Specd my own cam..... How's this look ?
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Specd my own cam..... How's this look ?
Doing a Cam only build on a new daily I got. Car is going to be 100% my daily driver so I kept the lift low so I could use beehives. Car will only see dusky use and Track (dig) . Car has 17/8 headers, full exhaust, and a 3200 circle d stall. 3.73 gears.
Not looking for a dyno queen or a all out build. Car has 241 heads and a ls6 I take. How does this look to you guys?
Not looking for a dyno queen or a all out build. Car has 241 heads and a ls6 I take. How does this look to you guys?
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Those are some nice grind numbers but pretty large for a daily LS1......IMO
LS2 and you'ld be golden or perhaps a 3600-3800 stall
I seem to remember an Ed Curtis grind that I would call the higher end of a daily stick and it's like 228/236. Roughly .615" lift. Could still run it with PSI max life 1511s
LS2 and you'ld be golden or perhaps a 3600-3800 stall
I seem to remember an Ed Curtis grind that I would call the higher end of a daily stick and it's like 228/236. Roughly .615" lift. Could still run it with PSI max life 1511s
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XER lobe in a daily driver does not seem like a great approach with all of the softer lobe options out there today that make as much or more power...especially when you want to run a beehive. I also agree that those durations are a bit large. Something around a 228/232 would be a better choice IMO.
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Daily driver and 3200 stall id be looking at a 224 sized cam. Back when I had that setup it was a great driver. It even benefited from a 4k stall swap. To run really well these engines need converter speed. I personally wouldnt run high 230s cam with a 3200 converter. Why? Cause someone with a better combo but same mods will pull up next to you and beat you.
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XER lobe in a daily driver does not seem like a great approach with all of the softer lobe options out there today that make as much or more power...especially when you want to run a beehive. I also agree that those durations are a bit large. Something around a 228/232 would be a better choice IMO.
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that 2nd custom grind spec looks similar to what i ran as a DD. i'm actually looking at an off the shelf from lunati voodoo with the following specs for my next build and a bit more tamer:
230/237
.544/.543
LSA/ICL: 112/108
with a 3600 stall.
your 2nd specs looks like the cam i ran in mine, also a lunati voodoo
232/238
.599/.601
with IIRC 114+2
that ran great with mods in sig (the retired one).
230/237
.544/.543
LSA/ICL: 112/108
with a 3600 stall.
your 2nd specs looks like the cam i ran in mine, also a lunati voodoo
232/238
.599/.601
with IIRC 114+2
that ran great with mods in sig (the retired one).
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No clue why anyone would have comp cut them a cam when for about the same price you could have cam motion do it and get a better product and better piece of mind.
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OP, I think you are going to be disappointed. I ran a 230/238 113+2 in my car when it still had an LS1 but with milled 799s with some porting. Even with a 3600 converter it felt like it was at the edge of tolerable for a car I could daily.
A cam that size or larger with a smaller converter and less compression is not going to be ideal. If you really want a fun but powerful daily driver and to run a smaller stall you seriously should consider going down a notch or 2. You might give up 5-10hp peak but you will gain that and maybe more in the meat of your power band and have a car that feels like it pulls harder through most of the rev range.
There are plenty of ways to squeeze more power from a moderate cammed car but not very many easy ways to band aid an overcammed car.
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Thunder nailed it. Its all about the whole combo, as a package. Its no secret that thought out combos just plain do better. Hey I got beat at the track last weekend, by a 408 car on a 100 shot. He knew full and well if he raced me on motor, my 346 to his 408 he would get stomped. That says a lot, that you need a stroker motor and nitrous to beat an LS1 on motor. Sounds like his car doesnt work well. Dont be that guy.
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I remember when I first got into ls1s. There were countless videos of 224 or 228 cam/bolt on fbodies curb stomping 450-480rwhp Cobras.
A 230s cam back then was "huge". Some things have changed but the biggest one I think is that back then 90% of these cars were daily drivers and not weekend toys. There just seems to be a point of diminished returns where you start trading off a lot more in manners than you gain in peak HP.
The baby 205/210 cam in my truck picking up 40rwhp really opened my eyes to how you can get the majority of the gains of camming a LS with a very small aftermarket cam
A 230s cam back then was "huge". Some things have changed but the biggest one I think is that back then 90% of these cars were daily drivers and not weekend toys. There just seems to be a point of diminished returns where you start trading off a lot more in manners than you gain in peak HP.
The baby 205/210 cam in my truck picking up 40rwhp really opened my eyes to how you can get the majority of the gains of camming a LS with a very small aftermarket cam