Where did the members of this board running the GM846 get their cam from? Does it come opti ready? When I looked up the part number on scoggin dickey the item description said nothing about the cam being for LT1 engines.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/540/...r-Camshaft.htm


Someone verify it for me please.

 

Yep, thats what I saw. It just says nothing about it having the dowel for a LT1 engine.

 

Custom fit the dowel pin, if necessary. Not a big deal.

 

steveo, what are you putting the 846 in?

 

sorry to steal the thread, but how would i go about custom fitting the dowel pin? can the stock dowel pin from a stock cam be removed and used?

 

I'm thinking about running it in my '95. I'm shopping around comparing similar sized cams to the 846. I just want a bit more punch. I dont race and dont really care about dyno numbers or getting the fastest et. I just want a nice idle, good vacuum and more power up top.

I'm really thinking about it though... cause I cant afford for my daily driver to break down. If my Z28 spins a bearing or something, I'd be in trouble cause fixing it would cripple me finanically.

 

Should just about any competent machine shop do the interference fit for me or is it something I can do at home?

 

Gm Parts Direct sell the 846 for 219.00.
The part # is 12370846

 

GM parts direct has good prices, but the shippimg is through the roof. Use that same stock number, search it on Summit's site. It will show up, and I betcha it is cheaper than GM parts direct. Not to mention it will tell the application it is for.

 

Steavo I am still concidering all the cams, what made you head towards this one?

 

I wanted something mild, with a decent idle, good vacuum, low surge, decent gas milage etc. I dont plan on spinning the car over 6000rpms and I'd like to still be able to pass emissions. Finally, I dont race the car so I'm not trying to get the most power possible.

I had first looked at the hotcam package. Its a good value, but decided if I'm gonna spend the money to do a cam swap, I'd be willing to spend a bit more to get something little bit bigger. I only want to do this once.

I then researched some of the comp XE grinds. The 224/230 was one I really looked into. I read a bunch of posts about the aggressive XE lobes being hard on the valvetrain. I'm not sure how much truth there is to this, but with my car being a daily driver I thought I'd look for something similar sized, but with more "conventional" lobes.

After more research, I thought I'd look into the Crane/GM 846 cam. Its pretty close in size to the XE 224/230. I'd expect it to put out similar power numbers to the XE cam, the difference would probably go unnoticed on the street. It also ought to theoretically be easier on the valvetrain.

So yeah... thats where my train of thought has been. I'm still thinkin it over... Hopefully, whatever cam I end up choosing will make me happy.

 

Well Here's what my 846 sounds like in my caprice. Full 2.5 exhaust.
http://qicsan.com/images/swab.wav
http://qicsan.com/images/swab2.wav

 

Wow, sounds mean!

Do you have any timeslips for your caprice?

 

SteveO, looks like you have some nice cars in the family. Good luck with the cam project and remember to take your time and keep everything as clean as possible when your working on it.