Thats basically all I was saying, was that the stock bearings after already probably being worn may not be able to handle a cam that spins that high, or needs to be spun that high to get the power out of it. I wasn't saying the cam itself can damage or spin the bearing, didn't mean for it to come out that way.

 

Not bad at all for a hotcam. Lose that GMAF (its designed to work with a stock engine, not a cammed one) and find some headers.

 

Thats awesome! Congradulations on the power gain!

 

Awesome gains from such a "baby" cam as everyone says. I'm actually thinking about going with the hotcam since my car is a daily driver and rarely sees the track.

 

Same here. Since I'm not an engineer, my car isn't a dedicated race car, and I'm not trying to squeeze out every last ounce of hp from my engine, I couldn't justify the money spent trying to re-invent the wheel on a custom ground cam. I went with what was proven on what I was looking to gain.

 

The Hotcam is one of the best "Bang for the Buck" cams out there. Espeacially for daily drivers. I used to drive my car to work and back, about 140miles round trip every day then drive to the track on Friday nites, another 90 miles round trip. The car ran 12.20's@110mph N/A and 11.40's@120mph on 150HP NX then streetrace on the way home and it never left me anywhere! Thats what I call fun. But the speed bug bit me bad and I had to run low 10's. The car is still very streetable but I don't trust it to go everywhere like I used to. Later Clint

 

My 94 z28 dynoed at 347hp with hotcam kit. bolt on and full tuned. The guy that tune my car got 20hps out of tuning. Car down now since I have 170k Im going with a 383 hotcamed. I'll post my new #'s after project done. It is possible to make good power with a hotcam.

 

Encouraging information on using the Hotcam in a daily driver. Clint and Compstall how was your mileage?

I've always seen great results out of the little Hotcam, regardless of it's size or "age".

I'm thinking about tossing one in my 95 M6 [Hooker LT/SLP CAI/True Duals]

-Dustin-

 

You bringing back all threads from the dead huh Dustin? I got same mileage with the Hotcam and stock cam. It is very mild but makes good torque. I would run something a little bigger now but back then it worked great.

 

Yes, I bring many of them back, but it's because I do a lot of research. There is tons of great information archived on here, you just got to look for it.

Either way, thanks for the info Clint.

-Dustin-

 

I think it's impressive that someone who had been posting in this almost 5 year old thread actually responded within 24 hours of its resurrection.

Everyone always seems to say go bigger whenever the hotcam is mentioned, but for whatever reason I'm more interested in the baby cams. I've heard the "Cadillac" cam is a nice, small cam. I think maybe SpeedInc grinds them.

 

I like re-reading these old threads! It's sorta like deja vu, then you look at the date and realize you HAVE read it before.

 

The hotcam is nice improvement over stock IMO, I would have gone the 847 route if I felt the motor could spin 6600 rpm safely.

 

Yes, but the 847 would require headwork to fully support it.

 

I pulled 339 RWHP with LT4 heads, intake and Hotcam kit pushing out SLP LT4 exhaust manifolds...and a stock tune.