Thoughts on this Thunder Racin Cam?
Thoughts on this Thunder Racin Cam? So Im lookin at a Cam and Spring Combo for my car, I have LTs and LS6 Intake on it with stock heads, lookin for a good streetable cam with a noticable lope and increase in power, it will be tuned afterwords.
Im lookin at this cam, what do you guys think are the pros and cons?
Is it what I am lookin for?
Thunder Racing 224/224 Lobe Sep 112 .563 / .563 lift
Im lookin at this cam, what do you guys think are the pros and cons?
Is it what I am lookin for?
Thunder Racing 224/224 Lobe Sep 112 .563 / .563 lift
TECH Apprentice
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From: Missouri
Good cam will work great for the street I think. Last time I ordered through thunder racing it took weeks to get my parts. Over 1200$ in stuff and they wouldn't ship any of it because they were waiting for bolts or some dumb ****. Anyway cam looks good
This cam will be good mild cam with the 853heads.. You might want to look into finding some 243s to free up some all around power. I put there tru torq 2 in a m6 dd, LT's ls6 n stock 243s I picked up for $350.. Awesome cam lots of torque, still gets 20 mpg in town with 3:90 gears.. It's capable of rolling smoke in 3rd also
only issue i have is around here, there are no.. i repeat NO LS cars, its foxbody country. So its easy to be dominant considering everyone has a mustang lol but saying that unless I actually buy some heads out right I wont be replacing mine, I just wanna fun car, more then a stock LS1. I will look into some other options, just thought for 720 bucks for everything is pretty good. I have this drive to reach 400 rwhp, after that i will look into heads and what not.
So this cam seems to be a pretty good setup?
So this cam seems to be a pretty good setup?
Staging Lane
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Weaverville,NC
only issue i have is around here, there are no.. i repeat NO LS cars, its foxbody country. So its easy to be dominant considering everyone has a mustang lol but saying that unless I actually buy some heads out right I wont be replacing mine, I just wanna fun car, more then a stock LS1. I will look into some other options, just thought for 720 bucks for everything is pretty good. I have this drive to reach 400 rwhp, after that i will look into heads and what not.
So this cam seems to be a pretty good setup?
So this cam seems to be a pretty good setup?
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Gotcha, I was lookin in your signature, I see your hp numbers, those are still enough to take down a stock terminator haha, I would be happy with 380-390 as well. Gotta love how you drive something for a few months and its slow all over again, I guess I will never be satisfied. What would be a good cam to hit that 4 mark?
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From: Weaverville,NC
Gotcha, I was lookin in your signature, I see your hp numbers, those are still enough to take down a stock terminator haha, I would be happy with 380-390 as well. Gotta love how you drive something for a few months and its slow all over again, I guess I will never be satisfied. What would be a good cam to hit that 4 mark?
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it is a great cam.go to thunder racing website and check the price on a cam pkg,it mite be on sale for prezday sale.if you can find some used 243/799 heads for $400 ,you can make 15 more rwhp.check TSP for cam install kits .
go bigger!!! The 224 has been a proven cam. But i would for sure go bigger.
I never drove a cammed car. My cam is a 230/227. And it drives great. Im wanting to go a bit bigger also.
I never drove a cammed car. My cam is a 230/227. And it drives great. Im wanting to go a bit bigger also.
I just found the one I think you have, the Reverse Split 230/224 .575-.563 111 LSA... Is this the one you would consider? and still keeps it an aggressive yet easy to drive DD?
If you have 853 heads and are staying stock compression ratio....the TR224
will work just fine for ya. Many people who use 228/230/ and 234 duration
cams typically raise their comp. to 10.8 or 11 to 1 to produce more torque
with the added duration.
will work just fine for ya. Many people who use 228/230/ and 234 duration
cams typically raise their comp. to 10.8 or 11 to 1 to produce more torque
with the added duration.
Staging Lane
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From: Stanwood, Wa.
I have the TR230/224 cam with 111LSA, Patriot stage 2.5 heads milled to 59cc (11:1 compression), Yella Terra roller rockers, 7.425 pushrods, Ls6 intake, 3:42 gears, six speed Dynamax 1 3/4 headers with GHL exhaust. Dyno tune = 395 rwhp. I wanted this cam for the flat torque curve and choppy idle. Rocks a bit at red lights and sounds awesome in my opinion.
