downside to f13 or f14 cam
downside to f13 or f14 cam to you guys that are running these cams; do you have an opinion as to a downside you have experienced since using these cams(no low end torque etc). the reason i ask is because i have only heard praise for these cams so somebody somwhere has to have a gripe and i need to buy a cam soon and like to hear both sides before i makeup my mind.
there's alot of downsides:
1. decreased gas mileage due to the new found power
2. less time spent with wife/gf because your car is so fun to drive
3. increased face wrinkles cause by the big
you cant get off your face
1. decreased gas mileage due to the new found power
2. less time spent with wife/gf because your car is so fun to drive
3. increased face wrinkles cause by the big
you cant get off your face 
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Originally Posted by 1999 SS
to you guys that are running these cams; do you have an opinion as to a downside you have experienced since using these cams(no low end torque etc). the reason i ask is because i have only heard praise for these cams so somebody somwhere has to have a gripe and i need to buy a cam soon and like to hear both sides before i makeup my mind.
You will need a good tune... otherwise you will love it!!!
It feels like I have lost little to no low end torque with the F14. Both cams will definately need tuning, although driving on the stock tuning it runs suprisingly well. A good set of gears will take care of lost low end grunt.
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I just got my car back and struggling to get the car tuned. But it's not a cam issue.
Originally Posted by 99BackNBlackZ28
To be honest I don't have one gripe about my cam after the car was tuned.
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Originally Posted by gaga
my gf and I got in a huge fight cause the car was so much faster it made her nauseous...
Yeah, the only complaints I ever see about FMS cams is when people realize they idle smoother than other vendors' cams that have 5-10 degrees less duration and wish they would have gotten one of his bigger cams
Originally Posted by jrp
there's alot of downsides:
1. decreased gas mileage due to the new found power
2. less time spent with wife/gf because your car is so fun to drive
3. increased face wrinkles cause by the big you cant get off your face
1. decreased gas mileage due to the new found power
2. less time spent with wife/gf because your car is so fun to drive
3. increased face wrinkles cause by the big
you cant get off your face I went from the 224 to the F11... low end feels the same if not better
