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Old Sep 20, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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Hello everyone, i am lookin into getting a cam after i do my headers and gear swap. I was lookin for a cam that will work my 806 heads and keep my car as streetable as possble because my car is my DD. My problem is a know the cam is the brain of the engine and ect. but i dont just get the numbers. When comes to numbers for a cam i am just brain dead. I am just lookin getting a small or mild cam where i can make respectable amount of power. I also like how cams sound badass while sit at a stop lite. Thanks for the help.

Rob
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Im goin with a TR 230/224..I heard its good for street and makes good power...check out gillbot 's posts..his car inspired me to do that cam
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Old Sep 21, 2007 | 05:47 PM
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Does that cam come as a kit???(springs,etc,etc)
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Originally Posted by 98z28bitcha
Does that cam come as a kit???(springs,etc,etc)
Yes it comes in a kit but do you have headers and a stall?

Didn't see them in your sig. I would recommend you get those 2 mods before you get a cam.

A lot of people go with a yankss3200 or ss3600 and consider it perfectly street able.
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Old Sep 21, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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Yes it comes in a kit but do you have headers and a stall?

Didn't see them in your sig. I would recommend you get those 2 mods before you get a cam.

A lot of people go with a yankss3200 or ss3600 and consider it perfectly street able.

I would think a good free flowing exhaust would be imperative to getting the most out of a reverse split like the 230/224.
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 10:57 AM
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Agree, this is the reasoning of going with a reverse split while having a good free flowing exhaust and some what restricted on the intake side. TR230 is a great cam
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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i have a 3600 stall with a 233/239 tsp cam witch is alot bigger then what your lookin at, its totally streetable, the only thing about mine is its super loud, and sounds like a racecar, but thats all in the exaust. But at a light the car has that nasty plop in the idle, everyone turnes to look. Its really all in the LSA when playin with just a few degrees of duration.
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I have headers waitin on cash for true duals and a stall not goin to get for awhile. A 233/239 tsp cam sounds like the cam i am lookin for. Do i really have to do a stall?
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