what is the powerband on the cc230/236? and does it surge under 2000rpm or do i just have a problem or something?

 

i get a little surge under 2000 with mine

 

The cam will peak at 5800-6000 rpms I know thats what it did in my car. But my 230/236 cam had +4 deg adv gound in it. Not sure if yours is. I had a surg with mine at 2500rpms.

 

I had surge with mine but you can tune it out. Retard the spark timing some below 2k. I can drive mine as low as 1500 rpm at 15mph. Powerband is about 3500 - 6200.

 

ditto here man with the small amount of surge below 2000RPM. I also noticed a tiny bit of low end loss, but this cam rips ya back pretty good from 3500 to 6200.

trav

 

I have a question for those of you running the 230/236. I am having issues with the car at low rpm which I was told was cam surge, but I'm not sure if this is normal. I would appreciate your help.

The car idles nice and smooth at 850 and above 2000 rpm it drives fine, however when I go from a stop, if I just let out the clutch the car really bogs down (rpm's drop to 400-500) and so I have to give it the right amount of gas to keep it alive. Also, when I'm just cruising around say at 1400-1600 rpm at low speeds, the car shakes back and forth I think it feels like a stumble. Is this all normal? I guess I'm getting used to it and so I just shift a bit higher and use the clutch more when driving at low speeds, but I was just wondering if it was normal or if it can be corrected. btw the car has a PCMforless tune.


Also I would like to know how high those of you who have stock bottom ends have spun the cam and how high is it safe to rev to in your opinion? I haven't really taken it that high yet as I still have only put about 700 miles on the new top end, but I want to be safe.

 

mine made peak power at 6200, pulls hard from around 3K........All the surge has been tuned out of it....

 

as far as the powerband would it help if i have my vigilante stepped up to the next level? im glad to know that there is a low end loss with this cam cause i was worried that i had wasted my money on the heads n cam swap lol. thanks for the replies

 

If you could go to a 3400-3600 stall, you would be right there with that cam. You are talking about a pretty good amount of duration for a 350 - especially with ported heads. Get the higher stall and you should put the engine right where it needs to be.