Good Beginner Cam Please
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Good Beginner Cam Please I am looking for something that sounds good, will give me 40-50 horse, nothing too lopey, i tried a search but don't really understand the specs and everything else that entails cams, thanks alot guys
Most cams 224 and smaller sounds like what your looking for.
I had ran a 221/221 in my car for a while and loved it. It had plenty of lope to it, but nothing crazy. Put 399 to the ground and had no drivability issues. It was also one of the lower lift cams (.558) and valve springs would last forever. Plus I didnt have to rev the **** out of it to make power.
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I had ran a 221/221 in my car for a while and loved it. It had plenty of lope to it, but nothing crazy. Put 399 to the ground and had no drivability issues. It was also one of the lower lift cams (.558) and valve springs would last forever. Plus I didnt have to rev the **** out of it to make power.
Its forsale BTW
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what are you looking to get for the cam and springs, make me a deal i cant refuse, hey bo and chae with the mods in my sig, what kinda numbers you think ill put down with the 221/221 cam?
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i'm thinking i'm gonna go with the TR224 114 lsa when I get ready for mine... I don't want anything huge, it's a DD, and i'd like a little bit of lope to it, but nothing crazy...
what kinda HP is usually seen out of a TR224?
what kinda HP is usually seen out of a TR224?
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i honestly, like the patriot 226/226 cam!! its gotten nothing but good feedback!! plus i hear from the 226 users, that the cam sounds bigger than it actually is..so thats pretty cool. i think the specs are 226/226 585/585 112. so youll definitely have a nice little lumpy sound man!!
Originally Posted by Ricks99ls1
what are you looking to get for the cam and springs, make me a deal i cant refuse, hey bo and chae with the mods in my sig, what kinda numbers you think ill put down with the 221/221 cam?
Ill PM you the info on the cam.
http://video.ls1tech.com/search/221/...0a84ead49a.htm
Thats what it sounded like in my car with the 900rpm idle (higer because of lighter flywheel) you should be able to get it down to 700 easily.
Thats what it sounded like in my car with the 900rpm idle (higer because of lighter flywheel) you should be able to get it down to 700 easily.
Originally Posted by chae
small - 224/224
medium - 228/228 (or 228/232)
large - 232/234
larger - 236/242
giant - 244/248
medium - 228/228 (or 228/232)
large - 232/234
larger - 236/242
giant - 244/248
haha so what would you classify those 260/270 cams as... insane?
also, i hear the GM Hotcam kit is a nice cam to learn off of. 218/227 112 something close to that.
i just put the TR224 112 in my car. with the stock tune and idle speed, it would definatly lope. we set the idle speed to 700 and it has just a very slight lope now. my car could handle even 600 or 650 on the idle speed but you could almost tell id didn't want to be there. i almost wish we would have went between 675 and 700. also, i am on the stock convertor. i was told to not go larger than this cam with the stock one. come to find out, i have way more low end power than with the stock setup even with this convertor. however, i put on a ported throttle body, LS6 intake, TSP 5.3L heads, and this cam. i am not sure what gave me more power down low but i have it. i wouldn't necessarily say it has more at low rpms. getting out of the hole with street tires is much harder now as it wants to spin through the whole first gear where before these mods i could hook in first fairly decent.
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i just put the TR224 112 in my car. with the stock tune and idle speed, it would definatly lope. we set the idle speed to 700 and it has just a very slight lope now. my car could handle even 600 or 650 on the idle speed but you could almost tell id didn't want to be there. i almost wish we would have went between 675 and 700. also, i am on the stock convertor. i was told to not go larger than this cam with the stock one. come to find out, i have way more low end power than with the stock setup even with this convertor. however, i put on a ported throttle body, LS6 intake, TSP 5.3L heads, and this cam. i am not sure what gave me more power down low but i have it. i wouldn't necessarily say it has more at low rpms. getting out of the hole with street tires is much harder now as it wants to spin through the whole first gear where before these mods i could hook in first fairly decent.
what did that head and cam setup run ya if ya don't mind me askin?
Originally Posted by Soul TKR
everytime you mention your setup i'm liking it more and more...
what did that head and cam setup run ya if ya don't mind me askin?
what did that head and cam setup run ya if ya don't mind me askin?
small - 224/224
medium - 228/228 (or 228/232)
large - 232/234
those 3 are basicaly the same cam. The 232 will give a little more top end but thats it. Those arent small medium and large they're all about the same
234-
larger - 236/242
giant - 244/248
The same with the 244 being ovbiously the most peak hp
The differences in those cam will be the amount of tq they produce but to classify them as big medium and small is incorrect.
220 -221 is small 224-232 medium and 234-244 is large
I went from a tr224/224 to 234/240 to a 238/240
The tr224 is the quintisential off the shelf street cam for an ls1
medium - 228/228 (or 228/232)
large - 232/234
those 3 are basicaly the same cam. The 232 will give a little more top end but thats it. Those arent small medium and large they're all about the same
234-
larger - 236/242
giant - 244/248
The same with the 244 being ovbiously the most peak hp
The differences in those cam will be the amount of tq they produce but to classify them as big medium and small is incorrect.
220 -221 is small 224-232 medium and 234-244 is large
I went from a tr224/224 to 234/240 to a 238/240
The tr224 is the quintisential off the shelf street cam for an ls1
Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
small - 224/224
medium - 228/228 (or 228/232)
large - 232/234
those 3 are basicaly the same cam. The 232 will give a little more top end but thats it. Those arent small medium and large they're all about the same
234-
larger - 236/242
giant - 244/248
The same with the 244 being ovbiously the most peak hp
The differences in those cam will be the amount of tq they produce but to classify them as big medium and small is incorrect.
220 -221 is small 224-232 medium and 234-244 is large
I went from a tr224/224 to 234/240 to a 238/240
The tr224 is the quintisential off the shelf street cam for an ls1
medium - 228/228 (or 228/232)
large - 232/234
those 3 are basicaly the same cam. The 232 will give a little more top end but thats it. Those arent small medium and large they're all about the same
234-
larger - 236/242
giant - 244/248
The same with the 244 being ovbiously the most peak hp
The differences in those cam will be the amount of tq they produce but to classify them as big medium and small is incorrect.
220 -221 is small 224-232 medium and 234-244 is large
I went from a tr224/224 to 234/240 to a 238/240
The tr224 is the quintisential off the shelf street cam for an ls1