Cam Reviews

[joblo1978]

Just trying to get a feel for how different cams affect various aspects.

1)What are your cam specs?

- Complete cam specs from cam cards if you have them

2) Did you install the cam yourself?

- How long did it take you and how much did you spend on parts and tools

- If you had a shop do the install, how much did they charge

3) How long has your cam been in?

4) How many miles on your cam?

- Include what springs your are running and if they have been used on multiple cams

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install?

- Indicate before and after tune issues

6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install?

7) How much power you puttin' down?

- Include dyno sheets if you have them
- Multiple cam guys post overlays of the 2 cams if you have them or list the added gains.

8) Other mods?

- Bolt ons
- Stall size
- N20
- stock or forged bottom end
- stock or aftermarket heads

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak

- List your rev limiter and where you shifted at

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why?

TIA


Added revised and additional list: JRP

[2000 Tran Zam]

mods in sig.

i had a shop do the install, had it in for 2k miles, dynoed 425 rwhp and 408 rwtq, nothing broke, i think im gonna upgrade soon too

[WillieD]

What are your cam specs? 232/236 .571/.577 112
Did you install the cam yourself? No
How long has your cam been in? 9 months
How many miles on your cam? over 20K miles
What reliability issues have you had since the cam install? None at all
What have you broke on the car since the cam install? Driveshaft
How much power you puttin' down? just a hair under 400 hp and 370 tq
Other mods? In Sig

[foff667]

What are your cam specs? 231/237 .598/.595 112+2
Did you install the cam yourself? yes
How long has your cam been in? little over 1 month
How many miles on your cam? about 1000
What reliability issues have you had since the cam install? none
What have you broke on the car since the cam install? nothing
How much power you puttin' down? 373/339
Other mods? Auto, 2.73 gears, LS1 intake, slp lid, pacesetter lt's & ory, borla catback w/no plate, tci ssf3500, dyno in 2nd gear

[Miriah]

What are your cam specs? 224/224 580 113lsa
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Did you install the cam yourself? CARTEK installed
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How long has your cam been in? almost 2yrs I think.
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How many miles on your cam? Not sure couple thousand
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What reliability issues have you had since the cam install? none
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What have you broke on the car since the cam install? the stock 10 bolt had 4.10s and locked up the rear and the trans. Motor is fine never had a problem.
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How much power you puttin' down? I think just over 400hp, not a dyno queen so never really asked.
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Other mods? in sig.

[jrp]

to bad my cam review thread got fucked up :(

i'll make a new one and merge this thread with it :D

[jumpcable]

What are your cam specs? LPE GT1 Cam 218/229, .560/.560, 113 LSA
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Did you install the cam yourself? YES - apartment complex parking lot :D
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How long has your cam been in? since January 2004
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How many miles on your cam? roughly 3K
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What reliability issues have you had since the cam install? cold start idle issues and some surging. Since tuning cold start idle has improved.
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What have you broke on the car since the cam install? Poly Tranny mount an stock clutch is on its way
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How much power you puttin' down? 356 HP, 346 TQ
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Other mods? in sig.

I wish I could post my graph, but my torque curve is almost flat from 3300K to about 6K. The cam starts to die off around 6400 so I shift when my tac goes to about 6500. I would recommend this cam to anyone that is going to spray...seems it would be a decent FI cam.

- Patrick :D

[MYSCZ06]

What are your cam specs? 219/228 ..525/.525 112 LS1 HOTCAM
Did you install the cam yourself? YES
How long has your cam been in? 9 months
How many miles on your cam? 1500 miles
What reliability issues have you had since the cam install? NONE SINCE TUNING WAS DONE
What have you broke on the car since the cam install? NOTHING
How much power you puttin' down? 390.9 rwhp 385.8 rwtq(After Tuning)
Other mods? LID, PACESETTER LONGTUBE HEADERS,MUFFLEX 3 INCH Y-PIPE,CUT OUT,TUNING

Dyno Sheet (http://www.carolinaautomasters.com/dynographs/shawnnoble.JPG)

[V-10 Killer]

1)What are your cam specs? 231/237 .598"/.595" 112+2LSA

2) Did you install the cam yourself? Yes

- How long did it take you and how much did you spend on parts and tools? 2 1/2 months due to waiting on backordered parts. Spent about 5k, but did headers, heads, cam, EWP, new pushrods, oil pump ASP pulley... Nothing spent on tools.

