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Old May 16, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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Question nitrous cams?

What is the best nitrous cam ??


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Old May 16, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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its called the cam blank.

instead of having egg shaped lobes, the entire cam lobe is shaped like a circle.
this lowers frictional loss, since the lifters do not have a egg shaped wall to climb up and down with every two engine rotations.










(if you have to use the word "best" in any technical question, you need to re-define the question more accurately before you can get any kind of usable or accurate response.)
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Old May 16, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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Big or small??
Anyways, take a pick

218/224, .563"/.568", 114lsa
220/224, .564"/.568", 114lsa
220/226, .564"/.570", 114lsa
222/226, .566"/.570", 114lsa
224/228, .568"/.571", 114lsa
224/228, .581"/.588", 114lsa
224/230, .581"/.592", 114lsa+1
224/230, .568"/.573", 114lsa
226/230, .570"/.573", 114lsa
226/230, .570"/.592", 114lsa
228/232, .588"/.575", 114lsa+1
228/232, .571"/.575", 114lsa
230/234, .592"/.598", 114lsa
230/236, .592"/.602", 114lsa
230/236, .592"/.602", 115lsa
232/236, .595"/.602", 114lsa
232/238, .595"/.605", 114lsa
232/238, .595"/.605", 115lsa
234/238, .598"/.605", 114lsa
234/240, .598"/.609", 114lsa
236/240, .595"/.609", 114lsa
236/242, .595"/.610", 114lsa
236/242, .595"/.610", 115lsa
238/244, .605"/.612", 114lsa
238/244, .605"/.612", 115lsa
240/244, .609"/.612", 115lsa

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Old May 16, 2006 | 10:02 AM
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There isnt a best in general there will be give and take to every choice a custum grind for your application is what you will want if your looking for the "best" cam.
In general though you want high lsa with more exhauste duration and more intake lift.
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Old May 16, 2006 | 11:12 AM
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You need to post more info. Motor size, how big of a shot, M6/A4, etc. Too many variables to make a call like "best" cam for nitrous.
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Old May 16, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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If you aren't building an all out nitrous motor then it doesn't really matter. 99% of the cams on the market will react just fine to it.
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Old May 16, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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I've always heard that it doesn't make a big difference until you are spraying over a 200 shot.
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Old May 16, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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stock ls1 block with stock heads ,200hp on nitrous yeah my car it`s A4.

What about T-rex cam ???

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