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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:17 PM
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Ok I'm in the market for a new cam and headers for my car... I'm looking for somthing thats still somewhat daily driveable since I take this car to work every day and so forth but I also want the most power gains possible for the money so I was waundering what you guys would suggest. I was looking into getting this one http://www.texas-speed.com/item_deta...productID=1240 could you guys look at that and tell me what you think... if you have any others that you would recommend please tell me and what HP gains I will get with them. Thanks for any help it's greatly appreciated.
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:19 PM
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good cam your looking at, look into getting some LT's & ls6 intake too.
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:22 PM
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Try the TR224 ...

Thunder Racing Custom Camshaft - 224/224 .563/.563 112 LSA 1700-6600 RPM Power Band. Excellent mid-range & high RPM power.

http://www.thunderracing.com/dynogra...n=read&pgid=62 (here is a dyno)

Thats what im going with for my daily drive. i got a lid/TB/and headers to x pipe.

Goodluck
John Melamed
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:22 PM
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thats a new cam, looks like a good mid-size cam, do a search on it, there should be a few posts on it... being a 112, its gonna be choppy, probably gonna need tuning...
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