Won a cam, now what should I do...?
Won a cam, now what should I do...? Hey guys. I just won a cam through a contest. The specs on it are as follows:
•Advertised Duration (Int/Exh): 283/283
•Duration @ .050 (Int/Exh): 221/221
•Gross Valve Lift (Int/Exh): .558/.558
•LSA/ICL: 114/110
•Valve Lash (Int/Exh): Hyd/Hyd
•RPM Range: 2500-6000
It will be going in a 2000 Z28, A4. Supporting mods are longtube headers, ory, and K7N fipk.
Now,.. I am not too knowledgable on camshafts. Is this a good, streetable cam? What else should I throw into the engine to support and maximize the efficiency of this cam? I am guessing new lifters and springs? Any help would be appreciated!
•Advertised Duration (Int/Exh): 283/283
•Duration @ .050 (Int/Exh): 221/221
•Gross Valve Lift (Int/Exh): .558/.558
•LSA/ICL: 114/110
•Valve Lash (Int/Exh): Hyd/Hyd
•RPM Range: 2500-6000
It will be going in a 2000 Z28, A4. Supporting mods are longtube headers, ory, and K7N fipk.
Now,.. I am not too knowledgable on camshafts. Is this a good, streetable cam? What else should I throw into the engine to support and maximize the efficiency of this cam? I am guessing new lifters and springs? Any help would be appreciated!
With those specs, this cam will have tons of low end and mid. Very mild and streetable plus it wont be harsh on the valve train with the low lift.
Be sure to get good valvesprings and pushrods! Stock lifters will be fine. You will need a tune too.
Be sure to get good valvesprings and pushrods! Stock lifters will be fine. You will need a tune too.
I was planning on dropping the motor over the coming winter to detail and clean-up the engine bay, so I might as well go ahead and build the motor now.
Im thinking i might have some head work done. I know I am going to have to do springs and rods and will more than likely try to make a trip down to Frost for a tune...
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get some crane 918 valve springs and some harden push rods from TSP.if your motor has lower miles you can reuse the stock lifters ,so no need to remove the heads.get a new ls2 timing chain.when you know what cam you do have .
Car has 110,xxx miles on it, so I am thinking about just dropping the motor to clean the engine bay up as well as rebuild the whole top end, including the heads. Just still not sure what route I want to go with as far as the heads. P&P and rebuild, or just buy new ones... The more I read up on the cam specs the more I am happy I chose this cam.
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Springs, pushrods, and at least a mild converter/cooler for the transmission and a tune and you will be all set.
with that small of a cam a budget converter would work perfect and not break the bank
with that small of a cam a budget converter would work perfect and not break the bank
