Want a good cam for a daily driver..........
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Re: Want a good cam for a daily driver.......... </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by StevieZ:
<strong>One that will work with stock programming and makes good power from 1200-1300RPM to 6200-6300 RPM
Suggestions?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I would call one of the sponsors.They will recommend you a cam within the 216-218 duration range with about a 535ish lift.Probably a comp grind.Of course you could go with the B1 Or T1 from MTI.Just give some of the sponsors a call they will take care of you.
<strong>One that will work with stock programming and makes good power from 1200-1300RPM to 6200-6300 RPM
Suggestions?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I would call one of the sponsors.They will recommend you a cam within the 216-218 duration range with about a 535ish lift.Probably a comp grind.Of course you could go with the B1 Or T1 from MTI.Just give some of the sponsors a call they will take care of you.
Re: Want a good cam for a daily driver.......... I run the Thunder Racing 220/220 .561 lift 114 duration.Drivability is excellent.Pulls from 1400 up in 6th better than the stock Cam.Idle is very good.I have no custom tuning with the exception of a MAFT and stock Idle at 800 rpm.
Re: Want a good cam for a daily driver.......... MMS 218/218 would be another choice, no drivability problems at all and you can hardly tell the difference from stock until you put your foot in it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Want a good cam for a daily driver.......... If you want stock programming, yer choices are waaaaay limited.
Even the Comp 216/220 won't run quite right w/out programming. And- ANY cam is gonna run better in a LS1 w/ it.
You want the rpm band you requested? Call Comp and have 'em model a 214/220 w/ the steepest ramps they can. Get the lift #'s around .570. 114LSA. Make sure they tell ya the lobe profile grind #'s. Then call one of the sponsors and order it using the lobe grind #'s.
112 is a little peakier (won't come on for another 200rpm) and will run (barely) a little higher than 114.
Even the Comp 216/220 won't run quite right w/out programming. And- ANY cam is gonna run better in a LS1 w/ it.
You want the rpm band you requested? Call Comp and have 'em model a 214/220 w/ the steepest ramps they can. Get the lift #'s around .570. 114LSA. Make sure they tell ya the lobe profile grind #'s. Then call one of the sponsors and order it using the lobe grind #'s.
112 is a little peakier (won't come on for another 200rpm) and will run (barely) a little higher than 114.
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Re: Want a good cam for a daily driver.......... </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by SSINFUL:
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You want the rpm band you requested? Call Comp and have 'em model a 214/220 w/ the steepest ramps they can. Get the lift #'s around .570. 114LSA. Make sure they tell ya the lobe profile grind #'s. Then call one of the sponsors and order it using the lobe grind #'s.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Single pattern cams tend to idle better and have less misfires than the split patterns without sacrificing any power. You really have to listen carefully to be able to even tell the 218 cam is in there.
StevieZ, do you have a A4 or M6?
If you have a A4 and don't plan on tuning, you can get a Comp 216/216 .563 from Internet racer supply.
If you have a M6 the TR220 or MMS218 would be a good mild option but you can go bigger and still maintain diveability.
<small>[ May 26, 2002, 09:23 PM: Message edited by: Reboot ]</small>
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You want the rpm band you requested? Call Comp and have 'em model a 214/220 w/ the steepest ramps they can. Get the lift #'s around .570. 114LSA. Make sure they tell ya the lobe profile grind #'s. Then call one of the sponsors and order it using the lobe grind #'s.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Single pattern cams tend to idle better and have less misfires than the split patterns without sacrificing any power. You really have to listen carefully to be able to even tell the 218 cam is in there.
StevieZ, do you have a A4 or M6?
If you have a A4 and don't plan on tuning, you can get a Comp 216/216 .563 from Internet racer supply.
If you have a M6 the TR220 or MMS218 would be a good mild option but you can go bigger and still maintain diveability.
<small>[ May 26, 2002, 09:23 PM: Message edited by: Reboot ]</small>
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Re: Want a good cam for a daily driver.......... I have the comp cams 222/222-.566/.566 on a 112 lsa.( aka the Hammer cam <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> )This cam has a nice lope and alot of power . I have not done any tuning yet so it still searches for idle when you first crank it hotand then once it finds its idle at 800 rpms it never searchesany more. I just stay still untill it finds its idle and then drive the snot out of it. did I mention how powerfull my car is now? <img border="0" alt="[Firebird]" title="" src="graemlins/formula.gif" />
Re: Want a good cam for a daily driver.......... I run the b1 and am very happy with it.I did drill out my tb to 13/64 and reversed the tb idle screw so I can tweak it a bit.it runs fine with no other tuning although a maft would be a good idea if you can't afford ls1 edit.The t1 is 112 lsa and the b1 is 114lsa..the t1 gives a lopier idle ,the powerbands look very close.Just another option..those thunder cams are good too depends on how lopey you want..I didn't want super lopey and my cam is just fine for me.Past 3000 she pulls like a wild animal now.