cam selection
cam selection I am thinking about picking up a new in box cam from a buddy. He is asking 300 for it and it has the comp 918's with titanium retainers and locks. it is a comp XR275HR-12. It will be going into my 2004 automatic gto (ls1) Currently I have some coilovers on the way and the car has the ls6 intake and has a cold air k & N kit with a tune for the trans. It has some custom exhaust but stock headers and mid pipes. I know this cam isnt too agressive or over the top, but will it give me noticable gains. I am planning on some long tubes and a tune before driving the car once cam is installed. This is my Daily Driver. Thanks for any help.
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In my opinion that cam is pretty small, if you are planning to stay N/A I would get something larger. I had a TSP 228r and that was a great cam, but now I have a TSP Tsunami going into my new build but I think at least get something like a 228r if you want to get a good amount of power. As for the daily driver cam, I think it would work with whatever you want to put up with you can drive a larger cam as a daily driver if you have a good tune.
Regardless, you'll also need a higher stall TC (3000-3600).
It'll be a good DD cam, but there's better lobes available that will make more power for the same size cam. Furthermore you can still be DD friendly with a cam like the TSP 228r with a 114lsa .
IMO, I'd do a high stall TC first (3000-3600) if you can't afford to do it all at the same time.
It'll be a good DD cam, but there's better lobes available that will make more power for the same size cam. Furthermore you can still be DD friendly with a cam like the TSP 228r with a 114lsa .
IMO, I'd do a high stall TC first (3000-3600) if you can't afford to do it all at the same time.
