View Poll Results: Which cam for stock exhaust manifolds?
CheaTR cam only
38
29.92%
TR224 cam + tune
89
70.08%
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CheaTR or TR224+tune?
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From: Chelmsford, MA
CheaTR or TR224+tune? Well I have been wanting a cam for a while, and I've narrowed it down to these 2 cams, the CheaTR or the TR224.
If I go with the CheaTR cam, I will only have enough for the $800 package from Thunder. If I go with the TR224 cam, I can get the $600 package and have money left over for a tune.
Now, I have SLP Lid, home ported TB, and TSP Rumbler catback - its a 1998 Trans Am WS6 M6. Which would get me more power, the CheaTR only or the TR224+tune?
Thanks
-Scott
If I go with the CheaTR cam, I will only have enough for the $800 package from Thunder. If I go with the TR224 cam, I can get the $600 package and have money left over for a tune.
Now, I have SLP Lid, home ported TB, and TSP Rumbler catback - its a 1998 Trans Am WS6 M6. Which would get me more power, the CheaTR only or the TR224+tune?
Thanks
-Scott
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From: The South
My advice is two fold:
Get headers before you get a cam.
Get a tune as soon as you get a cam.
The tune is most important. Under no circumstances would I recommend getting a cam without some sort of real tuning.
Get headers before you get a cam.
Get a tune as soon as you get a cam.
The tune is most important. Under no circumstances would I recommend getting a cam without some sort of real tuning.
Originally Posted by blkZ28spt
My advice is two fold:
Get headers before you get a cam.
Get a tune as soon as you get a cam.
The tune is most important. Under no circumstances would I recommend getting a cam without some sort of real tuning.
Get headers before you get a cam.
Get a tune as soon as you get a cam.
The tune is most important. Under no circumstances would I recommend getting a cam without some sort of real tuning.
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From: The South
Originally Posted by RrCoX22
...oh your too quick (but he did say he using stock mani's)
Given stock manifolds I would run the CheaTR before running a TR224, but only if it was going to be tuned...and I would still rather get headers first.
I am not a fan of either option, at all, and as such did not vote.
IMO getting a cam when you have stock manifolds and an LS1* intake manifold is not the best move. Doing so without a tune is even worse.
Originally Posted by blkZ28spt
Yes, I realize that.
Given stock manifolds I would run the CheaTR before running a TR224, but only if it was going to be tuned...and I would still rather get headers first.
I am not a fan of either option, at all, and as such did not vote.
IMO getting a cam when you have stock manifolds and an LS1* intake manifold is not the best move. Doing so without a tune is even worse.
Given stock manifolds I would run the CheaTR before running a TR224, but only if it was going to be tuned...and I would still rather get headers first.
I am not a fan of either option, at all, and as such did not vote.
IMO getting a cam when you have stock manifolds and an LS1* intake manifold is not the best move. Doing so without a tune is even worse.
Just in my limited experience, if you can make do with the noise and cheaper headers, I would do headers and intake mani first.
If not I'd go with the CheatR
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how much power can be made with the CheaTR with stock manifolds, ls6 intake, catted y, borla, lid, tb, maf, tune. And how much more would shorties give over stock manifold with same mods.
I ran stock manifolds with a 206/212 cam. Seems to have worked ok, I got into the 11s with it. If our track didn't close, my next mod was going to be headers. Now the headers are sitting in my shed. When trapping 112-113, I could really feel the restrictiveness of the stock manifolds. If you want to trap higher, do headers. If your goals are set lower, stock manifolds can get you there.
Pleeze get hedders before getting a cam. If you can scrape together $500 more then you can get pacesetter hedder and y-pipe combo from texas speed.Then go 224 with tune.
Last edited by DogNutz; Jul 28, 2006 at 03:23 PM.
The CheaTR cam consistently gives 35-40 additional rwhp over the stock cam when running stock exhaust manifolds and cats. The lobes are not harsh, nor do they kill springs. Geoff Skinner has over 40K miles on his CheaTR cam with the same set of springs.
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
