what cam is right for me?
what cam is right for me? i have a 97 z28 and it blew a head gasket so i plan to have the engine overhauled. i am sticking with the stock crank with forged rods and pistons. i am purchasing a set of mac headers and off road y-pipe. i plan on sticking with the stock gears (a4), adding a cai, and adding a 2800 stall. i want to chose a h/c package that will be great for a daily driver (traffic and long trips), produce greater horsepower than stock, and work with the above mentioned mods. i have done a search and found great info on the le1 package that lloyd offers. would this be what i am looking for? not looking for extreme horsepower numbers just a nice fun daily driver with close to stock gas mileage that will see the track 5-6 times a year if that. oh, and an occasional light to light race.
Last edited by RallyBoy; Mar 16, 2008 at 09:01 PM.
I have been reverting these questions to a great new free software download at www.compcams.com. It is called camquest 6 and you fill it out with what you have, then enetr yoiur cars designated usage and it will mathc a cam from their product line. It will tell you roughly what hp/torque you could/ should expect.
I am not telling you to go buy a cam from them. I am not stating that LE has a better solution for you or not. I want to inform you and educate you so that you can make the best informed eductaed decision and put your hard earned money where it deserves to be.
I am not telling you to go buy a cam from them. I am not stating that LE has a better solution for you or not. I want to inform you and educate you so that you can make the best informed eductaed decision and put your hard earned money where it deserves to be.
thanks gatorhead, but i tried using this program and it seems a little complicated for me. i don't know about some of the information that is needed but i am doing my research. using the info in the cam sticky at the top, i figured the off the shelf cams that would work best for me would be the cc503 or the 268XFI. how much do these cams differ from what lloyd offers in his le1 package? would either of these cams lug the engine cruising at 65-75 mph with 3.23's and a 2800-3000 stall?
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very true...I called and talked to some trailor park hick who called me a tree hugger because I wanted the cam to be able to pass emissions for my '95 and he gave me the worst suggestions possible. That software is also a POS.
yes its not using the full potetial of the cam but if you use it with stock heads you can still make good power i have seen several videos with stock headed bolt on cars with a cc306 make 350-370 rwhp thats more than the others make on stock heads but it is a better cam with better heads.
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http://videos.streetfire.net/video/H...tree_46146.htm
Hope this works ^. Check this ride out. Fully built LT4. If anyone thinks it's a P.O.S. then you can suck on my left nut cause this things f-ing sick.
Hope this works ^. Check this ride out. Fully built LT4. If anyone thinks it's a P.O.S. then you can suck on my left nut cause this things f-ing sick.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/H...tree_46146.htm
Hope this works ^. Check this ride out. Fully built LT4. If anyone thinks it's a P.O.S. then you can suck on my left nut cause this things f-ing sick.
Hope this works ^. Check this ride out. Fully built LT4. If anyone thinks it's a P.O.S. then you can suck on my left nut cause this things f-ing sick.
One all important thing to consider when asking questions on forums is a LOT of guys recommend something as good only be cause they don't know any better. I have seen a lot of positive reviews get taken back when guys tried something better for basically the same price.
The LT4 stuff is a step up from stock, BUT at the same time you can get better parts yet, for the same price, meaning the LT4 stuff is still a poor choice.
has anyone run the LUN-60121 --- 219@.515/227@.530 (1.5RR)--- 112 LSA --- 1800-5800? it seems like it would also be a great candidate. i did a search but i could not find any info on this cam.
From Comp:
Here is the spec card information you requested.
SUPERB LOW END AND MID-RANGE
COMPETITION CAMS PART NUMBER: 07-465-8
ENGINE: LT1 260XFI HR-13
GRIND #: LT1 260XFI HR-13
INT EXH
VALVE ADJUSTMENT HYD HYD
GROSS VALVE LIFT: .560 .555
DURATION AT
.006 TAPPET LIFT 260 270
VALVE TIMING OPEN CLOSE
AT .006 INT 21 59
EXH 72 18
THESE SPECS ARE FOR CAM INSTALLED
@ 109.0 INT C/L
INT EXH
DUR @.050: 210 218
LOBE LIFT: .3510 .3480
LOBE SEPARATION: 113.0
RECOMMENDED CC VALVE SPRINGS: 26915
This is in the same category as the crane 227, the 211 and 219 Lingenfelter, only the lift is higher. You do not hear alot about it because it is not the bottom of the page cam everyone likes to go with because its bigger.
Here is the spec card information you requested.
SUPERB LOW END AND MID-RANGE
COMPETITION CAMS PART NUMBER: 07-465-8
ENGINE: LT1 260XFI HR-13
GRIND #: LT1 260XFI HR-13
INT EXH
VALVE ADJUSTMENT HYD HYD
GROSS VALVE LIFT: .560 .555
DURATION AT
.006 TAPPET LIFT 260 270
VALVE TIMING OPEN CLOSE
AT .006 INT 21 59
EXH 72 18
THESE SPECS ARE FOR CAM INSTALLED
@ 109.0 INT C/L
INT EXH
DUR @.050: 210 218
LOBE LIFT: .3510 .3480
LOBE SEPARATION: 113.0
RECOMMENDED CC VALVE SPRINGS: 26915
This is in the same category as the crane 227, the 211 and 219 Lingenfelter, only the lift is higher. You do not hear alot about it because it is not the bottom of the page cam everyone likes to go with because its bigger.
