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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 10:22 AM
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I bought my car a few months ago, it's set up for a blower. Custom Blower cam, studded heads, bigger injectors and fuel pump. My question is if I never put a blower/turbo on it would it be worth the hassle of swapping the cam? It has ported 243 heads, put down 430hp and 390tq to rear wheels.
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231/235 duration
617/621 lift
115 lsa
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 10:27 AM
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Those are pretty damn good NA numbers with a blower cam. I'd personally leave it. Save up your money for a D1SC Procharger kit and really have some fun with it.
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 10:35 AM
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I agree with Phoenix!
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 10:43 AM
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That answered my question lol. It just doesn't have very much low or mid range power and its gonna be a while befor I can have the funds to dump 4-5k into my car
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The blower will help with some of that low and mid range
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The blower will help with some of that low and mid range
Understatement of the year right there.
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I think this winter I'm going to get the body work done and then start saving for a d1. Everyone seems to be happy with that, just don't want to push too much with a stock bottom end. Thanks for the input
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Just make sure you have your fueling system and tune lined out really well. As long as your giving the engine enough fuel and the tune is spot on, you shouldn't have any issues as long as you don't get too greedy. Plenty of long living stock bottom end D1SC setups on here.
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