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Jan 12, 2008 | 10:41 PM

snk-huntr

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compcam 503 guys in here

im changing from my hot cam to the compcam503 is this cam a good daily driver and also does anyone have any dyno sheets on this cam they can post? thanks in advance.

Jan 12, 2008 | 10:47 PM

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yes its streetable, but if your going to step up you might want to go bigger

Jan 12, 2008 | 11:08 PM

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im changing from my hot cam to the compcam503 is this cam a good daily driver and also does anyone have any dyno sheets on this cam they can post? thanks in advance.

Do you have the heads ported?

Jan 12, 2008 | 11:20 PM

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i drove the car every day with just the cam in my car its a great cam good torque and power....

Jan 13, 2008 | 12:06 AM

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it drives great in my daily, i wouldnt say swapping from a hot cam to the 503 is worth all the money and hassle.

Jan 13, 2008 | 10:56 AM

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Daily drive mine too. Still waiting for the tune, but i love it, great power and drivability.

Stealth.... what kind of times have you been running with that new stall and higher shiftpoints?? Big improvement?

Jan 13, 2008 | 01:49 PM

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I wouldn't swap it unless you did heads and cam at the same time. Not worth the time and hassle IMO. By just swapping the cam you would have to do valvetrain too and forr all the time, work, money put into it you will gain maybe 10HP at most.

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Jan 13, 2008 | 05:29 PM

snk-huntr

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it drives great in my daily, i wouldnt say swapping from a hot cam to the 503 is worth all the money and hassle.

what kind of #'s did you get b4 and after dyno tune thanks

Jan 13, 2008 | 09:03 PM

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316rwhp untuned and 328rwhp tuned thru my auto spinning it up to 5900. Car makes power a couple hundred rpm's above that so probaly in the 330's. This is before 52mm tb and driveshaft.