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Old 01-24-2016 | 12:24 PM
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-Just know bigger the cam ..... the more gear ratio you'll need to get the cam/car where it likes to be.
- Also bigger cams tend to surge/buck more and harder to tune perfectly so to speak.
Old 01-24-2016 | 07:34 PM
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So a Titan 4 and some heads should do my car well and help my horsepower addiction. When I do a rear end I was only going to do 3.73 gears.
Old 01-24-2016 | 07:41 PM
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Sounds good. If you do 3.73, aim high on your static compression. If you have 91, aim for 11.3. If you have 93 octane aim for 11.5:1. Higher compression will help the cam in the lower rpms and help it run better on softer gears.
Old 01-25-2016 | 06:26 PM
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Yes 93 is what I run in the car now.
Old 01-25-2016 | 07:11 PM
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Then I recommend milling the heads to get to 11.5:1 static compression ratio with 0.041" head gasket thickness. Run that with the Titan 4, and you'll run pretty well even on stock gears, better if/when you decide to upgrade to 3.73.

You'll want to verify PTV clearance due to the amount of material being removed, but the T4 isn't too extremely aggressive so I wouldn't expect there will be an issue.
Old 01-25-2016 | 07:28 PM
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I would contact Smallwood Race Development. He will spec you a cam.

https://m.facebook.com/Smallwoodracedevelopment/
Old 01-25-2016 | 07:35 PM
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So, do you want a sleeper cam or a rowdy cam?

Anything in the 228/232 112 range will be a good cam on the street. Bigger than that and it becomes pretty rowdy. With heads, you could do a 234/242 111 type of cam like I have... or even more. But you'll make the power you want. Any bigger an it really becomes a waste in stock cubes.
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I just don't want a cam that is crazy chop, I don't want to much attention. That is why I was thinking the Titan 4 after watching a couple cars with it on you tube, it didn't sound to crazy. It's going to take some time due to budget but if I can get heads then save to have them ported. So it gives me time on a cam, at first I was going to cam it only.
Old 01-26-2016 | 09:31 PM
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You can smooth out a big cam... more timing, higher idle, little richer.



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