Si5 Camshaft question
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Si5 Camshaft question
After trying to do some research I came up with some information but not nearly enough to really answer this question. Being that I am not a tuner I have no idea what the ins and outs are as far as setting knock, misfire, or anything else to that nature. Recently I picked up another fbody. Car is a cam only car with supporting mods. Lifters, springs, push rods, so forth. The cam is a Speed Inc Si5 camshaft. Here is my question:
Car runs great, idles up and down a little bit until at OT but other wise idle is clean and clear. Car pulls amazing in all gears, granted I have been trying to keep my foot out of it. The CEL is on for a random misfire. Now the previous owner told me the car was tuned by a local guy in NC that was known for tuning ls cars there. Of course...that tells me nothing. Is it possible that this camshaft can throw a false misfire that needs to be set/adjusted in HpT? I had read somewhere that once you get near the 600 lift area that this was possible but I am trying to get better information from someone that has delt with it first hand. Again the car runs great, doesnt miss a beat, and will pull like a train, which if it WASN'T tuned I feel it would run like ***. Car will be getting retuned come spring, just trying to do some home work.
Car runs great, idles up and down a little bit until at OT but other wise idle is clean and clear. Car pulls amazing in all gears, granted I have been trying to keep my foot out of it. The CEL is on for a random misfire. Now the previous owner told me the car was tuned by a local guy in NC that was known for tuning ls cars there. Of course...that tells me nothing. Is it possible that this camshaft can throw a false misfire that needs to be set/adjusted in HpT? I had read somewhere that once you get near the 600 lift area that this was possible but I am trying to get better information from someone that has delt with it first hand. Again the car runs great, doesnt miss a beat, and will pull like a train, which if it WASN'T tuned I feel it would run like ***. Car will be getting retuned come spring, just trying to do some home work.
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Lift has nothing to do with it. Overlap of the cam is what you're looking at.
You'll need to reduce the sensitivity in your misfire tables. The PCM can see a cam as a misfire event. There are three misfire tables in the LS computer for low, medium, and high rpm. With a cam, you just max them all out to 32767.
You'll need to reduce the sensitivity in your misfire tables. The PCM can see a cam as a misfire event. There are three misfire tables in the LS computer for low, medium, and high rpm. With a cam, you just max them all out to 32767.