Hey crew,

Im thinking about digging into my motor to liven her up a little bit. I want to add a cam but im not sure how they work with these cars with the computer and such. I want to have a nice loopy idle that nice muscle car sound.

I see that the duration is stock specs are decent but there is more.

i found this one online and wanted to see what u thought. also what was good for a decent upgrade from stock and why.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=120299626071

Thanks

 

If you haven't upgraded your valve springs, that cam is probably too much. Do a quick search and see what others are running with smilar setups to yours.

 

Keep it smaller and be a lot happier.

Hot cam would be about it if Im driving it everyday.

U want something with torque all the way around.

Comp has a very nice 212/218 cam with .488/.495 lift that works very very well in TPI cars with a little tuning. Sounds aggressive and and comes on like a freight train if u throw a little head work at it too boot.

 

you wouldnt have the part number for that cam would you. i couldnt find it or else im blind lol.

thanks

ps do you have to change the springs or rocker arms on that one.

 

Eldelbrock performer cam is what i ran in mine. It keeps the duration low for the fuel injection,i think it has 214 duration and it not bad on price either.

 

What are the rest of your mods? There is so many other things you "should" do while the intake manifold is off to swap a camshaft, that its better (in my opinion) to wait and do heads and cam at the same time.

You can put in a better camshaft, but anything that works with the stock computer will give you about 15-20 horsepower and that's it. And if you keep the stock intake, runners, and heads, you're just limiting yourself even further. To get the most benefit from a camshaft swap, you need to have upgraded everything else, first. Any camshaft worth installing (215 intake duration or more ) will *REQUIRE* a custom ECM chip. A hypertech or jet chip is not a custom one.

Lastly, if you still have the stock heads, then your valve springs are 20 years old as well. Replace them at the same time. I can recommend the Manley 22409-16 springs for a stockish cam ( less than 215 duration and .500" lift ) and the 22410-16 springs for a bigger cam ( .500" lift or more ). Use the 23652-16 retainers with either springs and you're good for up to .550" lift camshafts.