3) How long has your cam been in? 1 Month

4) How many miles on your cam? ~250 Miles

- Include what springs your are running and if they have been used on multiple cams. New springs, whatever dual springs were included on TSP Race style LS6 heads, good for .650" lift.

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install? None

- Indicate before and after tune issues: After, needed to drill throttle blade to 5/16" to idle right. Lugs while slowing down, still tuning...

6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install? Nothing

7) How much power you puttin' down? Will find out June 17th.

8) Other mods? Borla Exhaust, QTP cutout, Jethot Longtube's w/catted y pipes, Meziere Electric water pump, LS6 intake, Delphi 37# injectors, NGK TR6 plugs, MSD Supeconductor Wires, Ported Oil Pump, Rollmaster Double Roller Timing chain. Chromemoly pushrods, WS6 Airlid, K&N Filter, SLP airlid, Ported Throttle Body, TCI 3200 Streetfighter, NOS 5177 Kit, my hands are falling asleep typing this.....

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak: Will find out June 17th.

- List your rev limiter and where you shifted at: 6200 RPM's

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why?
Pretty extreme grind for daily driver, but can be done. Unbelievable power on demand :D

[PC PaiN]

1)What are your cam specs?

- 232/240 .595..609 112LSA

2) Did you install the cam yourself?

- Took me about 10 hours maybe less. Spent 10$ for a valvespring compressor and stud and nut.

3) How long has your cam been in? Couple of months I guess

4) How many miles on your cam?

- Few hundred. I'm running Patriot Gold springs rated at .650 lift.

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install?

- Car didn't idle before tuning. After tuning everything runs perfectly.

6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install?

Nothing

7) How much power you puttin' down?

347RWHP/375RWTQ Unlocked through a 4600 stall.


8) Other mods?

LT's, true duals, lid, UY 4600 2.9 STR stall.

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak

- List your rev limiter and where you shifted at

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why?

Bad ass cam :D

[foff667]

1)What are your cam specs?

- 231/237 .598..595 112+2LSA

2) Did you install the cam yourself?

- Yes, did heads/cam at the same time over 4-5 days with my friends help had to wait a day to get the oil pressure sensor we broke.

3) How long has your cam been in? Since early april 04

4) How many miles on your cam?

- 3K at this time

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install?

- Car didn't idle before tuning. After tuning everything runs well.

6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install?

Nothing

7) How much power you puttin' down?

http://www.ls1camaro.net/freehosting/dynocomparison.jpg

8) Other mods?

Patriot S2 5.7 unmilled heads
Pacesetter LT's
ORY
Borla catback
tci 3500 2.5 str stall converter
Automatic w/ 2.73 gears
ls1 intake
stock TB
stock pulley
stock waterpump

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak

- List your rev limiter and where you shifted at
rev limiter will be set at 6800 with my new tune and shift points to 6600

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why?

yes, its a badass sounding cam that makes great power.

[dudas35]

1)What are your cam specs?

- TSP 228/228 .588/.588 112+2

2) Did you install the cam yourself? Yes

- How long did it take you and how much did you spend on parts and tools. - Entire weekend due to rain and missing parts. Parts $850, Tools - buddy spent $200 and i borrowed his


3) How long has your cam been in? 7 months

4) How many miles on your cam? 24k

- Include what springs your are running and if they have been used on multiple cams - Using Patriot Performance dual spring.

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install? None

- Indicate before and after tune issues. Before would not idle after hot, after have some surging at 1800 rpms and below, and a part throttle ping below 2000 rpm's, still working on that.

6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install? Nothing yet, but rear-end is starting to get really noisy.

