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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 01:08 AM
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Patriots - 232/230 Dur. @.050 .580"/.580" Lift 110 LSA

I am inthe market for one, and from the reading I have done so far this seems to be a reasonable choice. I have a 99 A4. No emissions and its a daily driver. I will have a stall in the future, but decided to get the cam first. Is there anything bad or problems you guys might see with this grind? Thanks
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 07:23 AM
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should yield good numbers in the mid range.

with an auto i'd expect just under 400rwhp tuned.
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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I think Patriot discontinued this grind
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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110 lsa is goin to sound like a MS4, its going to be an extremly lopey idle, however, i think thats awsome.
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Old Sep 6, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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maby think about a custom grind?
232/232 .595/.595 110+ 0 or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4
im doing a +3
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 04:10 AM
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I can get that grind for $265. Bad6as, what is the price of your grind? Think it will work any better?

Predator, any idea why they discontinued it? Anything wrong with it?
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 08:00 AM
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Patriots cams are okay they are just cheap because they mass produced them and the lobes are an old design.
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragkid1917
110 lsa is goin to sound like a MS4, its going to be an extremly lopey idle, however, i think thats awsome.
Just because there is a 110 separation doesnt mean it will sound like an MS4 because it doesnt have near the valve overlap an MS4 has. It factors into the equation, so you are half right. Let me show you the formula. Mine is a good example of the LSA myth if the link in my sig is working.

244/248 .598/.598 115

Take the exhaust and intake durations and add them together.

244+248 = 492

Take the sum (492) and divide by 2.

492 / 2 = 246

So now that you have the avg of the two combined.
Take the LSA without the advance (be it +0 +2 +4...ect) and double it.

115 x 2 = 230

Take 246 from the avg of the durations and subtract the LSA x 2.

246-230 = 16


My cam is very choppy and it is caused from the extreme 16+ degrees of valve overlap. The stock cam has like 17-22 degrees of negative overlap (I don't have the specs of a stock cam in front of me otherwise I could tell ya what it is), so you will not hear the time between the valves opening and closing as easily. Granted it is there, just not near as drastic.
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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haha nice work... i didnt mean it would sound exactly like an ms4 but... with a 110 its still gunna have a nice plop too it, i have a 112 (even though its a 233/239) and mine is very lopey.... im gunna use that formula however... and the stock cam i think is something like 200/202 duration and like..... 119 LSA
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Plug the stock cam and other cams into that formula and you will surely know.
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Has anyone here had 1st hand experience with a 110? How did it idle? What idle rpm's are usually needed for an A4? How hard will this be to tune?
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 02:13 PM
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just because a cam cas a 110 lsa does noty mean it will lobe very hard, a 224/224 on a 110 has 4* of overlap a 236/236 on a 110 has 16* and say a 220/220 on 110 has 0*

idle speed also has an effect on the lode.

the cam you said 232/230 has 11* a 3k+ stall would help alot and 11* is not that hard tyo get to idle niceley
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 10:08 PM
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Get a stall first....
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 98Camarod
Get a stall first....
Same thing i was thinking
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Originally Posted by bad6as
just because a cam cas a 110 lsa does noty mean it will lobe very hard, a 224/224 on a 110 has 4* of overlap a 236/236 on a 110 has 16* and say a 220/220 on 110 has 0*

idle speed also has an effect on the lode.

the cam you said 232/230 has 11* a 3k+ stall would help alot and 11* is not that hard tyo get to idle niceley

Lol, didn't I just say that?
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 06:49 AM
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I ordered that cam, but patriot stoped making it, so i got the 226/226 cam,

btw.. i must say it has to be one of the best sounding cam i've heard,

but thats maybe only because its sounds like the big cam i wanted
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Originally Posted by Thule
I ordered that cam, but patriot stoped making it, so i got the 226/226 cam,

btw.. i must say it has to be one of the best sounding cam i've heard,

but thats maybe only because its sounds like the big cam i wanted
where did you find a sound clip
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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I hear you guys about the stall. I will be getting one eventually. Im trying to hold off on that until my tranny goes so I can build the tranny and put the stall all in at the same time.

By using this cam I was hopeing that it would be small enough that I could get away with a stock stall for a little while. Though I dont really want a stall, I do realize that it is just about a necessity for a cammed car.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mook99ta
where did you find a sound clip

here is an soundclip of my 226/226 cam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctJJeeqb-LE
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by orangeapeel
Just because there is a 110 separation doesnt mean it will sound like an MS4 because it doesnt have near the valve overlap an MS4 has. It factors into the equation, so you are half right. Let me show you the formula. Mine is a good example of the LSA myth if the link in my sig is working.

244/248 .598/.598 115

Take the exhaust and intake durations and add them together.

244+248 = 492

Take the sum (492) and divide by 2.

492 / 2 = 246

So now that you have the avg of the two combined.
Take the LSA without the advance (be it +0 +2 +4...ect) and double it.

115 x 2 = 230

Take 246 from the avg of the durations and subtract the LSA x 2.

246-230 = 16


My cam is very choppy and it is caused from the extreme 16+ degrees of valve overlap. The stock cam has like 17-22 degrees of negative overlap (I don't have the specs of a stock cam in front of me otherwise I could tell ya what it is), so you will not hear the time between the valves opening and closing as easily. Granted it is there, just not near as drastic.
Nice.
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