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Old 10-06-2020, 05:47 PM
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Default Choosing a better cam than a Elgin Sloppy stage 2

I'm on the hunt for a something different than a lot of people are doing. I know I can get an easy 500 crank HP, but maybe I can get more and still be 99% streetable. Engine hasn't been built yet, so changes can be made.
Engine- L96, truck, Higher compression LQ9 pistons 10.1 comp, Gen 4 Heads stock 823 with Pac 1218 or 1219, trans 4l60E, 3.55 rear, car 3000lbs
E-1840-P .585/.585, 283/286, 228/230, 112

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Originally Posted by SLOW SEDAN
I’ve tested more cams than Baldy has.
I seriously doubt that.....
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Stay with your same 228/230 - bump lift to .653/.638, get compression up.

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Sloppy stage 2 for NA? Not the best choice..
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Originally Posted by SLOW SEDAN
Sloppy stage 2 for NA? Not the best choice..
Holdener's cam shootout "SS2 vs the world" showed the SS2 improved both bottom end and upper power gains on a 6L N/A engine, (which is hard to do), beating most "streetable" cams tested. Ran the SS2 in a previous LQ9 build and was happy with the cam choice.
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Originally Posted by RedXray
Holdener's cam shootout "SS2 vs the world" showed the SS2 improved both bottom end and upper power gains on a 6L N/A engine, (which is hard to do), beating most "streetable" cams tested. Ran the SS2 in a previous LQ9 build and was happy with the cam choice.
Could care less about Holdeners skewed dyno tests, I’ve tested more cams than baldy has. I just dont see a SS2 making 500whp on a 6.0 NA, if the goal is actually 500 crank and 425whp is the goal then most anything will do that.
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Why would his tests be "skewed"? I'd be interested seeing your dyno comparison tests on different camshaft profiles. Not many people have the equipment or resources to do that kind of testing.
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Originally Posted by SLOW SEDAN
I’ve tested more cams than Baldy has.
I seriously doubt that.....
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It's usually best to ignore people that show up just to cast shade without offering anything constructive. Nobody actually cares about your opinion when you're not trying to be helpful.

As for the task at hand... I would change heads before I changed the cam, because I just cannot stand LS3 heads on 4.00" bores. But that is not what you asked for help with. Darth is probably right in that cam isn't bad, but could use more lift.

I didn't really know people were trusting stock rockers north of .625" lift, but I believe Darth speaks from experience, and would run what he says with minimal worry.
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Originally Posted by DavidBoren
It's usually best to ignore people that show up just to cast shade without offering anything constructive. Nobody actually cares about your opinion when you're not trying to be helpful.

As for the task at hand... I would change heads before I changed the cam, because I just cannot stand LS3 heads on 4.00" bores. But that is not what you asked for help with. Darth is probably right in that cam isn't bad, but could use more lift.

I didn't really know people were trusting stock rockers north of .625" lift, but I believe Darth speaks from experience, and would run what he says with minimal worry.
This for sure.
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With a flat top piston with no valve relieves what would be safe general rule for valve lift? Would .625 be to much?
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Originally Posted by dan67
With a flat top piston with no valve relieves what would be safe general rule for valve lift? Would .625 be to much?
Max valve lift happens when the piston is 1.5+" away from TDC, so you can run whatever lift you want within reason. i'm running .750 lift. Most people stop at .625 lift due to the rocker scrubbing of the stock LS rocker. On the gen3 LS, I generally like to stop at about .650, since many of the ports stall out and even fall off (flow reduces) above that number. ON the gen4's I see lots of ports that don't stall until .800, and even then, they continue to not revert as lift increases further, so there is a lot to take advantage of. However, the trade off is valvespring life.

What the valve reliefs are actually for is to allow you to run more duration and overlap and/or tighter LSA. A flat top piston, somewhere around 10 degrees overlap, you can start to have PTV issues, depending on other variables.

