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Jun 25, 2007 | 01:38 PM

EndlessSummer85

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I was thinking of going witht the LS1 Hotcam, budget reasons, when I came across this and I'm not sure which one would be better. I want to be in the 370-400 rwhp range cam only. It's the Patriot billet camshaft 226/226 .585/.585 lift on a 112 lsa and comp cams ls1/ls6 valve springs (good to .600) from new era perf. together the cam and springs would be closely priced to the gmpp hotcam kit. Eventually I would like to throw a 100 shot at it, but just cam only for now. I want a noticible idle and power well below 6500. I def want people to know there's a cam in there. Opinions please.

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Jun 25, 2007 | 02:43 PM

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That cam might get you to 370, but they dont usually make it anywhere near 400. The cam has a long history of having more bark than bite.

Jun 25, 2007 | 02:47 PM

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My cam is a 224/226 and made 374/361 with a nice flat curve. Not a big cam by any means but great for a DD which I use it as, and it's got a nice lumpy idle, 111LSA. Graph is on my fquick page or internal section.

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Jun 25, 2007 | 02:50 PM

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car is a dd, and that's what I want a nice flat tq curve and I don't want to have to pull past 6300. guitsboy which cam are u talking about?

Jun 25, 2007 | 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by EndlessSummer85

car is a dd guitsboy which cam are u talking about?

I'm retarded and got sidetracked, and thought I had read the whole thing... I think youre way better off with the patriot cam vs. the Hotcam. And youll probably hit your goal pretty easily. I guess right in the middle of the range you said. Its not gonna shake like a paint mixer though...

Sorry for the confusion. I totally dropped the ball on that one.

Jun 25, 2007 | 03:00 PM

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It's cool and I think it's a good deal, I just don't know about the valve springs, they should be able to handle that cam.

Jun 25, 2007 | 03:03 PM

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What kind of springs?

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Jun 25, 2007 | 05:16 PM

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springs

these are the springs i'm talking about. says .600 max lift.

Jun 26, 2007 | 11:20 AM

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anyone?

Jun 26, 2007 | 11:25 AM

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It dosnt say the model, but adding to cart displays the SKU: 2691816, which along withthe pictured "blue stripe" leads me to believe these are 918's. Like I said, the 918's have been having issues with a lot of breakages lately, but until recently these springs would have been a good match. I would coonsider a set of gold dual springs. Theyre a bit more than you need, but theyre not terribly expensive, and they offer the redundancy (safety) of a dual spring.