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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 05:08 PM
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Hey guys I have a 230/224 .575/.563 cam and I was thinking of going with the T-REX cam.My car is a a4 with no stall,will this be a problem?
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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yeah its a problem.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 05:43 PM
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what kind of problems?
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 05:44 PM
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You are gonna need a lot of stall like 4000 or better and a really good tune and some gears. Do a search and you will see the light.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 05:46 PM
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thanks man.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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You need a converter. Minimum to get any real use out of it would probably be ~4k stall speed, 3.73's and a good tune.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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Wow, running a TR230 without a stall? I don't even want to know what that'd be like off the line. As everyone else says, you NEED a stall and gears. Without a stall, you car would barely even run/idle with the T-Rex. It's a badass cam, but it definitely needs other mods with it to be effective.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 09:52 PM
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better get the other mods first like everyone says before and put the trex in there.if I was you go with a 4400 depends if you d/d drive it or not.you can do a search on that one.good luck.
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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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I don't have any experience with A4s, but I ran my T-ReX with stock gears for more than a year. Obviously, that wasn't ideal, but I did it, and I still enjoyed the cam.

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Old Jun 13, 2005 | 05:42 AM
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My buddy is running a t-rex with 2.73 gears, but he has a 3800 stall . Ran a 12.0 @117 i believe, with a 1.7x 60ft. It could realy use larger gears though.
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Old Jun 13, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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Wow, running a TR230 without a stall? I don't even want to know what that'd be like off the line. As everyone else says, you NEED a stall and gears. Without a stall, you car would barely even run/idle with the T-Rex. It's a badass cam, but it definitely needs other mods with it to be effective.
Its not that bad of the line,I have 3.73 gears and it spends the Mickey Thompsons till about 3,100rpm in 1st. I know I need a stall but its a daily driver and I really dont want to go over a 3,500. Thanks for the advise guys
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Originally Posted by Formula-T/A
Its not that bad of the line,I have 3.73 gears and it spends the Mickey Thompsons till about 3,100rpm in 1st. I know I need a stall but its a daily driver and I really dont want to go over a 3,500. Thanks for the advise guys
Do what I did...pick up a nice 3400 stall.
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 09:03 AM
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Do what I did...pick up a nice 3400 stall.

i would get little more then 3400 for a t-rex, more like 4400
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 11:29 AM
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i think you'd be fine if you had a 3500 stall w/ a 3.73 gear. and to the guy that said he ran the cam w/ his m6 car w/ stock gears for a year.... manual cars are much easier to deal w/ big cams. an automatic you can't jsut rev the motor up a little higher and slip the clutch a little more. stock stall + big cam = BOG!
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 01:53 PM
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really you should consider just getting a stall for the setup you have.

i ran the tr 230/224 for a while and it can run some killer times (mid 11's at 119 mph in my car). of course i had all of the supporting mods to go with it. which is essential to running fast times.

put a stall in the car and it will be a completely different animal.
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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Trex needs more than a 3500 stall. Hell, my MS3 needed more than that to show any of it's potential. You could get away with the Trex on a 3500 but it would be stupid, IMO, to put a Trex on a <4000 stall.
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 06:50 PM
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Thanks guys,I guess I will keep what I got and give a stall a try.
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Formula-T/A
Thanks guys,I guess I will keep what I got and give a stall a try.
Good...that really is an awesome cam.
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