close to buying MS4 cam
I don't think anyone disputes that that cam is great of you are looking for killer mid and high range power. OP, it sounds like that is what you are after, but maybe you should try to ride in, or drive, a LS1 with a big cam first. That way, you can get a real world idea of how the car is going to drive and make an informed decision from there.
, so I imagine it would be about the same. (it really sucked when you turned on AC....and this was untuned as well)
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A lot of people assume that the MS3 makes more midrange over the MS4 given the cam specs are a little smaller. In actuality it's quite opposite. When the MS3 cam first came out people complained that it was hard to drive and wanted a max effort cam with a little better driveability and a little more in the midrange. That's where the MS4 comes into play. It has a more aggressive intake lobe with higher lift and the cam is also ground on a tighter lobe separation. Doing this brings the torque curve in sooner and gave the people what they wanted out of a max effort cam. The MS3 is better suited for a max effort nitrous application and the MS4 is best for a max effort NA application. That's not to say you cannot use either cams for the other application. That is just what is optimal. I hope this clears a few things up over that.
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Verdad Gallardo Sorry to hijack but how does the S15 231/237 differ from the rest? I'm in the cam market and looking around and might be going this route. Car is a daily and will be adding a LS6 and 3600 stall. Will this cam work best with my particular set up or you have other recommendations? Thanks in advance, Lonnie.
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Last edited by Sales3@Texas-Speed; Apr 10, 2014 at 02:41 PM.
LXL doesn't have a 237 lobe. They go from 234 directly to 238. The lobe duration and lift tells me what type of lobe it's on. I just know it from my personal experience in speccing and selling many camshafts or you could simply look at Comps lobe catalog online and compare.
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would be LXL and XE-R
Last edited by 93civEJ1; Apr 10, 2014 at 05:24 PM.
Lol, I don't know how I missed that one. Well I'm going to blame it on the fact that I had to turn my head sideways to view the cam card haha. That would be an LXL lobe then.Lonnie
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If a cam works, it works, whether if it is a cam from 7 years ago or a cam that just cam out today. The question is, is this cam right for your application. Only you can determine that. This cam is pretty harsh on the springs, so keeping the fresh will be something you will have to do. Also, mske sure the tune is spot on so driveability is good.