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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 09:41 PM
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what to look for in a cam?

what kinda of lift/duration #'s should I be looking for? motor is 8:1 350 stockish heads/TPI with a P600b @ 10-12lbs. more of a street/daily driver, but will see some track time.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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Re: what to look for in a cam?

possibly something like comp's 276nx blower/nitrous grind. 224/236... its abit bigger than i'd like for that setup but i do hear blowers tame cams down abit. could go custom grind, but basically you dont want alot of overlap like optimal n/a cams have. generally a wider exhaust duration split and slightly wider lsa dependign on duration

with stockish L98 heads, i would keep lift no more than .500's-.520's. no point in going too much higher. Boost may make the flow numbers peak at a higher lift than a n/a motor but i dont think its gonna make much difference in power
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 08:03 AM
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Re: what to look for in a cam?

Be careful with spring retainer to valve guide seal clearance with the stock L98 heads. If your heads are cast iron they might be different than the aluminum ones on my Corvette, but I would think they would be the same. On my car, anything over about a .520 lift would cause the keepers to contact the valve seals.
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 09:04 AM
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Re: what to look for in a cam?

Overlap is not necessarily bad in a forced induction applications. It does increase fuel consumption.

Since overlap increases scavenging, more fresh mixture can be compressed since the intake pressure helps to remove the residual exhaust gases with results similar to an increase in compression ratio.

Here's an interesting experiment on the subject:

http://www.not2fast.com/NACA/naca-tn-405.pdf
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 10:38 AM
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Re: what to look for in a cam?

Orr hit the nail on the head. Wider LSA, longer exhaust. I'd keep the intake short, since you have such a small CR, that you'll want your low end back.
You have a centrifugal blower right? Therefore you'll have a bit of a soft bottom end until the blower comes on.
You don't really need a big cam (duration wise), just like Orr said (although he was referring to lift), since the blower will make up for it. ie even if the cam says 1200-5200RPM, the blower will make it a wider range.
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Old Jun 23, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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Re: what to look for in a cam?

a zz9 cam by tpis or something similiar to that might work pretty good
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