SNS Stage 3 or Tourqer V3?
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SNS Stage 3 or Tourqer V3?
I have talked with Martin at Tick and he recommended that I go with their SNS Stage 3 cam and to have the head work done at AI with their 232cc port program.
I have also talked with Texas Speed and they recommended their Stage 2.5 LS6 PRC heads with their Tourqer V3 cam.
The car is a 02 T/A WS6 A4 with around 74,000 miles. Once I get the car out of storage I will be getting Speed Engineering race headers, true duals dumped before the axle. I have a Volant air intake to put on. I also have a Yank SS3600 stall to go in with a shift kit. The car already has 3.73 gears on the stock 10 bolt. It will getting a dyno tune after everything is on. The car is not a DD and will see the track maybe once or twice a year.
Goals for the car are to be in the 425 rwhp range. When I had talked with them I told them I was looking for a cam that has a noticeable idle also.
Which route would you go with?
I have also talked with Texas Speed and they recommended their Stage 2.5 LS6 PRC heads with their Tourqer V3 cam.
The car is a 02 T/A WS6 A4 with around 74,000 miles. Once I get the car out of storage I will be getting Speed Engineering race headers, true duals dumped before the axle. I have a Volant air intake to put on. I also have a Yank SS3600 stall to go in with a shift kit. The car already has 3.73 gears on the stock 10 bolt. It will getting a dyno tune after everything is on. The car is not a DD and will see the track maybe once or twice a year.
Goals for the car are to be in the 425 rwhp range. When I had talked with them I told them I was looking for a cam that has a noticeable idle also.
Which route would you go with?
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I've been watching videos of both cams and reading a lot of different threads on each. I have figured out at least that either way I will get good numbers from both set ups. I was leaning more towards Tick's cam and AI's head work because of all the things I have read about them. Just wanted to get some input from people to make sure I was leaning the right way.
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I know the v3 runs LSK lobes on the intake side, which are very harsh but they do make power. I would go with whichever Martin steers you toward.
If you do choose the v3, I would have a talk with Martin about how to set up your valvetrain for that cam. It will be very crucial to longevity that you set everything up right.
If you do choose the v3, I would have a talk with Martin about how to set up your valvetrain for that cam. It will be very crucial to longevity that you set everything up right.
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Unless your tuner doesn't know what he's doing or something isn't installed right, you should be well over 425 with that setup. 2.5 heads with the "S" cam have made 455 before
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I have that setup and it makes good power, planning on spraying it eventually. But yeah...LSK lobes aren't too friendy on a valvetrain, especially if it's not setup for them. I'm not too concerned with it because I don't drive my car much, maybe 500mi / year, but if I could do it again I would go with something different just for peace of mind.
I did get a 100rwhp increase with that setup and an UD pulley though. Make sure you go with 1 7/8" headers.
I did get a 100rwhp increase with that setup and an UD pulley though. Make sure you go with 1 7/8" headers.
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The SNS Stage 3 is very similar to what I have, the G5X3, and the BTR Stage 4. The 234/242 is a very good grind in these cars. The difference between the EPS, Tick, LG, and BTR grinds are the lobes. EPS uses the EPS endurance lobes, Tick uses LSL/LSL combo, LG uses XE-R/XE-R, and BTR uses LSL/XE.
If I were going with a Comp grinded cam, the BTR with the LSL/XE would get the nod. LSL is a great intake valve and the mild XE works exceptionally well in these cars as an intake lobe. The added duration on the exhaust side helps.
I went with the Cam Motion billet core from EPS and EPS lobes for stability and valvetrain precision.
If I were going with a Comp grinded cam, the BTR with the LSL/XE would get the nod. LSL is a great intake valve and the mild XE works exceptionally well in these cars as an intake lobe. The added duration on the exhaust side helps.
I went with the Cam Motion billet core from EPS and EPS lobes for stability and valvetrain precision.
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I should say I really respect Martin. From the shelf grinds, the BTR would get the nod of the Comp Cams lot. But he has a custom 233/236 that uses the LSL/XE combo that would also work very well.
Any of those cams would work great with stock heads or ported heads. It's a max-effort type of cam with a lot of overlap and thus, power.
Any of those cams would work great with stock heads or ported heads. It's a max-effort type of cam with a lot of overlap and thus, power.
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Yea IMO its the most important aspect of the cam. You'll end up with some broken parts if you think you can just throw any parts in there with LSKs and run it for 30k miles without checking.