Cam in a stock motor??
Cam in a stock motor?? well, im not ready to rebuild yet becuase it runs ok and i dont have another DD... but id like to put a cam in my car becuase for one i like the way it sounds, and two the power gain would be nice... im question is... how well will a cam work in a stock motor... stock heads intake and such... probably will put a 52mm throttle body on... am i going to feel a noticable difference or is it just a waste of time... also what cam would be good for an application like this... hotcam, or some sort of comp cams i think i see alot of peopl euse the cc306... that might be to aggressive... id ont know.... im an autobody technician not a mechanical one so im not very hip on engines... any help is greatly appreciated... and also if anybody knows of an install guide thatd be great...
car just turned 107,000... i know thats alot... i play on either building somthing or jsut putten a crate in when it goes... but for now im bord and would like to do somtihng with it.... is the hotcam too big?? o and i run midlenths headers with an ORY into GMMG and my car is ram air so i think ill be ok in that area... right?
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one guy above said his freind did good #'s with jsut the hot cam and rockers... if i dont do rockers will i still see a significant power increase or not so much... i really dont want to take off the intake and do all that stuff... its just a pain on lt1's to work in that engine bay and i dont have the time to pull the motor...right now im thinking either hotcam (seems to be the simplest to go with) someone mentioned the cc305 ( i know comp cams makes good cams), and the crane one that the other guy said iv never even ehard of...
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Originally Posted by transmaro93
and the crane one that the other guy said iv never even ehard of...
From Frank: "I run the Crane 210/224 and a lot of the guys down here in the South do also. My car is a lightweight bolton street car(not to be confused as a stock eliminator car) and I believe that it is one of the fastest stockhead cars in the country. The Crane 210/224 combo is much overlooked."
i was looking at thunder racing... and on the CC305 cam they have one that is 112lsa and one that is 114lsa... now what does this mean... im sorry guys but imlost when it comes to this stuff... im tryen to learn as i go...
i didnt write it off yet man... chill out haha... i just said i never heard of it... iv never really gotten into internal engine work at all... this is my first internal engine mod ill have done in my life yet.... so im starten simple.... and i dondt really know whats out there that is why i am asken around.... with that crane cam... does it make good enough vacuum to drive daily... and also i see people talking about some kind of pin on the cam that has to be pushed in... what is this... my car is a 97 lt1 do i have to worry bout that... i kinda leaning toward this crane cam...if it really does make that much more power... im just testen the waters with the others
LSA is your lobe seperation angle. It is the number of degrees between your intake and exhaust lobe centerlines. Lower numbers give you more overlap, rougher idle, etc. Higher numbers give you smoother idle, wider powerband, etc.
So since this is your DD, the 114 will probably be your best bet between the 2 305s. Better for driving everyday, and it should have a little wider powerband.
But all in all, the 305 is a pretty good off-the-shelf cam-only cam. You can do better by getting a custom grind, and you can probably do better by looking around more. However, the 305 is proven.
So since this is your DD, the 114 will probably be your best bet between the 2 305s. Better for driving everyday, and it should have a little wider powerband.
But all in all, the 305 is a pretty good off-the-shelf cam-only cam. You can do better by getting a custom grind, and you can probably do better by looking around more. However, the 305 is proven.