To put it more simply, a 228/236-108+4 with .525 lift is going to have issues and require flycutting. a 228/238-112+2 with .700 lift will clear just fine.
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Originally Posted by RedXray
Why would his tests be "skewed"? I'd be interested seeing your dyno comparison tests on different camshaft profiles. Not many people have the equipment or resources to do that kind of testing.
Parts he tests are provided by sponsors and he generally only posts favorable results for them, he's withheld results not in their best interest before.
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Originally Posted by G Atsma
I seriously doubt that.....
Certainly welcome to your opinion as you probably dont get your hands dirty on cars everyday and neither does he. He's a technical writer not a mechanic or racer, just because he humps a sponsors engine dyno and waves his hands around for youtube clicks doesn't mean he's always correct.
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Originally Posted by dan67
With a flat top piston with no valve relieves what would be safe general rule for valve lift? Would .625 be to much?
Would need more than just the lift to determine that, need duration, LSA, HG thickness, etc..
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Originally Posted by SLOW SEDAN
Parts he tests are provided by sponsors and he generally only posts favorable results for them, he's withheld results not in their best interest before.
The tests he puts on his YouTube channel, except for ones he did many years ago, are not sponsored. He will mention if a part is donated, but then that part is usually not the focus of he test. He usually tests to find differences between different configurations or effects of different spec parts, not to compare between competing manufacturers. Usually if he is comparing cams, they will be different spec ones from the same mfr. like BTR or Comp. to show the effects of different durations or LSA's for example

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Certainly welcome to your opinion as you probably don't get your hands dirty on cars everyday and neither does he. He's a technical writer not a mechanic or racer, just because he humps a sponsors engine dyno and waves his hands around for YouTube clicks doesn't mean he's always correct.
He gets his hands quite dirty, as his early writing is the outcome of HIS wrench turning. He knows his way around the toolbox. He was a mechanic/racer BEFORE he was a writer. The only dyno he uses unless out of state is Westech's, who have no parts to hawk. They are strictly a testing/tuning facility who he uses for his testing. They are a neutral party here.
Is he always correct? No, and he says so quite often.
So before you get your panties in a knot and start getting diarrhea of the keyboard, check your facts, and maybe YOU will actually know what you are talking about, but I doubt it...
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Originally Posted by SLOW SEDAN
He's a technical writer not a mechanic or racer, just because he humps a sponsors engine dyno and waves his hands around for youtube clicks doesn't mean he's always correct.
Maybe if you ask nicely, the sponsors will let you hump them too. lol
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Lol.
Don't get jealous.
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Originally Posted by Jimbo1367
Maybe if you ask nicely, the sponsors will let you hump them too. lol
No need lol

Originally Posted by G Atsma
The tests he puts on his YouTube channel, except for ones he did many years ago, are not sponsored. He will mention if a part is donated, but then that part is usually not the focus of he test. He usually tests to find differences between different configurations or effects of different spec parts, not to compare between competing manufacturers. Usually if he is comparing cams, they will be different spec ones from the same mfr. like BTR or Comp. to show the effects of different durations or LSA's for example


He gets his hands quite dirty, as his early writing is the outcome of HIS wrench turning. He knows his way around the toolbox. He was a mechanic/racer BEFORE he was a writer. The only dyno he uses unless out of state is Westech's, who have no parts to hawk. They are strictly a testing/tuning facility who he uses for his testing. They are a neutral party here.
Is he always correct? No, and he says so quite often.
So before you get your panties in a knot and start getting diarrhea of the keyboard, check your facts, and maybe YOU will actually know what you are talking about, but I doubt it...
No panties on to get twisted, could care less either way really. I'd rather test things myself instead of blindly following some youtube smucks word for it.
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Originally Posted by SLOW SEDAN
No panties on to get twisted, could care less either way really. I'd rather test things myself instead of blindly following some YouTube schmuck's word for it.
You don't have the capacity to test what all Holdener does. He does a valuable service to the hobby, and in a professional manner, and far more of it than you ever could.
He went to YouTube when magazines quit printing to gain what turned out to be a great outlet of good info. Nobody else is doing it in the depth and detail that he does.
And whatever he does, gets shared with whoever cares to watch, which is way more than you could ever do. Very few can test for themselves what he does. If you don't care to believe him, it's your loss, but apparently you're a legend in your own mind, so there is that. LOL
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