Positives and Negatives of a DD with a big cam?
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Positives and Negatives of a DD with a big cam?
Hey guys, I am almost dead set on buying a polluter cam for the ls1. I'd get the kit that comes with the springs and rods but I was wondering what else (besides a good tune) would have to be done for it to be a good street car.
Anyone have the polluter cam or anything close to it?
Car is an automatic, will have LT's and thats about it
Anyone have the polluter cam or anything close to it?
Car is an automatic, will have LT's and thats about it
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Don't be afraid of a big stall, and when you get one spend the money on s great one like a Yank.
I daily drove my GTO with a 238/242 and a 4,000 stall with no problems at all and loved it
I daily drove my GTO with a 238/242 and a 4,000 stall with no problems at all and loved it
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big stall wont hurt the daily driving? I heard that the polluter has hardly any torque in the 1200-2000 rpm range which would be mostly what I would be doing, but would the stall fix that?
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Positives - more power and higher rpm
Negatives - cost of cam & parts, cost of tune, cost of converter, loss of fuel mileage, cost & hassle of changing valve springs.
All depends on how much power you are looking for, how far you drive daily and what you are willing to give up. If you get your heads ported, you can use a smaller cam with better street manners and make the same amount of power.
Negatives - cost of cam & parts, cost of tune, cost of converter, loss of fuel mileage, cost & hassle of changing valve springs.
All depends on how much power you are looking for, how far you drive daily and what you are willing to give up. If you get your heads ported, you can use a smaller cam with better street manners and make the same amount of power.
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the only downside to Daily driving a car with a big cam is Valvetrain maintainence...Just means you will be checking springs or replacing springs more often and keeping an eye on the wear and tear of the other parts of the valvetrain for potential problems
Daily Driving my Car in my signature....(except for days when it rains cause I have no longer have wipers...and I dont drive it in the snow..LOL)
2001 Camaro...
cam is a 248/252 .649.646 112LSA+2
Manley dual springs good to .700 lift
Yank PY series racing converter - 5k stall speed..
drives and runs great on the street...
a good Tune makes all the difference in how it behaves...
Daily Driving my Car in my signature....(except for days when it rains cause I have no longer have wipers...and I dont drive it in the snow..LOL)
2001 Camaro...
cam is a 248/252 .649.646 112LSA+2
Manley dual springs good to .700 lift
Yank PY series racing converter - 5k stall speed..
drives and runs great on the street...
a good Tune makes all the difference in how it behaves...