Where did all of you get your cam for your turbo setup and for how much? Custom or shelf grind?

 

I say cam it like you want it to drive - There are "ideal" cams, but the turbo will make power either way.

Look up Speed Inc's car when they had the lt1. He did a lot of cam swapping and found that every time he went to a bigger cam (even ones with more overlap that suggested for boost) he made more power - Just at a higher rpm range. Well guess what an NA car does with a bigger cam.

If you want to spin it to 7k, get a cam that will do that. I have a 218/224 112lsa cam - technically I still have a little bit of negative overlap, but between the baby cam and tiny turbo I only spin it to 5500-5700ish at most.

 

I'm looking to spin it to around 6500. I don't really care to see 7k.

 

mine was custom spec'd by comp cams

230/236 .544/.555 on a 114LSA (all on 1.6RR)

comp grind#lt1 3315/3316 HR114.0

Took them 3 business days top my door in canada!

Jay

 

How much was it?

 

I think it was 302us shipped to my house. I dont think they charge shipping. Also tell them u need the long dowel for the vented opti. They put the wrong one in mine.

Jay

 

Jay,

How do you like that cam?

Thanks,
Scott.

 

I had that same cam in my N/A setup stock bottom end... 383rwhp @ 6000rpm / 353rwtq @ 5300rpm. I liked it.

 

the cam hasnt been run yet. I am still in the process of building my hot side.

Jay

 

Holy crap, I forgot about that setup, but I remember now you posting about it a lot back in the day.

 

holy facking torque, i bet that was fun to drive

 

My N/A setup did 411RWHP@6080rpm and 396RWT@4500ish RPM....it was fun to drive. Mash the gas at 80kmph and feel the backend kick out. Merging on highways was fun

Jay

 

Yeah, it seems like it was so long ago! That was back in 2003... and a few months later I tore it down for the big build. Never got a chance to get it back together.

The tq was great... those numbers were with LE stage 2 heads from 2003.

 

Cool. I'd like to see how it works with a turbo.

What did you guys think of the street manners/drivability/sound?

Thanks,

 

It had a good lope to it (probably a 5 on a scale of 1-10). Powerband was perfect IMO. It would buck below 1500rpm until I got the tune worked out, then it pulled pretty smooth down low.