I figured that since I have the rest of the hotcam stuff to install I might as well put a hotcam in the car... Anyone have one for sale?

 

I have been looking for a hot cam for about 2 weeks now. Seems like for a suposed crappy cam they sure are hard to find.

 

You aren't kidding!

 

i am considering this cam too, as i am looking to downgrade from my 306, but i havent been able to find any used. jegs and summit keep them but thats about the only place i have seen them, other than a company on ebay who regrinds cams to that hotcam spec... noone has seemed to have had a problem with his cams from the people i know with them, but they arent the original gmpp hotcam.. if i dont find one soon i will prolly end up going this route

mike

 

I have one of Willhoites reground hotcams but would rather go with a genuine GM HOTcam. I will sell the regrind for $50

 

Up - Still looking.

 

Still looking!

 

I don't know about finding this cam used, you may have to order a new one. You don't want a more aggresive cam? Did you ever change the converter and go back to the track?

 

i got one that may be up for sell who wants it! lol

 

Geezer, ran at the track Friday night, in cooler weather. Did a 13.12 @ 104.3 with a 1.77 60 foot. Haven't changed the converter; that's in the works for this winter. I now know that the valve springs in the car are wasted; it was starting to nose over into valve float at slightly higher than stock shift points.

Since I drive the car a lot, I don't want to get too hairy with the cam. MPG is still fairly important to me and the car isn't a weekend toy or dedicated drag racer. On top of that I have the rest of the LT4 Hotcam stuff sitting in a box next to another set of stock heads that need a valve job after I do some mild port work to 'em. The mildly ported heads with the hotcam and a good converter should net me some decently impressive gains without compromising driveability. I'm figuring that mid to low 12's aren't unreasonable. Done this way it's not too expensive and I can put aside some cash for a 12 bolt rear to do away with the made-of-glass 10 bolt.

On a side note, at the track, the guys I went with couldn't believe that I had never lifted a valve cover; they all figured I had more going on than the bolt-ons. Go figure. Wait until spring.

 

Im sure you'll get a 12 with cooler temps coming in. A nice friday night in october with temps in low 40's should do it. Its got the trap for a 12. I've gone high 12's with less mph b4. Maybe yank the sway bar out next time or try and just disconnect it and 50 psi in the front tires. I rememeber adjusting the driverside rockers once cause I thought one was loose. I'd go over them and see if maybe thats why its diving over on the top end.

 

What I'm probably going to do in the next few days is pop on the LT4 valve spring kit and the 1.6 rockers I have sitting next to the car. If I'm going throuhg the trouble of popping the valve covers to adjust valve, might as well go all the way and install the rockers, too...

The car needs a converter, bad. My wallet says that it has to wait, though.