questions for those with a TRex cam
05-20-2004, 11:06 AM
#21
Staging Lane
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Kansas City, KS
Posts: 54
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Have had the T-Rex in my 202 Z06 for a couple of weeks now. Still waiting to get it dyno-tuned on the 3rd.
Without the tune, the idle is pretty rough and runs fairly rich, which causes it to bog a little bit when you hammer it at low rpm/s, but;
-It has a really nasty idle (and thats a good thing)
-Along with Kooks headers and Borla Stingers is Nascar loud (another good thing)
-Really responds from 3500-4000 rpm
Once I get it tuned and a 3.90 or 4.10 rear it wil be a beast.
Yea, it is a little rough on a daily driver, but what a daily drive!
Steve
Without the tune, the idle is pretty rough and runs fairly rich, which causes it to bog a little bit when you hammer it at low rpm/s, but;
-It has a really nasty idle (and thats a good thing)
-Along with Kooks headers and Borla Stingers is Nascar loud (another good thing)
-Really responds from 3500-4000 rpm
Once I get it tuned and a 3.90 or 4.10 rear it wil be a beast.
Yea, it is a little rough on a daily driver, but what a daily drive!
Steve
05-20-2004, 11:21 AM
#22
Originally Posted by smithsc
Have had the T-Rex in my 202 Z06 for a couple of weeks now. Still waiting to get it dyno-tuned on the 3rd.
Without the tune, the idle is pretty rough and runs fairly rich, which causes it to bog a little bit when you hammer it at low rpm/s, but;
-It has a really nasty idle (and thats a good thing)
-Along with Kooks headers and Borla Stingers is Nascar loud (another good thing)
-Really responds from 3500-4000 rpm
Once I get it tuned and a 3.90 or 4.10 rear it wil be a beast.
Yea, it is a little rough on a daily driver, but what a daily drive!
Steve
Without the tune, the idle is pretty rough and runs fairly rich, which causes it to bog a little bit when you hammer it at low rpm/s, but;
-It has a really nasty idle (and thats a good thing)
-Along with Kooks headers and Borla Stingers is Nascar loud (another good thing)
-Really responds from 3500-4000 rpm
Once I get it tuned and a 3.90 or 4.10 rear it wil be a beast.
Yea, it is a little rough on a daily driver, but what a daily drive!
Steve
05-20-2004, 05:35 PM
#31
TECH Veteran
iTrader: (30)
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Texarkana, Tx
Posts: 4,391
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Just wondering if this cam would work good on stock heads with long tube headers. I'm looking at the G5X2 right now. I heard the T-Rex in a 02 Z in Plano about 3 weeks ago and loved the sound of it thru duals and bullets. I just got a 02 LS1/6spd for my '69 Firebird with 4.10 posi. Gonna swap a cam in before I stick the motor in. Not going to be a DD either, just a weekend toy. I just basically want a cam right now, unless I can get heads as well before it all goes in around the end of summer.
05-20-2004, 05:38 PM
#32
Originally Posted by Patrolman808
Just wondering if this cam would work good on stock heads with long tube headers. I'm looking at the G5X2 right now. I heard the T-Rex in a 02 Z in Plano about 3 weeks ago and loved the sound of it thru duals and bullets. I just got a 02 LS1/6spd for my '69 Firebird with 4.10 posi. Gonna swap a cam in before I stick the motor in. Not going to be a DD either, just a weekend toy. I just basically want a cam right now, unless I can get heads as well before it all goes in around the end of summer.
05-20-2004, 06:07 PM
#35
Staging Lane
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin/Westlake
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by DanZ28
Seifer, I agree with most of what you say, but having personal experience with the Trex and in an A4 at that, it's plenty streetable at any throttle position. I don't DD my car, so it's ok with me. I do agree that I would not want to DD my car with this cam, but it's sure fun when I do drive it. Again, I agree with most of what you say, just wanted to clear up a misconception about the Trex...
Dan
Dan
hell my car had a 227 TR cam, and full bolt ons.. that wasnt even streetable to me. I dreaded driving to work just because it was an effort in futility to keep the car on the road. it was really fast, and driving from light to light etc just wasnt fun. but yea it was fun going out racing at night, and cruisin down the highway in. But traffic just SUCKED. and i had to turn it off anytime i went to drive thrus because they couldnt hear me over the exhaust and stuff.. haha, there were just so many little things that drove me nuts, i had to get rid of it all. now im back to stock manifolds with cats.
05-20-2004, 06:12 PM
#36
Staging Lane
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin/Westlake
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i understand some peoples opinions. but to me, i am more conservative in what i consider streetable. I dont believe i belong in a honda, although when i rented a honda accord while my car was getting a built tranny, it was alot easier to drive to work and back. Although it was frustrating when i wanted to have fun.
I am a more reserved driver than i used to be, i dont hammer my car very often, so i am usually just putting around town. And it sucks when the car surges, and idles high, etc.. im just saying, maybe alot of you like this kind of thing. but for me it gets old.
I am a more reserved driver than i used to be, i dont hammer my car very often, so i am usually just putting around town. And it sucks when the car surges, and idles high, etc.. im just saying, maybe alot of you like this kind of thing. but for me it gets old.
05-20-2004, 06:17 PM
#37
Originally Posted by Seifer
i understand some peoples opinions. but to me, i am more conservative in what i consider streetable. I dont believe i belong in a honda, although when i rented a honda accord while my car was getting a built tranny, it was alot easier to drive to work and back. Although it was frustrating when i wanted to have fun.
I am a more reserved driver than i used to be, i dont hammer my car very often, so i am usually just putting around town. And it sucks when the car surges, and idles high, etc.. im just saying, maybe alot of you like this kind of thing. but for me it gets old.
I am a more reserved driver than i used to be, i dont hammer my car very often, so i am usually just putting around town. And it sucks when the car surges, and idles high, etc.. im just saying, maybe alot of you like this kind of thing. but for me it gets old.
05-20-2004, 06:30 PM
#38
Staging Lane
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Austin/Westlake
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
you must be in your 50's becuse thats how my dad feels now and hes that same age. i also have to shut off at the drive through but thats because i drive a diesel truck. but i consider it streetable.
but after tons of tickets, running from the cops on several occasions (thankfully getting away each time), and 3 trannys on this car.. its just not as fun hotrodding all over town. i worry more baout getting a ticket or breaking something and cant really enjoy it as much as i used to.
i also paid for my car totally, and have paid to fix everything that has gone wrong with my car, and paid all my tickets. so, its different for me than it is for some people, im not pointing fingers. I am just describing my point of view.
also, if you come to a site like this, and hear about the latest most badass cam, and look at the specs and cant tell by the specs if its going to be streetable, you probably shouldnt be doing it in the first place. I am a firm believer that you should at least have a clue what you are doing to your car before you do it. thats just my opinion, and everyone has one
05-20-2004, 06:44 PM
#39
Originally Posted by Seifer
...also, if you come to a site like this, and hear about the latest most badass cam, and look at the specs and cant tell by the specs if its going to be streetable, you probably shouldnt be doing it in the first place. I am a firm believer that you should at least have a clue what you are doing to your car before you do it. thats just my opinion, and everyone has one
Opinions are great, but you cannot just make up an opinion on something you have no experience with and shoot it around. You can feel free to give people your opinion on the 227 cam if you'd like, even at that I would put a note of your conservative nature under it.
.