Hotcam thoughts from experience.
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Originally Posted by TroubledWine3
LOL comparing a Hotcam'd car that also has a FAST intake and 1.8rrs to a 224 car with an LS6 intake and ported TB...not really a good comparison, don't you think?
Many things can contribute to the Hotcam'd car being FASTER, but that means the car is faster, not that the cam is better.
I've seen stock LS1 intake'd cars hit 400. Doesn't mean an LS6 car at 390 makes the LS6 intake WORSE, just means one car has more done to it that makes it faster.
I've seen stock LS1 intake'd cars hit 400. Doesn't mean an LS6 car at 390 makes the LS6 intake WORSE, just means one car has more done to it that makes it faster.
Put the 224 in the HC'd car and then we'll have a good comparison.
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Well you both don't have to worry wbout the comparison, I'm already doing it. As far as the TR224 cammed car goes, he needs a tune or something. That MPH is just horrible for that cam. From searching on the board and one of my friends cars, they usually put down around 400 rwhp with cam and bolt ons.
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Originally Posted by Y2K SS
Well you both don't have to worry wbout the comparison, I'm already doing it. As far as the TR224 cammed car goes, he needs a tune or something. That MPH is just horrible for that cam. From searching on the board and one of my friends cars, they usually put down around 400 rwhp with cam and bolt ons.
Both cars are tuned perfectly and much time was spent on each one. And BTW in my experience the TR224 cars usually put down about 380 rwhp. I have seen a few right at 400 rwhp, but none over, and I definitely wouldn't say that they average 400 rwhp. The hotcammed cars that I've seen usually put down about 5-10 rwhp less than the TR224, but have a better torque curve which seems to make up for it. As I've already said 1,498,345 times. This is just in my own experience, I'm sure other people's experiences will vary widely
Looking forward to the result of your little test. It would be nice to have your new dyno sheet superimposed over your old one so we could compare the whole torque curve instead of just peak numbers
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Here's a nice torque curve from a 224 car that was dyno'd in Texas summer heat
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=12683
Another one from TR's site overlaying before/after cam dynos:
http://www.thunderracing.com/dynogra...n=read&pgid=62
The basics are this: The Hotcam is a great sounding cam, but is based on VERY lazy lobes and point blank, is NOT a better cam. You cannot compare two DRASTICALLY different cars that you are comparing and put all the weight on the camshaft.
We'll see when this dude(or if anybody else can find a thread, I couldn't) of a HC-to-224 SAME CAR. Dyno it in similar conditions and see what happens.
I don't want this to seem like some sort of kiddie bitchfest and hopefully a comparison will shed some light on what everybody else already knows.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...chmentid=12683
Another one from TR's site overlaying before/after cam dynos:
http://www.thunderracing.com/dynogra...n=read&pgid=62
The basics are this: The Hotcam is a great sounding cam, but is based on VERY lazy lobes and point blank, is NOT a better cam. You cannot compare two DRASTICALLY different cars that you are comparing and put all the weight on the camshaft.
We'll see when this dude(or if anybody else can find a thread, I couldn't) of a HC-to-224 SAME CAR. Dyno it in similar conditions and see what happens.
I don't want this to seem like some sort of kiddie bitchfest and hopefully a comparison will shed some light on what everybody else already knows.
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Originally Posted by TroubledWine3
The basics are this: The Hotcam is a great sounding cam, but is based on VERY lazy lobes and point blank, is NOT a better cam.
You cannot compare two DRASTICALLY different cars that you are comparing and put all the weight on the camshaft.
We'll see when this dude(or if anybody else can find a thread, I couldn't) of a HC-to-224 SAME CAR. Dyno it in similar conditions and see what happens.
Last edited by Racehead; 09-21-2005 at 07:02 PM.