Best Mild Cam?
I know I'm old, but if I wasn't going to race it I would not put up with a 3200 converter for every day driving. I think he is correct about the 2400 converter. No loss in gas mileage, no elevated Trans fluid temps, almost zero increase in noise. A 2400 Vigilante would allow it to idle in gear easier, and drive as nice as a stock converter. You won't even know it is in there until you get on it. Without slicks, just what are you going to do with a 3200 converter? Do doughnuts if you step on the gas too hard? You have to think about where he is located, and what he is going to be doing with it. Rough roads, no drag strips, etc.
Seems to me he has the right idea.
Flame away. LOL
Seems to me he has the right idea.
Flame away. LOL
I find it funny how nobody recommends any of the xfi grinds that comp offers. Its always "hotcam" or "cc503". looking for a mild cam i would go with a more aggressive lobe profile that would allow me to have more power but with less overlap and better manners. just my .02
I know I'm old, but if I wasn't going to race it I would not put up with a 3200 converter for every day driving. I think he is correct about the 2400 converter. No loss in gas mileage, no elevated Trans fluid temps, almost zero increase in noise. A 2400 Vigilante would allow it to idle in gear easier, and drive as nice as a stock converter. You won't even know it is in there until you get on it. Without slicks, just what are you going to do with a 3200 converter? Do doughnuts if you step on the gas too hard? You have to think about where he is located, and what he is going to be doing with it. Rough roads, no drag strips, etc.
Seems to me he has the right idea.
Flame away. LOL
Seems to me he has the right idea.
Flame away. LOL
and what's this Flame away? 
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I ran it on stock heads, but the heads had a 5 angle valve job on stock valves with light hand intake porting. The car ran hard, but if I had bone stock heads I would run something different.
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Your mistaken Ed, I didn't learn that on any internet w/s. Your mistaken about the lift deal. We always use more lift than where our head flow peaks. That way the valve spends more time in it's peak flow range, thus flowing more air per cycle. On my flow bench I haven't seen stock LT1 heads "back up" (flow less) as lift is increased past where they peaked, which is around .500". That exact point depends some on the valve job. Even with heads that back up past flow peak lift do not slow down when a cam with more lift is used. That is just another Internet myth.
Well i'm no head flow expert, heck i've never used a flow bench. Just what i've read from D. Vizard on head porting for some head/vlv combos the intake charge will change flow direction at higher vlv lift and sometime loose flow velocity forcing fuel to leave the mix and drip down the sides of the cyl wall - reducing power. Yes reduced/loss of swirl. Again i'm no expert but i read this from those that are and granted this can be different for any head and vlv combo. But Comp Cams LT1 cam selection seem to support this with lifts less than or equal to 0.5" though they have similar durations with more lift for other than stock LT1 heads. Lunati has a selection of moderate lift LT1 cams also as are both of Cranes LT1 cams.
Just my opinion, but had to share this.
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It's a puzzle for me why people instead of reading two maybe three articles start asking questions. Well for me it's not so easy to translate everything to russian, but hey, you speak this language every minute, i don't understand such people.
P. S. Sorry for off topic.
P. S. Sorry for off topic.
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What you think because it's an lt1 tech does not evolve? Lol when the hot cam came out it was a common belief that you couldn't run LSA's below 112-110 on our engines. The hot cam has lazy ramp rates. It came out when people were still figuring out this engine. Many things have been learned since then, many things have been applied to lt cam design since then. Ask an expert if you want a more detailed answer than that our just don't believe me.
