Cam
 

Before I go all out on my engine I'm thinking about buying a cam (and supporting valvetrain of course). Any suggestions on a good cam that'll be good for a car that get's driven often without losing my low end, midrange, or having huge power surges (no topend monsters)?

Sorry but I'm a newbie to cams. While I understand lift, duration, etc... by looking at the number's I can't really see how it's going to feel once it's installed.

I wish I knew a little more about cams and whatnot myself.

Sorry I can't help ya.

I always call lunati and comp they know more than I ever could

yea call a company or look online at what others are using. if you call isky, or prolly a lot of other places like lunati or comp like arch said, they will have tech people and i know isky has a guy that figures everythign out, you tel him every spec of your car and he will tell u exactly how big or wild you should go for your application and Isky can make you a custom cam, or he will tell you of the closest production one of another company.

looking online is like playing craps sometimes you win sometimes you don't

I've been talking to Phil at Finish Line Performance today. He's a great guy answering all my questions and everything. If I end up paying someone to install the cam it'll definitly be him.

BTW here's his website:
https://www.flp2win.com/store/

u could pay bad ls1 to do it hes really good with that stuff

if you dont want to do a ******** of drivetrain upgrades just buy a LS6 cam...

Oh and the SLP cam is a piece of **** - don't buy that.

I have a 224/228 comp xtreme rpm. If you want a lobe that isn't real high go with one of those models. If you don't give a **** then get a XE-R or RPM high lift... I like mine though

I'm upgrading my entire valvetrain.

if you plan on getting heads/different intake down the road id just wait it out. Cuz you really gotta match everything up to be happy.

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If you get too big of a cam then your computer won't like and you won't get the maximum performance out if that you could with other upgrades. Since swapping a cam isn't the easiest thing in the world, I would hold off until you know more of what you are going to go with.

When I bought mine I knew I was going to either be running boost or juice, so thats the type of cam I got. And so far the parts seem to goin together pretty good. Just need to iron out a few wrinkles...

I went with a comp cams valvetrain on my car. 918 springs with titanium retainers and the 7.4 rushrods. The cam I went with is really mild, and now I am thinking about going a little bigger. I definatly recommend Thunder Racing, as they have some really nice cams. http://www.thunderracing.com