You got alot of nerve
Your running the 1/8, so you like the "Lil" tracks w/ "Big" cams
LOL
Hey I like my "Lil" cam, and I was close to "400", im looking into a FAST 90/90 next, then I'm buying some nice heads and I should be at 450rwhp by next summer!
I also run AC w no problems, and I never have to worry about my springs for another 40-50k miles.

 

thats why its confusing as hell to pick a cam. yeah bigger may not be better, but with cars nowadays making lots of power from factory u might need to go a little bigger than your 224 cam. i think if i were to go with a small cam, id go with a 226 cam from patriot. but i do like the TR230/224 and the MTI X1 for street N/A cars though.

 

That's what people with small coc . . . . I mean cams, say.

 

That run between you and the T/A with the 232 cam was pretty damn close and its probably easier to live with too.

 

Not true. If you want a big cam, then spread the LSA for idle and vacuum.. or to preserve PTV, you will have less HP and TQ than a shorter cam on a tighter LSA. LSA is more important than duration.

 

I love it when the car bucks and lurches like a race car idling in traffic, as long as it doesn't stall easily. My old Z28 had a medium cam (for a 350 with Dart heads) 287 adv. dur. .480 lift 112 LSA. It idled fine at 800 rpm and loped pretty nasty. But I had no a/c and a 4 speed. Idling in first it jerked around like a teenager in the bathtub. I liked pushing in the clutch and whacking it to clean it out. I will go big on this one but it, too, will be properly matched to the combo. Not willing to give up power for sound, gotta have both!

 

when i started bulding my motor i wanted a healthy but realy "userfriendly" motor, so i went with 59cc heads, big valves, fast 90/90 full exhaust, knock sensor mod and more, and then the 226/226 patriot cam..

i regred that now.. want bigger cam to make the most of the other parts

 

360*dur. 2.00 lift 0 LSA
If you build it, they will buy it.

 

im pretty damn close to 450rwhp with my little Comp 224/224 .581/.581 @112lsa and mods...

nothing wrong w/the 444rwhp im putting down right now. this is without true duals or an underdrive pulley...

 

If that what is around then that's what I'll tear up! Breaking their freakin' backs

 

i love my ms3

 

I have a F-11 cam now, and my buddy had a 150k mile 99 trans am with most the same mods like 12 bolt ls6 intake 6 speed.... but mine has a ported throttle body better exhaust, better tune and everything, and his MS4 killed my car! with see how well his car did with that cam, i ordered one today.

Bigger is not always better, but why the hell do guys build 408's and ****?? cuz bigger is better. LSx>big block rule still apply.

 

But changing cubes is a whole other can of worms. Once you upgrade from a 346, then I'd definetly recommend something a good bit bigger than the small cams mentioned in this thread.

In the end it's all about personal preference & what you can live with or without to get the power you want. Me personally, I went smaller make tuning simpler, keep my A/C, stay somewhat stealthy & have the exact driveability I did stock. So far I absolutely love my choice & am glad I went the route I did.

 

The thing about going 402/408 or what ever is it needs a bigger cam, the larger the engine the larger the cam can be and be equal in effeciency. Like a few 408s Ive seen with out of the box AFR225s-shelf grind 238/240 Comp-90/90 through a M6 and 10 bolt will put down 500/500 @ the wheels almost everytime with a decent tune, tweak the heads and intake and get a real good tune then its insane

 

I was happy with my G5X3(234/242 .598/.610) 112lsa combo. Put down 412/376 with the only other mods being full exhaust, a lid and tune. It Also ran a 12.3 @ 117.55 with a 1.9x (Nitto DRs) '60 on the stock 10 bolt/stock gears. All of this here in hot *** Phoenix...

On the street, the car drove like a dream and pulled like a raped ape when I wanted it to.I never had a problem with hunting for idle on start up be it cold or hot. Driveability was smooth, A/C worked great etc.

I honestly think it all depends on the tuning, personal preferences, and the combo as a whole.

 

i second that my car drives llike stock and pulls hard just no ac still need a ac line i broke it pulling the radiator out doing the cam install

 

haha are you serious? running differennt size cubes is something completely different. i like more cubes but thats another topic

 

i love my TRex

 

I went from a 224 cam to the T-rex and I love the rex. I would not go back to a small cam again. The rex pulls so much harder than the baby cam that I had before. And my car is my 100% DD.

 

my list of cams explains my thoughts
g5x3 114 for about a year...blew my motor
then went with a t-rex
now i sold that motor bought a 408 and a 257/266 110 lsa cam.

wen i was cam only with my g5x3 i raced a cam only 224 and we were even from 25 mph-65mph. that convinced me that bigger was goddamned better. this was with an ls1 intake and stock cats with leaking headers.