I was talking to a guy at a recent meet, and he was saying how his car had a cam, but he had no idea what cam, since his car came like that. Well when he started it up, it sounded really good. Not a really choppy idle, but good. When I looked at his gauges, his car was idling at the normal rpm's. (just above 500)

Is it possible to have a cam, and yet still have the same RPM's at idle? Even with a baby cam?

 

Yes... you can set any cam to any RPM you want really but it probably wont run worth a **** if you go too low.

 

Well for instance, what size cam would he be able to set to stock idle rpm's and still run good? something like an LS2 cam?

 

I had a 236/240 idling in a LS2 at 700... I wouldn't recommend it but it can be done. You can pretty much run any size cam at anything above 500rpm if you know what you're doing tuning wise.

 

running a Leonoty (yes I know I can not spell) cam 231/237 295/298 112

my car starts cold/hot ac on/off from outside/inside with no problem
hunts for idle 500/800 for 5-8 seconds then idle great at 700/725 rpm in D/P
with a Good tune you can get low idle with a lot of chop ( lower the idle -more chop, I find if idle for a long time at low idle I smutt the plugs)

Johnny

 

242/244 ona 112 and mines at 900 seems high but its not bad at all

 

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my ms4 idles at around 600 cold for about 10 seconds and finds its way up to about 900 and it sounds plenty evil with lots of chop

 

i have a torquer 3 cam that i just put in last month. its still untuned but when it idles, its at the same rpm it was stock i have no prblems with it.