Time for a new Stick
Time for a new Stick Im thinking of changing the cam in my forged 383 LT1. As of now I have a 230/236 .510/.520 that TEA had custom ground before it became a shelf cam. It has TEA stage 2 heads and to be honset I dont know if I will run into coil binding or a pistion to valve issue but I dont think Ill have a problem. I am wanting a N/A cam but would like a good 200 shot or so. Any suggestions?
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From: St. Peters, MO
well no off the shelf cam is gonna work very well for that setup. also you are going to have to compromise alot because a n2o cam isn't going to put down very impressive numbers/et's with a n/a setup. as you know the entire motor setup has to be geared towards a goal. the more particular and specific the goal (n/a, n2o, fi) the more effective the combination will work. with that said, i would call of crower cams, AI, HPE, brett bauer (sstrokerace), or even Lloyd Elliot to have them grind you a custom cam for the best setup. Your lift numbers should be upwards of .560 and usually n2o cams don't like a lot of overlap. Also the tighter the LSA the worse usually for n2o cams, i.e most n2o cams like 113+ LSA's where a max effort n/a cam would be anywhere from 108-112LSA. Good luck
Originally Posted by 97M6Formula
well for example I have a custom 236/245 114lsa .569/.580 for my 383 with a 200-300 shot. Although I dont have numbers yet I think it will do quite well
Im not aware of that being a shelf cam.. There are similar shelf cams but not with that lift and duration. I just thought it would be a decent NA cam and good nitrous cam so I chose it and ordered it up
