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Old Aug 17, 2002 | 10:06 AM
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Waht's the biggest you can go with Stage III heads ????I have a 226/234 now.Thinking of going bigger!
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Old Aug 17, 2002 | 01:02 PM
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take note that 232 on the intake required a slight flycut on the piston with a 2.02 valve...

woundn't go any higher than 230 without measuring
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Old Aug 17, 2002 | 01:44 PM
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I agree with Fireball. With the big valves I would not push it.. I can go pretty big now that I have valve reliefs, but I do not think putting in a 234/234 cam would help me..
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 12:21 AM
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The experts would need more specs on your heads. Like how much have they been milled and valve sizes..
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 12:52 AM
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2.08/1.60 valves.Milled 30/1000
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 12:56 AM
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Fireball is running a 232/232

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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 01:40 AM
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I had a 612/619//236/240//111 Comp in my 346ci motor two years ago.
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 01:57 AM
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Didn't that motor kind of reject that high revving not to far down the road??
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 02:01 AM
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Wasn't the cam's fault other aspects of the motor were not set up right, needed deeper valve reliefs cut into the pistons.
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 05:31 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Slammed Vette:
<strong>Waht's the biggest you can go with Stage III heads ????I have a 226/234 now.Thinking of going bigger!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do you have any emissions test to pass?

If so this will have a big effect on the "biggest cam you can run" most likely.

Sniffer type test with a 220 ppm 224 duration seems to be near the limit. If the ppm limit is tighter like in Cali might have to go smaller.

If it's an OBD-II scan test, I don't really know enough to comment.
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 07:50 PM
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I was thinking maybe a 230/230/-.591/.591-112 this time!
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 07:55 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Slammed Vette:
<strong>I was thinking maybe a 230/230/-.591/.591-112 this time!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You would probably have better luck getting rid of those ARE heads and picking up a set of GTPs or MTIs with appropiately sized valves (no way in hell would I go bigger than a 2.055 on a stock bore!)
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 10:01 PM
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i and many others have a 230/230 cam on a 111 or some have a 110 LSA cam. i love it and it peaks at 6400 rpms. ragingmotorsports has been installing them with sucess. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Gator do you have a dyno yet?
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 07:18 PM
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I thinking of calling Raging on that 230/230 .592/.592 cam.Want to see if I can get it on a 112.I think a 110 would be a lil to much for my A4!!!
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Let us know.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Slammed Vette:
<strong>I thinking of calling Raging on that 230/230 .592/.592 cam.Want to see if I can get it on a 112.I think a 110 would be a lil to much for my A4!!!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">actually a guy by the name of Mr. Ramair here on the board has it on a 110 LSA in his A4 and is at 383 RWHP through a 4.10 gear and vig convertor! but then again, he is pretty hardcore.

as for me getting dynoed, i got rearended a coule of weeks ago, but i have my LS6 intake coming on this week when i get the car back. hopefully it will dyno well. i am running 114.8 mph on ET Drags at DA=+3900-4000 ft!
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How does that thing idle with the 110 lsa?
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amazingly it idles smooth (though it does have all the tricks like big TB blade hole, lots of programing via LS1edit, etc). i think a lot has to do with the 4.10 gear in an auto and vig 3200 convertor (drivablity) but that has nothing to do with the idle. it is on teh XE-R lobes so that helps out a lot. there is virtually no difference b/w the 111LSA and the 110 LSA

- and again i will say that both of these cams idle better than my hotcam on stock programing! crazy huh?

man all this talk makes me want to get my car on the dyno! cant wait to get it out of the body shop.
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by the way, when i say smooth, i mean it is all realitve. it is certainly streetable! very much. it is all in teh programing and the lobes.
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