running the A4 to go with the 114 LSA. the f14 is a 232/234 (high lifter is an option as well which iswhat i will be purchasing.) bigger is not always better for example the trex cams will give outstanding high end power but its low end power will be as slow as a school bus especially with a A4, you will rather lug as your trying to get up that many rpms and trying to shift at 7000 rpms on average is not a risk i would take untill the bottom end is rebuilt unless uve already done that. the power band on the f14 (high lift 114 lsa) is i wanna say 2600-7000 which means that with a 2800 stall that i have and a nice tune even though the max hp/trq wont be as high you will still get amazing times on and off the track. as compared to the TR trex or other big sized cams with power bands like 4000-7200 and they have a low overlap the smaller 23x cams have larger overlaps the fms 232 has a .9!(like 90 percent sure sorry if its like .7 but still..) overlap and when choosing A CAM Look more at the power under the curve which is where most of your performance is goin to come from. the f14 has a very steady strong curve almost straight! the t rex is like a mountain.. also make sure you have appropriate bolt ons and valve train parts of course check into new timing chains as well. i will be running stock gears untill i get the 3.73's put in the winter u should do the same not 4.10 or bigger though unless u want a manual set up.(been thinkin bout the 3.90's as well a comment on that would be nice anyone. but if you want to go for that big high rpm monster cause ur runnin with no2 then check out FMS's godzilla cam it will be up ur alley. once again i love tsp and will use them later down the road. now as for cams not as much. good luck and dont jump into this!
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 05:21 PM
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An F14 car with a 2800 stall would get drug by a TR224 car with a 4k. Just sayin....
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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Do ur research man look at the power curve on the 2 then check ur power band I'll b done with my 60 foot as u hit 3500 rpms just sayin if u typed wrong n meant a 242 cam then with high gears maybe so
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 09:23 PM
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An F14 car with a 2800 stall would get drug by a TR224 car with a 4k. Just sayin....
Yepp^^. My advise is to get a torquer v2 and a 3600 stall with prc dual springs. Alota fun and not to much strain on the valvetrain.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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Yepp^^. My advise is to get a torquer v2 and a 3600 stall with prc dual springs. Alota fun and not to much strain on the valvetrain.
Show me proof of track time slips or street vids I got the proof to back up I wanted a thunder racing cam for the longest time until I found out about fms
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