And would you mind posting an exhaust sound clip for me? When I get around to replacing the intake manifold gaskets, I'm thinking of installing a cam just for fun... Thanks!

 

There is a vid floating around here that has a 2.8 cammed in it. I'll have a cammed 3.1 here in a few months.

 

http://www.fquick.com/videos/Idle/635

 

I have a cammed 3.1 with TBI.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gNVs-_RzwFo

 

wuts a good cam to go with a 2.8 ????

 

Is this your exact car cause if so we have the same color and rims

 

Nope, But have roller rockers on a stock cam and she scoots pretty good for a little 2.8. There isn't anything else stock about this car at all except the bottom end of the motor.

Here's an in cockpit video clip of it braking and accelerating. The car is an '87 2.8l auto with 3.23 gears. It runs high 15's which is slow, but very very repectful for a 2.8V6 on all motor only.
http://www.zippyvideos.com/681124941...ilwaffarn_010/

 

That car does move pretty good. I wonder how mine will do with a cam.

 

I'm ordering my cam next week and completing my rebuild in a couple weeks from now. I'm using the towing cam from the S10 Blazer's 2.8 to increase the low-end. I'll let you know how it goes when I'm done, if you're interested.

 

It'll take a whole lot more than just a cam. I have over 30k into this car modification wise. The drivetrain is extremely lightweight and exotic. APCT CF driveshaft for one, moser drilled axles, Trans is wickedly built.... it goes on and on. Just one fun daily runner for around town use.

 

Depends on your intended use of the car.

A cam for daily driver is not the same one you would want for drag, or autox, boosted, etc.

 

The way you described your car it sounded like it was just completely stock except for the cam. I got a 260H, ported heads, 1.6 roller rockers to go on a 3.1 that I am going to be getting soon. Mine has a little suspension work but from the sound of your car I have won't scoot that good. I'm just doing this to be reliable, nothing crazily modded.

 

This sounded like I said I had just a cam with everything else stock?

 

How bad is a high performance CAM on emissions? I have a fuel injection firebird 3.1 and I want a high performance cam, can I get away with it in California?

 

Safely you can run .440/,440 lift on a fuel injection car (MPFI) and still pass without too much dirty overlap, Nor messing to badly with the computer sensors.

 

I don't know how I got that out of what you posted. I guess that I was just really tired that day lol. I am out of it after school and a hard's days work some days.

 

Here is the car if interested in veiwing.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/518752/1
Its a radical daily driver I built for my wife. Took something different and built it into my version of a grocery getter. Its my family car per say. This car corners like you can not believe. It really does not need massive power to enjoy since it carriers its speed. Its just fun to drive daily and is not ment to be a massive HP garage queen.

 

Here is my little cammed V6

http://media.putfile.com/Cammed-3500-V6

.549 lift/293 advertised roller cam

315 HP/296 TQ

 

You could always dump some G2P in the tank. Does just what the name implies, you're Guaranteed to Pass. Took my emissions without a frequency card in the maf and I passed!

 

Yes sir it is. You have an FQuick ?

 

with a larger cam, any idle test will be hard to pass, if you have the ability to tune the car you can reduce the VE tables at idle, then bump up the spark timing a little to get rid of the rich idle.


As long as you have a good cat it should be ok if you don't go too agressive with the cam.

 

here is a clip of my car with open headers while waiting in line at the strip