HOSS

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Not huge cam, but the lift is pretty damn big. Have a lil surge up to 1400 or so, after that, it drives like stock

02BlackBullet

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.265 .270 .704 .714 in a 346.



Just kidding...

.248 .254 .622 .614 114 LSA in 408.

Wanted to keep it on the small side to retain the fun on the street.

Raven02TA

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TREX cam, daily driven with a TH400 and a 3800 stall..... i have no problems....yet

evilbadz

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Maybe not considered big but FM14 232/234 .598. Drives great, has an awesome lope at idle, little surge on the really low RPMS.

Only problem is I can't start the car with the air on

WS6FirebirdTA00

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I dont see why you would wnat a big cam on the street. Chances are you are going to have shitty DCR and the bottom end would suck. For a street car, it would be pointless under a certain rpm, as it woudl feel like stock. The trend for "small" cams is because a big cam wont do much more for you. A proper setup and a smaller cam will make a more powerful car all day long, every rpm range.

02NBMWS6

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232/234 .595 .598 cam, lid, headers, pulley 430whp. 409wtq


It can be a bitch at times, especially without good tuning, but you get really used to it.

evilbadz

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Almost the same cam I have with the same mods (- pulley for me ). Do you have issues with starting the car with the AC on? I have to turn the air off, start the car, turn the air on and wait for it to find a good idle (drops low usually 2 times), and then go. Well, that or just wait till going to turn on the air. Wondering if this is common or just my tune/something else?

WS6FirebirdTA00

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You shouldnt start the car with the AC on in the first place...

evilbadz

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Why is that? I have never had a car that had issues starting with the AC on. Granted I have never had a cam car like this, but I'm not sure how that would be bad for anything except making it die because of the strain and really low RPMs.

(Oh and that really doesn't answer my question, because even if i turn the air on after its started it still dips down to like 4-500rpm a few times before it idles at ~1100).

Educate me

DAPSUPRSLO

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All about the person driving it as far a driveability. ran a 230/236 107lsa cam in my daily driver for a long time. bout to run a .754"/.760" lift cam in my current street car, not a daily driver any more though.

WS6FirebirdTA00

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Well you just dont want to load the engine starting it with the AC on. When you turn it on and it give the car a hard time, that has to do with idle speed and airflow for the AC.

Boostaholic

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I ran TREX, and I'll be running a F/I cam on the level of TREX here in a month or two after I get a few shakedown passes on my baby 235/550/114 cam

LC2nLS6

I drove a friend of mine's GTO with LTs, LS6 heads and G5x3 cam. After a few weeks of tuning he got the tune figured out (HPTuners) and it was a blast to drive. It pulled like mad from 4000-6700(redline). Under 4000 it was a little doggy but when you can rev it up to 6700, who spends time under 4000?

Chopstix

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I daily drove my 396 LT1 with a 222/228 .544/.538 112 with no issues other than wheel spin...I now have a 246/254 .613/.590 112 and other than throttle tip in...it drives the same. 700r4, 3200 stall

skipperbisket

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264/268 .706/.714 113 in a 347 here, not a "daily" driver, but sometimes to meets and what-not...

SVT THIS

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TRex here with a 4000 stall daily driven.

WS6FirebirdTA00 I have to disagree with you. A properly done setup with a small cam WILL outperform a poorly done setup with a large cam. However, if you do both the right way, there is no way in hell a small cam can begin to touch the power with a big cam. Do you see any 224 cams in the cam only records????

WS6FirebirdTA00

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This is the problem with most people on this board. I dont know if they really think about it, but I dont give a damn what the hell the car makes at 7000 rpm if its a daily driven car. The response and power around town will suck. Some of these "big" cam cars on similar setups are only making 15-20 more hp up top than me. Under 5000 rpm a smaller cam car will have a hell of a lot more power. What is the highest dyno 346 right now? Under 510 rwhp correct? Stock bottom end? It is not a massive cam either. Do what you want, but just because the car makes killer power at 7000 rpm doesnt mean it will beat a car that dynos lower, have to look at the whole picture if you really care about a setup

And I am not saying a 224 cam will hold a cam only record come on now. My 230/232 cam wont have trouble putting up big numbers. I know guys running smaller cams in 383's and 408's than some run in their 346 yet they make some of the highest numbers for those motors, all over the power band. I seen pleanty of "proper" setups with cams in the 240's for duration that are only making about 20-25 more hp than me right now, yet they are a full point and a half higher in compression.

8banger

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I have to say the car drives nice as hell. Much more civilized than I had originally anticipated.

xaon

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248/254 .621/.612 114+2, Gets driven 750+ miles per week.

chris77

all i want to say is DAMN....some of you have big *** cams...thats awsome. i have a little TR224 in mine and wish i had bigger.