Opinions on Hot Cam...
Originally Posted by LSUxBlake
The hotcam's 10 degree split is because it was intended for a car with stock manifolds, therefore if you have headers then it's really not right for you. There is no reason to have a 10 degree split on a car with a good exhaust system, which is why you dont see anyone else releasing grinds like that.
Originally Posted by 67Firebird455
People hate the hot cam, it doesn't make as much power as the other manufacturers', but I love the lope, and the ability to tune and pass smog in California. I'm big on old muscle cars, as my 67 firebird, solid roller 455'd, ported edelbrock heads idles like an angry skunk. I just miss that sound in a small displacement FI engine...
, OBD2 only will be fine. 
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I have been running it also for about 2 years. Put down 385hp detuned to 24 degrees of timing for nitrous. Stock heads, 12 bolt 3:73 etc. I am fixing to pull it after all this time because LPE LS6 heads are in route. I think it is a great cam for a stock f bod, but I am upgrading. I am still shopping for a cam to match to my new heads, well see.
Originally Posted by BTLFEDSS
Hell yeah i streetrace and love it hot cam good solid pull on street also D3IMOS any sound clips with your true duals and hotcam i've been thinking about doing this but would really like to hear it for an idea first
Thanx BTLFEDSS
Thanx BTLFEDSS
http://www.ls1sounds.com/true_duals/...Ts_Hotcam.mpeg
Originally Posted by LSUxBlake
The only good thing about the hotcam is the price. That's it. It has a LOT of total duration, and idles and drives much worse than larger cams. My roomate (Winman) had one and it drove much worse than my F11. He pulled it out and called Futral right away. The way i see it, if your car is going to lope real hard and surge, you might as well put a huge cam in it so you at least make more than 380rwhp. Call FMS, get a F11 or F13. They both drive like stock and make tons of power.
Your sig indicates Futral dialed in your cam, so who tuned your friends hot cam? Maybe that was the problem/difference!
I just picked up a hotcam with a set of LS6 springs for $100.00. Hard to beat for the price. I love the sound of this cam and since my SS is just a weekend toy I think I will be very satisfied with it. I am also installing a LS6 intake and headers when I do the cam next week. I will post the dyno numbers when I get done. Good thread, thanks for the info.
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From: Edmond,OK
They should sound the same but the HotCam might sound meaner because of the split duration
the over lap on the HC is -.5 and the 224 is 0 on a 112LSA
I did what to correct somthing I said I made 393hp and 390tq turns out the shop doing the tuning had the door closed for msot of the dyno runs and was getting a 1.04 corrcetion factor, then the opened the door and it was (it was closed because it was making the shop to cold for others to work)40 degrees out the sheet says it was 85 degrees and that was on 12/1/04, and they were still getting the 1.04 correction factor, it made on the last dyno run in Feb with a 1.01 correction factor and 64 degrees out 377rwhp and 365rwtq still not bad
the over lap on the HC is -.5 and the 224 is 0 on a 112LSA
I did what to correct somthing I said I made 393hp and 390tq turns out the shop doing the tuning had the door closed for msot of the dyno runs and was getting a 1.04 corrcetion factor, then the opened the door and it was (it was closed because it was making the shop to cold for others to work)40 degrees out the sheet says it was 85 degrees and that was on 12/1/04, and they were still getting the 1.04 correction factor, it made on the last dyno run in Feb with a 1.01 correction factor and 64 degrees out 377rwhp and 365rwtq still not bad
For those that have been running the hotcam... if you've changed out your heads what are you running? Im in the market to change out the heads but not sure what works best with the cam. plus im on the bottle.....