Cam

[Dougzilla]

I need some recomendation for a good cam. I dont race the vette so i dont need a really radical cam.

[Y2Kvert4me]

Originally Posted by Dougzilla

I need some recomendation for a good cam. I dont race the vette so i dont need a really radical cam.

I didn't need a really radical cam either...but I sure love it!

What DO you want, and what DON'T you want? Consider all these qualities of the car, and decide what's important to you:

Idle quality
Loudness
Low RPM cruising
Fuel economy
High or low RPM power
Ability to pass emissions (and if so, what type of test?)
Current, and planned future mods (heads? FI? Bottle?)

And of course, how you primarily use and enjoy the car....daily driver in heavy traffic, fair weather boulevard cruiser, freeway flyer, twisty backroad warrior, etc. Be realistic.

There's a lot of "big cam" proponents around, and there's a lot of "baby cam" proponents around, and everyone will want to tell you "what's best", but it's really only best if it fits with what you want.

[Cobra4B]

A classic "medium" cam (smaller by today's standards) is the Thunder Racing 224/224. But yeah... it's all depends on what you want and what you can tolerate. What's fine by one guy may be horrible to another.

[Z06Joe]

I have MTI's X-1 cam and love it.....

[WKMCD]

A good rule of thumb is to use the smallest cam possible to achieve the results you want.

A 224-228 cam on either a 112 +2 or 114 +4 LSA will work very well with today's tuning capabilities. Now it's a matter of picking the right lobes, etc. I've used custom cams designed by Bret Bauer of Bauer Racing engines and recommend them highly.

[Sneaks]

Originally Posted by WKMCD

A good rule of thumb is to use the smallest cam possible to achieve the results you want.

A 224-228 cam on either a 112 +2 or 114 +4 LSA will work very well with today's tuning capabilities. Now it's a matter of picking the right lobes, etc. I've used custom cams designed by Bret Bauer of Bauer Racing engines and recommend them highly.

The cam in Kevins car seems to be a nice choice for his application. At least my neck says it's a good choice!

[C5 BEARSFAN]

sounds clips

[DropTheTop]

Originally Posted by C5 BEARSFAN

sounds clips

Sound clips, sound clips, sound clips . . .

[MYSCZ06]

http://www.ls1sounds.com/

check out this link..its mainly for exhaust but if you search thru there you can find many cars with cam's and the cam spec's allowing you to hear what it sounds like

[Dougzilla]

I know EnglandGreen had sound bits at one time but I cant find them.
As for a cam I think I will stay in the 224 to 230 range on a 112 OR 114.

[Chris@ECS]

Here is a head and cam car with GHL's

GHL Catback Exhaust Corvette C5 C6 GHL Magnum Bullets - East Coast Supercharging - Retailer Installer for LSx C5 & C6 Performance

[DropTheTop]

Originally Posted by Chris@ECS

Here is a head and cam car with GHL's

GHL Catback Exhaust Corvette C5 C6 GHL Magnum Bullets - East Coast Supercharging - Retailer Installer for LSx C5 & C6 Performance

Wow, that's killer!

[MYSCZ06]

That is a pretty badass system!!

[Dougzilla]

What cam is that ? Thats what I'm looking for.

[edcmat-l1]

We have several PROVEN mild cams for the LS1s. We can set you up with a real nice cam, and a very good tune to go along with it. Ask anyone who's been tuned by me. I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I want everything to "drive like stock" LOL

[Cobra4B]

+1,000,000 on Ed's tuning... I'm an anal technical car person. Ed made me a happy customer and that's a hard thing to do.

[willyfastz]

There's a lot of good points in this thread. I dought you want one of the monster cams. For a good daily driver that's going to be a lot of fun stick with something on the milder side. The loss of lowend and drivablity from the big cams normally end up taking some of the fun out of just getting out on the high way and cruising.

If you'ed like to call and talk about some of our custom grinds fill free to give me a ring.


William Wiggins
252-670-7706

[WKMCD]

I can't believe people are judging and buying cams based on the way they sound. That's just insane. I was going to say stupid but I didn't want to offend anyone.

Why not choose a cam - after talking with the right people - that makes the kind of power you want. You can make any cam lope hard if you set the idle low enough.

[Cobra4B]

Originally Posted by WKMCD

I can't believe people are judging and buying cams based on the way they sound. That's just insane. I was going to say stupid but I didn't want to offend anyone.

Why not choose a cam - after talking with the right people - that makes the kind of power you want. You can make any cam lope hard if you set the idle low enough.

Truth is most people think they want a cam because of how it makes the car sound at idle

[DropTheTop]

Originally Posted by WKMCD

I can't believe people are judging and buying cams based on the way they sound. That's just insane. I was going to say stupid but I didn't want to offend anyone.

Why not choose a cam - after talking with the right people - that makes the kind of power you want. You can make any cam lope hard if you set the idle low enough.

Hey man, I just wanted to hear some clips cause I like the sounds - kinda like peepin' boobies for the ears. I'm not shopping based on it! Don't get all