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Old 06-28-2003, 01:31 AM
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Default Shopping for a cam..... Help me make up my mind

I知 getting a D-1SC at the end of this year. Anyways I wanted to get a Cam for now to give me more power than what I have now and will work well when I install the SC. I did a lot of searching and I found few cams I like and I think they are good with a SC'd 346 car. I知 going to list few cams.... please help me decide on which cam to get.

The cams are:
1- TR 224/227 .563/.569 114 LSA
2- Comp cams 218/224 .527/.534 114 LSA
3- Cartek 218/222 .562/.562 113 LSA
4- Cartek 222/226 .567/.567 113 LSA
5- LPE GT1 218/229 .560/.560 113 LSA
6- Futral FM6 226/230 .576/.580 114LSA
7- Futral FM7 224/230 .587/.593 114LSA

So can you please guys help me decide. I知 getting the cam tomorrow or Monday at the latest. So I really need help choosing one of them. I want the most power N/A for now and later when boosted. BY THE WAY, if u have any other cams in your mind feel free to mention it.

Thank you.
Old 06-28-2003, 05:41 PM
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Anyone!! I know that LS1tech.com are the best forum for LS1 internal discussion. I know u can do better than this guys.
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PSJ went with one of Futrals cams for his project Blowzilla I believe its called. FMS has some badass grinds. I would call Allan and ask him personally what he suggests.

All in all, its a matter of personal taste. When I was doing my last cam swap I called 14 different sponsors and got 14 different cam selections. Go with what sounds best to you
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Try asking in the forced induction section you will get an few responses I'm sure. I like the GT2-3 LPE my self but then again I do not have a SC on this car (YET).
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I am planning along the same lines as you (should I have the funds to get the ATI I've been dreaming of). I looked around and it was really confusing, there were about a million different opinions from what I found.

I ended up calling www.cmotorsports.com (since I was thinking about one of their transmissions anyway, mine is slipping now ). The guy I spoke with really knew his cam stuff. He laughed at all of the "blower" cams going around and told me that, yes, a blower cam is a different kind of cam, but be sure to pick one based on your goals, not the goals of the person that designed the cam. I liked that explaination.

I was also thinking about a Futral cam, but I have not talked with them yet. I'll probably be giving them a call too.
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Default Re: Shopping for a cam..... Help me make up my mind

another thing that would help us is if you told us how much boost you were planning on running.
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another thing that would help us is if you told us how much boost you were planning on running.
Im going to run 8psi daily and 12psi with race fuel.




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