everyother post on here people are asking about huge cams.. HUGE CAMS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE WAT TO GO!!! people on this board are making 400rwhp on 224 cams and are hitting 11's in daily driver cars. please please please read the stickies and research before you go and say, "I would like to know what cam is going to give me 450rwhp?" there are so many factors that come into play with cams so make sure you look around and ask questions and read as much as you. thanks i just had to vent a little bit

 

Although that is true, some people just like bigger cams. I have a friend who is running a 224/228 cam, while I am running a 240/244 cam. We are going to make about the same power. And yes, we are both daily, and yes we are both auto.

 

wouldn't that be about the same "peak power"...while you would have more under the curve?...maybe i'm wrong

 

Yea, we will have about the same power, actually no we won't. I should be closer to like...430 and he'll be 390.

 

well 40rwhp is quite a bit...

 

yup ive always liked big cams.

 

I made 404rwhp when I was 6-speed and 12 bolt with a 224 back in 2002.

 

This topic has been literally beat like a dead horse. No matter what your gonna get people that love big cams & people who love small cams.

For me it took over a year of reading & research to find the heads/cam combo that fit my driving style & goals for my car.

Smaller cams like the 224 have plenty of advantages. They make good peak power, very solid mid range & usually pretty good bottom too. Not to mention they are easier on your valvetrain & you can keep your A/C without tuning issues more readily.

I'm glad I went with the 224 cam personally. My car is still currently on the stock tune & runs fine with the A/C on full blast. Never has idling issues & so far has been quite impressive. I also still have my stock LS1 intake on for the time being. I need some new intake gaskets before installin my ported Lingenfelter.

So far I have only had 1 race & it was against a 98-02' Firehawk(who tried pickin on me) with exhaust. I put a little over 4 cars on him from a 20 roll & I let out at 90mph. Not bad for a small cam, stock intake, little ol' 5.3 heads & stock tune. Me & Bo White are hoping for 420RWHP out of my set-up & if I hit that I'll be overly happy from my baby combo.

 

yeah this wasnt meant that big cams suck it was aimed towards the people who "think" that bigger is always better.

 

either way you would have to talk to people that had both big and small and still then its all comes down to the combo. either way alot of peopel that went small wish they went big and the big cam guys wish they went smaller all in all its all what your personality it and what u like.

 

My personal opinion on it is this:

Stock cubes I'd prefer small to mid sized cam, but on anything over a 347ci, I'd go with a cam over 23X/23X 59X/59X specs since the bigger cubes will work better with the bigger cam.

If your not lookin for a max effort set-up on stock short bolck, then a mild to small cam is the way to go, especially on a daily driver. But this is just my personal opinion. Also people must remember just b/c you make 40 more HP than a smaller cam set-up doesn't mean your faster. I have seen smaller set-ups E.T. guys at the track with bigger cams that were boasting about their dyno number.

 

sometimes i wish i went with lg g5x1 cam 228/232 but then again i love my cam no driveiblity issues no surging/bucking drive like stock just with a big kick

 

threw a 12 bolt with 4.30 gears and a Denyy's steel nitrous ready drive shaft I made 452rwhp and 408rwtq with a 224/228 581/588 cam with milled and ported 241 factory heads. I just flycut my pistons and will be doing a swap in the next couple of months to a DD cam. It will take a little while but I will have results between the 2 cams. I'm hoping to break the 500rwhp mark but I think it will be more like 470-490. Maybe I should throw the stock rear in it with the stock driveshaft just to turn a number

 

I put down the same rwhp as a lot of people with bigger cams. Some just want lope.

 

my small cam lopes just fine ......for a car with stock heads im gonna agree but when i do heads this spring it will get a big cam.......

ive fooled with 5 liter mustangs most my life and the cam i put in my car is small to mild in a ls1c but would be huge in a 5 liter its weird.....

 

Is that every guy's excuse because they don't have the larger ones? Come on the size does count. Bigger is better.

 

what would you guys consider a TR 230/224 111lsa? borderline?

 

in a 346 i like a cam just a tad larger than a 224 i loved my 226 226 patriot cam

 

This thread was kinda out of the blue. But hey, big cams are the ****, sound great, and make nasty unstreetable power. THE WAY I LIKE IT!

 

having a small cam is like havin a small dick everytime u hit it, u wish it were bigger....


no matter wat yall say the bigger the better. when it comes down to N/A that is. u start havin power adders its a different story