Why not rank the cams.
Why not rank the cams. There must be a cam guru out there that reads these boards and dyno's. There are too many freaking cams out. I can't make up my mind and I'm damn tired of searching. Someone should be able to simply say, given a good tune, the best daily driver cam is.....Daily driver should mean no bucking and surging and good low end torque. I know some will have lope and some won't... But, geez, first It's get the TR224, then F13, then torque v2, then, VRX3, G5X3, 228r, the list goes on and on. Is there anyone that can simply rank the cams. Maybe pat g or one of the mods...
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Thats impossible. There are too many variables (pushrods, valves, rockers, owner preference, etc). What may be the best cam, could be the worst for a given application.
Thats like trying to name a best race car driver on the planet. Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty may have NASCAR hemmed up, but I guarentee Micheal Schumaker would wax both their asses in a F1 car.
The best cam is what is needed to achieve your goal for your engine. Build you cam for the engine, not the engine around the cam.
Thats like trying to name a best race car driver on the planet. Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty may have NASCAR hemmed up, but I guarentee Micheal Schumaker would wax both their asses in a F1 car.
The best cam is what is needed to achieve your goal for your engine. Build you cam for the engine, not the engine around the cam.
I daily drive a TSP233/239 (30,000 miles a year) with a 6-speed and 3.23 gears. It drives fine. My sister even drives my car all the time. ****, my mom drove my TR227 cammed car to work back in the day when it was untuned lol.
Not only is drivability in the hands of the tuner, but also in the eyses of the driver. I think my car drives great, but a friend of mine almost couldn't even get it out of my driveway with teh cam and the powergrip HD lol
Not only is drivability in the hands of the tuner, but also in the eyses of the driver. I think my car drives great, but a friend of mine almost couldn't even get it out of my driveway with teh cam and the powergrip HD lol
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think of it this way... every cam you have prolly heard of is TINY. there is no big, no small... no medium just regular cams... a LARGE cam would be one with .950 lift like in a cup car. a cup car will idle, it will go through traffic, it would even be able to have brakes when its idleing!!!!!!
get the largest cam for your car that is an off the shelf grind and get the damn car tuned!!!!!! ( most important part ) you will not be dissapointed. ive had everything from hot cam. to asa cam, to ms4- all idled, all ran, all had brakes, all bucked a little but was very driveable.
just get one with enough overlap that it will sound good... ms4 sounds WICKED... as does trex
get the largest cam for your car that is an off the shelf grind and get the damn car tuned!!!!!! ( most important part ) you will not be dissapointed. ive had everything from hot cam. to asa cam, to ms4- all idled, all ran, all had brakes, all bucked a little but was very driveable.
just get one with enough overlap that it will sound good... ms4 sounds WICKED... as does trex
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Not unless you had your head up your butt. ba-da-boom!
(You are a great straight-man, HEMI)....aaah that's not short for HEMIroid is it?
Your cam advice was excellent, BTW.
Jon
As stated, there are just WAY to many variables between pretty much every single car out there and their owners' goals and preferences to say one cam is better than another. A Vindicator is clearly not going to idle as well as a hotcam, but should make more peak power. If your goals are power oriented, clearly between the two you should go with the Vindicator. But compare a Vindicator to a Magic Stick 4 and the lines get fuzzy. People have opinions, but most of the time they are just that.
While I wouldn't propose ranking them it may be possible to list them. I'm thinking an excel sheet that has columns like:
HP, TQ, RPM range, Idle speed, idle lope, MPG city, MPG hwy, Diveability, (supporting mods), automatic (stall) or manual and what gear set you have. Of course there will be innaccuracies with what people post but with enough data you may be able to get a decent idea of what to expect.
HP, TQ, RPM range, Idle speed, idle lope, MPG city, MPG hwy, Diveability, (supporting mods), automatic (stall) or manual and what gear set you have. Of course there will be innaccuracies with what people post but with enough data you may be able to get a decent idea of what to expect.
Lol, you added a "pass sniffer" column.
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While I wouldn't propose ranking them it may be possible to list them. I'm thinking an excel sheet that has columns like:
HP, TQ, RPM range, Idle speed, idle lope, MPG city, MPG hwy, Diveability, (supporting mods), automatic (stall) or manual and what gear set you have. Of course there will be innaccuracies with what people post but with enough data you may be able to get a decent idea of what to expect.
HP, TQ, RPM range, Idle speed, idle lope, MPG city, MPG hwy, Diveability, (supporting mods), automatic (stall) or manual and what gear set you have. Of course there will be innaccuracies with what people post but with enough data you may be able to get a decent idea of what to expect.
While I wouldn't propose ranking them it may be possible to list them. I'm thinking an excel sheet that has columns like:
HP, TQ, RPM range, Idle speed, idle lope, MPG city, MPG hwy, Diveability, (supporting mods), automatic (stall) or manual and what gear set you have. Of course there will be innaccuracies with what people post but with enough data you may be able to get a decent idea of what to expect.
HP, TQ, RPM range, Idle speed, idle lope, MPG city, MPG hwy, Diveability, (supporting mods), automatic (stall) or manual and what gear set you have. Of course there will be innaccuracies with what people post but with enough data you may be able to get a decent idea of what to expect.
think of it this way... every cam you have prolly heard of is TINY. there is no big, no small... no medium just regular cams... a LARGE cam would be one with .950 lift like in a cup car. a cup car will idle, it will go through traffic, it would even be able to have brakes when its idleing!!!!!!
get the largest cam for your car that is an off the shelf grind and get the damn car tuned!!!!!! ( most important part ) you will not be dissapointed. ive had everything from hot cam. to asa cam, to ms4- all idled, all ran, all had brakes, all bucked a little but was very driveable.
just get one with enough overlap that it will sound good... ms4 sounds WICKED... as does trex
get the largest cam for your car that is an off the shelf grind and get the damn car tuned!!!!!! ( most important part ) you will not be dissapointed. ive had everything from hot cam. to asa cam, to ms4- all idled, all ran, all had brakes, all bucked a little but was very driveable.
just get one with enough overlap that it will sound good... ms4 sounds WICKED... as does trex
Obviously a brilliant engine builder.
224 is the best DD cam... with a good all around powerband... it's been proven over and over...
not saying it's the most powerful... but for a DD car, it's perfect...
but like the guys stated above, every setup is different... I made really good power with my 224r cam and I'm happy with it... Don't think I would change it as of right now...
not saying it's the most powerful... but for a DD car, it's perfect...
but like the guys stated above, every setup is different... I made really good power with my 224r cam and I'm happy with it... Don't think I would change it as of right now...