What makes a car NOT streetable?
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What makes a car NOT streetable? I hear guys talking about going with a large cam and say that it may not be streetable. What makes it not streetable? 
I personaly wouldnt mind driving around with a huge lopey cam through some loud deep exhaust 
Just kinda currious.
I personaly wouldnt mind driving around with a huge lopey cam through some loud deep exhaust Just kinda currious. totally depends on the person and what you are willing to put up with really.
some people don't care if their car dies every now and then at a stoplight or something or has to have a high idle and surges sometimes, others get pissed.
some people don't care if their car dies every now and then at a stoplight or something or has to have a high idle and surges sometimes, others get pissed.
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Originally Posted by z98
Stalling, surging, no low end power, etc.
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Originally Posted by z98
Stalling, surging, no low end power, etc.
Just like he said...alot of folks for example put a 110lsa cam in a auto car...sure you can tune it, but it sucks for daily driving reason...or like a big loose torque convertor...or 4.30 gears in a auto car...
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Originally Posted by SilverGhost
totally depends on the person and what you are willing to put up with really.
some people don't care if their car dies every now and then at a stoplight or something or has to have a high idle and surges sometimes, others get pissed.
some people don't care if their car dies every now and then at a stoplight or something or has to have a high idle and surges sometimes, others get pissed.
I know I sure wouldnt want a car that dies at stoplights. I wouldnt mind a little surging, but to the point where it would almost die... 
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What makes car NOT streetable? From what I've see around here, only the opinion of OTHERS...since the owner will NEVER, under any circumstance, admit that the car should be on the back of a trailor (or that it IS!) 
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I'm driving around with a 110LSA 106ICL cam in my car right now and the idle isn't what gets me... it is the bucking and farting the car does when you try to ease around at 1300 to 1600rpm in gear, that is driving me crazy. I've had several big cams with 112lsa's and they were much nicer to drive than this thing is. Btw, it has never stalled or surged while idling, it's just the low speed driving manners of it that gets to me. I drove it 175 miles round trip on the interstate yesterday at 80+mph and couldn't tell the difference between it and a stock cam..but as soon as I got off the interstate and into town... 
I'm pulling the SOB out tonight.
I'm pulling the SOB out tonight. 
Originally Posted by gomer
I'm driving around with a 110LSA 106ICL cam in my car right now and the idle isn't what gets me... it is the bucking and farting the car does when you try to ease around at 1300 to 1600rpm in gear, that is driving me crazy. I've had several big cams with 112lsa's and they were much nicer to drive than this thing is. Btw, it has never stalled or surged while idling, it's just the low speed driving manners of it that gets to me. I drove it 175 miles round trip on the interstate yesterday at 80+mph and couldn't tell the difference between it and a stock cam..but as soon as I got off the interstate and into town... I'm pulling the SOB out tonight.
I'm pulling the SOB out tonight.
Colonel is right. There are sooo many people on here that say their setup is streetable and you know it's total bs. Like people with huge cams, (and my favorite) Yank TP4400 convertors, non-overdrive trannies, etc; it's like who are you trying to kid? I would say the best way to find out if ride or drive other people's cars with cam's in them and then go from there.
Originally Posted by HumpinSS
Is that teh Fm13 you are referring to on a 110
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I don't know bout LS1's, but on the '67 the cam gets on my nerves once in a while. I don't really daily drive it, maybe once or twice every two weeks, but the idle gets old as hell. I basically have to put it in neutral at most stoplights to avoid stalling/creeping in gear. Once I get over 3k or so, it's great, it's just the getting there part that sucks. A larger 'Vertor would help, but that adds to the un-drivability as well. I guess you have to pick and choose your battles. You want a REALLY fast street car, deal with the downsides. You want a "somewhat" fast street car, get good at the excuses. That's just how it goes. 
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Originally Posted by Linear Velocity
Colonel is right. There are sooo many people on here that say their setup is streetable and you know it's total bs. Like people with huge cams, (and my favorite) Yank TP4400 convertors, non-overdrive trannies, etc; it's like who are you trying to kid? I would say the best way to find out if ride or drive other people's cars with cam's in them and then go from there.
Originally Posted by DenzSS
Gomer--Was there any tuning done with that camshaft you're referring to?
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Originally Posted by Ohmyneck
I hear guys talking about going with a large cam and say that it may not be streetable. What makes it not streetable? I personaly wouldnt mind driving around with a huge lopey cam through some loud deep exhaust Just kinda currious.
I personaly wouldnt mind driving around with a huge lopey cam through some loud deep exhaust Just kinda currious.
Is my car streetable? Yes.
Would I want to drive it every day to work? No.
Is it fun as heck? Oh yeah.
Is it easy to drive? No. It's not comfortable (race seats, 6-point rollbar). The transmission is funky (pro-shifted - WOT is awesome, but partial throttle is a bit "odd"). The rear end is funky (spooled). Manual rack, skinnies 100% of the time (corners take some strategy). Suspension is stiff yet bouncy (Hal's and things like the Madman torque arm). Does it chuggle at low RPM? Not really, with 4.56 gears, it's not hard to find 2000 RPM.
Do I love it? Oh yeah.
Do I trailer it to the track? Yes, because at any moment, I could break something. Seen it happen too many times.
So is it streetable? Yes, but not every day.
Would I want to drive it every day to work? No.
Is it fun as heck? Oh yeah.
Is it easy to drive? No. It's not comfortable (race seats, 6-point rollbar). The transmission is funky (pro-shifted - WOT is awesome, but partial throttle is a bit "odd"). The rear end is funky (spooled). Manual rack, skinnies 100% of the time (corners take some strategy). Suspension is stiff yet bouncy (Hal's and things like the Madman torque arm). Does it chuggle at low RPM? Not really, with 4.56 gears, it's not hard to find 2000 RPM.
Do I love it? Oh yeah.
Do I trailer it to the track? Yes, because at any moment, I could break something. Seen it happen too many times.
So is it streetable? Yes, but not every day.