7) How much power you puttin' down? 385hp/367tq

- Include dyno sheets if you have them

Before cam
http://www.ls1camaro.net/freehosting/dyno040304s.jpg

- Multiple cam guys post overlays of the 2 cams if you have them or list the added gains.

8) Other mods? LS6 intake, Pacesetter headers/ory, magnaflow exhaust, TSP lid, air and egr deleted, Predator tuner w/custom tune.

- Bolt ons
- Stall size N/A
- N20 - N/A
- stock or forged bottom end - Stock
- stock or aftermarket heads - Stock

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak Peaked at 6200 after cam 5850 before

- List your rev limiter and where you shifted at- Rev limiter now at 6600, i shift at 6400

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why? Yes, it's pretty aggressive and still has good manners with a tune. Only a slight surging below 2k rpm's. On the dyno, it picked up HP from the beginning to the end, no loss above 2k, all gains. Below that i don't know. It still feels strong.

[Boostaholic]

1)What are your cam specs?

242/248 .608/.612 110 LSA (TREX)

2) Did you install the cam yourself?

Yes

- How long did it take you and how much did you spend on parts and tools

Complete motor rebuild, I would guess about 6 hours start to finish though if I had to redo it.

3) How long has your cam been in?

3 days

4) How many miles on your cam?

0 mile motor, 90k on the car

CC 921 double, reused, soon to be replaced

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install?

Surges like a crazy bitch at low RPMs

6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install?

Broken the tires loose a bunch of times :/

7) How much power you puttin' down?

No dyno yet, but it is a lot

8) Other mods?

Forged 408 iron stroker
Air box, SLP MAF, mid length headers, dual cutouts, corsa catback, ls6 ported oil pump, dr timing set, etc etc.

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak

don't know yet

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why?
This doesn't seem like a good idea if you drive around town a lot. You have to keep the RPMS up for it to not surge, and driving slow is hard.

[Hash Brown]

1)What are your cam specs?

228/234 .588/.598 112+2

2) Did you install the cam yourself?

My friend installed it for me.

3) How long has your cam been in?
1 week
4) How many miles on your cam?
125 miles
- Include what springs your are running and if they have been used on multiple cams
Patriot Performance Golds
5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install?
None at all
- Indicate before and after tune issues
No tune yet at all... running great
6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install?
nothing
7) How much power you puttin' down?
most likely over 400 rwhp... for sure after tune
- Include dyno sheets if you have them
- Multiple cam guys post overlays of the 2 cams if you have them or list the added gains.

8) Other mods?

other mods in sig

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak
not sure
- List your rev limiter and where you shifted at
stock at the moment
10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why?
Yes... great for a m6. Lots of power n/a and with the spray
TIA

[STREET SHARK]

Fastech installed cam & heads, Heads are stage 1 heads that flowed 8 to 10cfm up top better. Custom grind comp cams 228/288 .588/.588 114+2 Mods are in sig, dyno# at Fastech are: N/A 438.57rwhp & 401.26 waiting on retune and asp pulley and comp cams 7.375 pushrods . Idle is good but will be better after retune a/f running 13.9 to 13.3 after pulling cat off Retune should fix This cam seems perfect on the ls1 installed st up! Not to big and not to small! The heads were Milled .040 not .030 like sponcer said, but p/v was 187/230 safe, compression 10.94:1 mileage on cam 1k miles Everything seem fine but after retune and right size pushrod &asp pulley. Should be safe and at 450rwhp Gas mileage is better than stock!!!!!!

[jdearles]

Originally posted by jrp
to bad my cam review thread got fucked up :(

i'll make a new one and merge this thread with it :D

You know I was looking for that thread??? I hope it comes back soon, it was excellent.

[gettinthere]

Updated 8/31

1)What are your cam specs?

233/236 .585/.599 112lsa

2) Did you install the cam yourself?

Nope

3) How long has your cam been in?

couple of months

4) How many miles on your cam?

about 2000 now.

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install?

Once everything got tuned, it runs a bit rich at start up, but that's it.

6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install?

nothing yet

7) How much power you puttin' down?

