all boltons need cam help.
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Staging Lane
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all boltons need cam help. i know i know there's a thread on this but need some of bad a$$ lt1 owners help.need to get a new cam,plan on going to the track 3 or 4 times a year,mostly want a bad street machine. thanks for the help
mods.are
rebuilt stock bottom end
hotcam -came in the car
lt4heads
lt4 intake
hooker lt's
borla adj. exh.
52mmtb-goin g to upgrade to a 58
alum.driveshaft
373's
built 4l60e
3400 edge stall. if there are any other mods i need to tell just ask thanks josh
i know ai or le..but which one makes more power? with using close to the same cam? anyone have a cam only ai or le,what kind of rwhp?
mods.are
rebuilt stock bottom end
hotcam -came in the car
lt4heads
lt4 intake
hooker lt's
borla adj. exh.
52mmtb-goin g to upgrade to a 58
alum.driveshaft
373's
built 4l60e
3400 edge stall. if there are any other mods i need to tell just ask thanks josh
i know ai or le..but which one makes more power? with using close to the same cam? anyone have a cam only ai or le,what kind of rwhp?
Last edited by jatsfirebird03; Jan 22, 2011 at 04:17 PM.
What does the car weigh? Have you run it at the track already? what did it run? Slicks or DR's?
You're going to have to expand more on your objectives to get some useful input. I really don't see anything in your mod list that would make me get rid of the Hotcam at this point. Stock LT4 heads and stock CR don't really support more of a cam to make the swap worthwhile. At stock weight, the parts you have already are good for high 11's at about 112 mph. Tune it! It's hard for me to justify tearing into a perfectly good motor if you haven't yet established a baseline with what you have.
You're going to have to expand more on your objectives to get some useful input. I really don't see anything in your mod list that would make me get rid of the Hotcam at this point. Stock LT4 heads and stock CR don't really support more of a cam to make the swap worthwhile. At stock weight, the parts you have already are good for high 11's at about 112 mph. Tune it! It's hard for me to justify tearing into a perfectly good motor if you haven't yet established a baseline with what you have.
I'm not running that cam. It's a very good street cam that would fit your build nicely.
Also, do not worry about rwhp numbers in an Lt1. You will only be disappointed. Concentrate on either track times or how it feels cause it will pretty much always dyno low.
Also, do not worry about rwhp numbers in an Lt1. You will only be disappointed. Concentrate on either track times or how it feels cause it will pretty much always dyno low.
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Staging Lane
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well it ran 7.94 at 88 1/8th no 1/4 mile times yet with 3750 race weight it think and m/t drag radials,and yes its been tuned by (bluecat) making 336rwhp car still has the spare tire and jack in it.
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if you are on a budget just hunt through the classifieds and try to find something with close to the specs you want. thats how i ended up with the cam that i have now. If you have a little money to play with then LE would be my choice for a "street car" cam.
not sure about the current cam only record, i think it was for a while the crane 227. but, record holders (bolt-on, cam only, etc) are very well tuned, and obviously not the typical results. there is a LE cam in the classifieds right now that is a smoking deal.
probably not going to pick up a whole lot just from a cam swap alone. i ran a 7.73 in the 1/8th with my cam only set up with a little less weight but a little more stall/gears. only suspension mod is a set of comp. eng. drag shocks. my cam is 236/242 110. either way good luck and let us know what you end up with.
