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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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looking for a good cam to go with dart 225's on stock bottom end. heads are unmilled but have thought about milling for more compression. cams I have looked at are VRX5, VRX6, F14, and F15. anybody have any thoughts about these cams or any other cams.
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All those cams are pretty big. That's OK for a toy or if you have a really good tuner. For a daily driver, you may want to go with something that makes a little more average power under the curve.

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the car is not a daily driver so I am ok with the bigger cams. I am looking for a cam that will have good under the curve power and maybe peak around the 460-470 hp range. I have seen a few good results with the F14 and F15 just wondering if there are any better cams for these heads or maybe even a custom grind.
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The G5X series cams from LG have produced very good numbers.
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mill the heads, flycut, and run a trex.
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Originally Posted by 1Z4U2NV
looking for a good cam to go with dart 225's on stock bottom end. heads are unmilled but have thought about milling for more compression. cams I have looked at are VRX5, VRX6, F14, and F15. anybody have any thoughts about these cams or any other cams.
sound for vrx5 cam for ya buddy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7d7cOhFBc

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