430rwhp on a Mustang Dyno = ~465 on a Dynojet

8) Other mods?

see sig

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak

Starts around 2700 and I can spin it to 7300 w/o losing power. But I'll only go to 6900 on the stock bottom end.

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why?

Yes and no. No b/c it was a custom grind and I like being the only one I know if that has it. Yes b/c so far it's an awesome cam.

[QWIKLS1]

1) What are my cam specs? G5x3 @ 114+4 (24x/24x .6xx"/.61x")

2) Did you install the cam yourself? No. I had it installed the same time a bunch of other stuff. Labor was around $400ish for the cam.

3) How long has the cam been in? About 2 months.

4) How many miles? Less than 1000

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install? Not a single mechanical issue.

6) What have you broke on the car? Nothing yet, but the stock 4L60E is on it's way out.

7) How much power you putting down? 401rwhp/385rwtq (see attached dyno sheet)

8) Other mods?

- QTP LT's, LS6 intake, Walbro 255, Bo White TB, SVO 36#, True duals dumped, Crane dual springs.
- Yank SY3500/1.63 STR
- 75/100 Dry shot (no dyno #'s yet)
- stock bottom end
- "cleaned up" 5.7L heads from a '99 LS1

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak? See attached dyno.

- List your rev limiter and where you shifted at

Rev limiter is 6800, shift point is ~6400

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why? Absolutely. The power comes on like a jet engine's afterburner around 4600-4800 rpm's. It definately took some getting used to, but I like this cam more and more the more I drive the car. :D

[DarkPhoenix]

Please add this to the cam review thread.

1)What are your cam specs?
Crane 220/224 .583 114 lsa

ADV@.004 @.05
IVO: 27* 0*
IVC: 75* 40*
EVO: 77* 50*
EVC: 29* -6*
Adv duration: 282/286
Valve overlap: -6*
ICA: 110
ECA: 118
RPM Range: 2400-5900 float- 6500

2) Did you install the cam yourself?
YES :) It took me a 3 day weekend to install the cam and the AFR 205 heads. Took me a little longer to get everything good to go and running, but she runs like a top now.

3) How long has your cam been in?
It has been installed for 2 months now, without any problems. I have about 500 to 1000 miles on the cam, most of which highway driving to get he car dyotuned. I have Crane 1.8 quick lift rocker arms to get the valves going faster, the lift stated above is accounting the rockers. I have the springs that came with the AFR heads, they are the same as the patriot dual gold springs, but arent gold in color. No problems with them yet.

5) What reliability issues have you had since the cam install?
Before tuning I had just bumped the idle to 800 to get things started. At first When I started the car it would just die. I had to give her a little throttle till she warmed up so she would stay alive. After more tuning and some done by More Performance in Charlotte Nc. I have made some alterations to their tune and she starts up fine and goes just like she did stock. Idle is at 850. Driving to and from getting the tune I got 28 mpg, which impressed the crap out of me considering the heads and cam.

6) What have you broke on the car since the cam install?
Nothing, thank goodness!

7) How much power you puttin' down?
Dyno sheet can be found here... http://community.webshots.com/album/236058828QDQzkF/1
385hp 374 tq
I had some problems with the rocker arms and lifter preload, these runs were with less than optimal preload, I think I have corrected it now though. This run was with everything in my sig, minus the SLP underdrive pulley.

8) Other mods?
See my sig for other mods. In the future I plan on a Fast 90/90, true duals sans cats, I also need a TC, planning on a YankSS 3200 2.1 str with a set of 3.23 gears. Stock stall and 2.73 gears are so-so.

9) Where was the powerband at and how high did it peak
Peak was 5700-5900 Shift at 6200 with rev limiter at 6400. The cam pretty much has the stock powerband, but makes a crap load more power. From my last dyno I picked up 50tq and 60hp. :cool:

10) Would you recommend your cam to another user and why?
Yes, If you are looking for a good A4 cam that retains stock like drivability, gets great gas mileage, and makes a crap load more power than stock, this cam is for you!