Trying to decide on a cam for my daily driver, new a4 going in with fti 3200 street brawler. Car has pacesetter LTs, ls6 intake, and stock heads. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

I have a baby cam (224r) but it is a very nice street cam. good bottom end, nice power up top and a nice sounding idle

 

I was looking into the ts 228r. I guess another question I have would be what other changes would I need to make to my motor for it to run correctly? I've never done a cam installation yet so I'm a bit nervous

 

I think you would be pleased with something like this:

http://store.cammotion.com/the-titan3-1

 

What gear do you have?

 

Right now 273s. But thinking about going bigger if needed

 

I'd strongly consider a gear with a cam swap

 

Would 3:42s be large enough? Or bigger?

 

3.42 would be fine

 

A 3.42 would be a pretty big increase and would greatly help. If it's a daily driver it would be a good choice IMO

 

Well I was thinking 3:42s could probably be found for pretty cheap. Or 3:73s but I'd like to keep some of my gas mileage

 

depending on how fast you drive you might not see any difference in MPG at all

my car with 3.42s and the cam/engine setup turns out best MPG at 75-80 mph, if I drive 65-70 is has a harder time keeping the converter locked and also falls out of the butter zone of efficiency

so for example if I wanted to drive 70mph all the time it might be better if I had 3.73s

 

So for lower speeds such as 65-70 then 3:73s would be the better choice