Cam selection help
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Teching In
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Cam selection help im having a hard time deciding what cam to run in my 07 Z. im hoping some of you will have some input. the car is a 2007 with 16k miles. so far, its got kooks long tubes, kooks off road x pipe and borla atak exhaust.
i am leaning towards a black widow r cam from carlos at vette air, but wanted second opinions.
when the cam goes in ill also be installing the following parts: (stock bottom)
prc 285cc heads milled to 68cc (.675 springs) Ti intake valves / stock exh valve)
fast 102 lsxr intake ported by peak speedshop
nick williams throttle body
callaway honker cai
morel 5290 link bar lifters
ati 10% super damper
katech c5r chain
catch can
arp hardware
my goal is to break 600 rwhp, but i dont want to sacrifice all the low end tq. the car might see 5,000 miles a year with an occasional road trip.
i am leaning towards a black widow r cam from carlos at vette air, but wanted second opinions.
when the cam goes in ill also be installing the following parts: (stock bottom)
prc 285cc heads milled to 68cc (.675 springs) Ti intake valves / stock exh valve)
fast 102 lsxr intake ported by peak speedshop
nick williams throttle body
callaway honker cai
morel 5290 link bar lifters
ati 10% super damper
katech c5r chain
catch can
arp hardware
my goal is to break 600 rwhp, but i dont want to sacrifice all the low end tq. the car might see 5,000 miles a year with an occasional road trip.
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The BTR Stage 4 is what you want.. it always makes over 600whp with heads and a decent valvetrain.
The fastest Z's run this cam, like Jared who ran 9's n/a and 8.82 with nitrous.. Also, a guy in Canada (LS7bud) ran 9.81 with this cam and made 624whp, 555rwtq.
The fastest Z's run this cam, like Jared who ran 9's n/a and 8.82 with nitrous.. Also, a guy in Canada (LS7bud) ran 9.81 with this cam and made 624whp, 555rwtq.
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thanks man. i appreciate the input. I had looked at that cam but so many people have told me to staw away from a comp cam. a lot of people say that comp cams grinds can be off a good bit. any knowledge of this?
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it's best to call Brian Tooley directly. No guess work involve.
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I bet those guys at texas speed could really spec you a good cam, given that you are installing a set of their heads. You could have tsp grind you a clone of the btr stage 4, on their new lobes and on a callies core.
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By the way, you can even ask Brian to get you the stage 4 on a cam motion 8620 core.. but it will cost a little bit more do the quality difference.
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thanks all. texas speed ill give you a call monday. couple other questions...is it worth it to install a katech oil pump since im going to be there already? ive got 50/50 responses from everyone else. also, is there anything else i should add that im forgetting? injectors, electric water pump, etc? the car does already have a 160 thermostat, ngk tr6 plugs, granatelli wires, and katech tensioner. its going to Vengeance wednesday to get tuned so i can have a baseline before the h/c/i install. ohh, one more...ive been told arp head bolts will be fine for my setup. do you all agree or should i go ahead and stud it? obviously there will be no boost until i have a new shortblock.
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