jason hamilton

i am trying to decide what cam shaft to use... what i have purchased so far are stage 2 heads (flow 287 int 200exh Stock valve size) holly intake, ported throttle body ,and maf sensor. on the exhaust side slp long tube headders borla exhaust. running 4:10 gears in the rear. (note the heads and intake are not installed yet) i am purchasing ls1 edit to do the neccarry computer mods. also i know that i need to replace push rods and valve springs. this car is NOT a daily driver and i would like some sort of cam with a lumpy idle. most of all i really want to make power..... thanks for any help...... jason

<small>[ August 20, 2002, 07:26 PM: Message edited by: jason hamilton ]</small>

H82BBad

I would almost go with a slight conventional split with those heads,But I may be wrong the reason I say that is your exhaust port doesnt flow very well.
69% of the intake. A straight durration cam may work well also but it is hard to say.But I would stay away from reverse splits if I was you.

Cant go wrong with a c-1,c-2,Thunder 224 or a small split
222/224 on exhaust.
Or maybe back around Thunder medium rev split cam
224 intake and 227 exhaust.Just a thought
Just my Opinion.

<small>[ August 20, 2002, 08:16 PM: Message edited by: H82BBad ]</small>

jason hamilton

thank you for your post

jason hamilton

could i go any more radical with the cam???? maybe use the gtp pig cam?

<small>[ August 20, 2002, 09:43 PM: Message edited by: jason hamilton ]</small>

H82BBad

Pig cam is nice one also,some of the others may tell you to use something else.
Larger intake durration will make more power lower lsa will peak a little quicker but has been known to not have as broad of a power band.
I would use cam on a 112
maybe 227 intake 230 exhaust You will be fine with stock valves.Straight durration may work well also.Was your exhaust flowed with a pipe or open? that may also be why your numbers are lower than some of the others.
Flowing with a pipe will show better numbers.If it was flowed with a pipe with those numbers use an ARE Type cam.Good luck and most of all have fun <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
I have had 3 cams in my car,228/228 .588 lift on a 112,Radical lope,idles at 1000 driveability was not so great numbers were ok.
Then I tried another set of heads and a 222/222 with .566 lift on a 112 Better idle around the same performance.maybe a little bit less power but heads were matched to this cam a little better.
My current cam is great performer for its size.216/224 .52x/53x lift on a 114 Idles
Like stock and seems to run pretty much as well as the others maybe a tenth off pace.next one I am trying is going to be a revese split.But I have to say this cam in the car now has really surprised me with its performance.You can hardly hear it (ok maybe just a littleDrives very near to being stock 650 idle etc.Very nice for a daily driver.I think the 222 could be close to this but I never had edit at the time and tuning with superchips was a major PITA.
But maybe I am getting a little older <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> I like the not so radical idle and running bottom 7's at the track <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />