Best cam for a 120k Stock motor
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What is the best cam to get...its a 95 Trans am with Lt headers and y-pipe and flowmasters and cold air intake...it has about 120k and i really want a cam..
What is the best cam for me to get with out messing up my motor.
What is the best cam to get...its a 95 Trans am with Lt headers and y-pipe and flowmasters and cold air intake...it has about 120k and i really want a cam..
What is the best cam for me to get with out messing up my motor.
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It depends on what your goals are. This has been covered 1000's of times. The Hot Cam and Comp 224/230 are good choices for stock heads. Mileage is irrelevant for your cam swap really cuz you want to get new lifters and better springs anyway--maybe 1.6 rockers.
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Is This Safe to use?
ZZ3 Camshaft
The duration at lash point in degrees (intake/exhaust) is 275/280; duration at .050" tappet lift (intake/exhaust) is 208/221; and maximum lift with 1.5:1 rocker ratio (intake/exhaust) is 474/501. Valve lash is zero/zero and lobe centerline is 112 degree
ZZ3 Camshaft
The duration at lash point in degrees (intake/exhaust) is 275/280; duration at .050" tappet lift (intake/exhaust) is 208/221; and maximum lift with 1.5:1 rocker ratio (intake/exhaust) is 474/501. Valve lash is zero/zero and lobe centerline is 112 degree
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What is the best cam to get...I have a 95 Trans am with Lt headers and y-pipe and flowmasters and cold air intake...it has about 120k and i really want a came..
What is the best cam for me to get with out messing up my motor.
What is the best cam to get...I have a 95 Trans am with Lt headers and y-pipe and flowmasters and cold air intake...it has about 120k and i really want a came..
What is the best cam for me to get with out messing up my motor.
the one that's in there already.
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Well you might need to do some dowel pin modifications since that is not an LT1 specific cam (and I don't know what year your car is). However that will work. However it doesn't sound to me like you have any goals with a camshaft. That's a pretty weiner cam in my book.
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i Want a small cam...Just want a little Hp...and its a 95 Trans am and that cam is for a Lt1..
Does anyone know how big the stock lt1 cam is?
Does anyone know how big the stock lt1 cam is?
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I used the ZZ3 cam in my 93 for about 15k miles. It made good power with great torque. With Edel. shorties and y-pipe, no cat and flowmaster single outlet catback, CAI, pullies, 1.6/1.5 split, LT4 spring set, and SVO 24#, 3.42's with a M29 6spd, and ED Wright tune car went 8.7's at 87 with a 2.3 60 ft. I went to a hotcam, and now thinking of swapping again. I might go back to a smaller cam like the Crane 227 or Lingenfelter 211/219. It was nearly undetectable, but ran great. You will have to drill the snout for the opti to work with this cam. For my 93, I did not have to do this due to the opti running off of the splined shaft instead of going through the sprocket and into the cam. Lift with the 1.6/1.52 rockers I used was .506/.516.
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Check out the Crane 227 "baby cam" if you haven't. Mild specs fairly similar to the ZZ4 cam you posted (a ZZ4 cam won't work in a LT1 without some mods to the dowel pin I believe). The Crane 227 specs out around 210/224 if memory serves, made specifically for LT1s. If you want to go slightly bigger try the Comp CC305 at 220/230 w/ .510 lift w/ 1.5 rockers, w/ a 114 degree LSA. Should match the hotcam and idle a little better w/ that LSA.
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i need a small one..I have Stock Heads well Stock everything...But i have Lt's and Y-pipe and flowmasters..
So is The zz3 camm good or not....Friend said he'll sell it for $65 to me..is it worth it?
So is The zz3 camm good or not....Friend said he'll sell it for $65 to me..is it worth it?
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The ZZ3 cam can work I too had one in my LT1, need to have the center hole in the nose opened up to I believe .500" and a longer dowelpin installed. It is pretty mild and if you have a fairly quiet exhaust can even be mistaken for stock.
At that good price you might try it, for others though I would say skip the hassle of modifying it and get the "227" or 845 cams both very mild but slightly larger and require no machining.
At that good price you might try it, for others though I would say skip the hassle of modifying it and get the "227" or 845 cams both very mild but slightly larger and require no machining.