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Which of these cams would you choose?

Old Aug 4, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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Which of these cams would you choose?

75-100 shot of nitrous
10-15lbs of boost
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dart iron eagle SS heads

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COMP CAMS:

Cam 1: 236/248 113
Cam 2: 230/236 113
Cam 3: 230/244 112
Cam 4: 242/248 113
Cam 5: 224/230 112
Cam 6: 224/236 113
Cam 7: 227/234 112

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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 04:26 PM
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Re: Which of these cams would you choose?

What motor? Stock L98 shortblock? What kind of power adder? Blower or turbo?
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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 10:07 PM
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Re: Which of these cams would you choose?

Originally Posted by Orr89RocZ
What motor? Stock L98 shortblock? What kind of power adder? Blower or turbo?


I went with Cam 4. Bought it today over the phone

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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 07:13 AM
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Re: Which of these cams would you choose?

Way too big imo. I run near that duration in my 400. I would have gone cam 6 but you dont give much info on the cams to really determine things.
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Old Aug 6, 2013 | 09:10 AM
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Re: Which of these cams would you choose?

I would have went with Cam 3: 230/244 112. Lots of SC intake air and N2O air needs lots of exhaust duration to dump the waste.
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Old Aug 9, 2013 | 07:45 AM
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Re: Which of these cams would you choose?

I'm running the following cam on a 413" sbc with P1SC and AFR210s

224/236 @ 0.050 276/288 adv .535/.554 lift 113lsa 108ctr

(which I assume is cam6 in your list)

Good idle, doesn't sound like crap, low end power off boost, etc.

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