Well i started it up for the first time last night. Didnt run into any major problems. I havent found anyone running this cam yet, and therefore havent found any video either... so this may be the first?? anyway here are the two vids I took last night.

Initial Startup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n17ALdaAUQE

Warm idle w/little revs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mjQjR4sRcM

I was expecting it to be a little wilder, but that being said the engine has the sound of being a "very well matched" combo. I think its gonna run real strong once i get the tune right. It chops real good under 1k RPM but sounds stockish above that.

As a side note... Changing the oil pump spring and deleting the oil cooler definitely did something I have never seen my oil pressure gauge exceed 50 in the past and that was at WOT!!!

enjoy, and consider this thread a huge THANK YOU for all the information and help I have received here! (but im not finished yet )

 

Sounds good

I used that cam in a friend's motor that I built with stock heads and higher compression. You'll love it, it's a great cam. It drives great and makes exceptional power.

 

good to hear. thats exactly what I did, milled 20 thousandths and used impala head gaskets

 

Pretty close, I had his heads milled .010" and used impala head gaskets. I think his is more like 11:1.

His car drives waaay better and is far more tame than my car that has a significantly larger Bauer cam...but mine is quite a bit quicker

Honestly though, if we added a set of ported heads to the car with the AI cam, I think it would likely be just as quick as my car.

 

Is this still the stock motor? Are a lot of people swapping cams on stock motors and not trashing their motors now? I remember anyone who did a cam swap on a stock motor usually ended up back in here after a few weeks talking about spun bearings, etc.

 

stock, 90000 mile motor yes.

And that right there is why I put myself through a gruesome 10 hours changing a stupid oil pump spring and deleting the oil cooler. Judging by what the oil pressure gauge is showing, it was worth the extra 2000 swear words.

 

Joelius - are you the one that started the AI Cam only package thread? If so, be sure to post up results!! (that was an interesting thread)

Good luck!

 

no that wasnt me but i did post in there!

I want to get my tune spot on before I post any numbers up.

 

contact alexs on here. he's pretty close to you. maybe he will chime in

 

"Usually", no. Occasionally, yes.

 

that red candy looks good on your intake

 

Sounds nice

 

thanks

I just took the car for a ride. It seems to be running just fine. I didnt go over 2200 rpm yet though. Its def doesnt want to idle and has some buck... but yet seems like a pretty friendly cam. im sure that stuff will be better once tuned. it sounds stock at 2k rpm.

I need to figure out why my radiator fans are running high speed. Could be AIR/EGR removed... i gotta hook up my computer to it again.

 

Sounds good!

Hey, did you know you are low on coolant and the service engine soon light is on J/K

 

I expected it to be a bit more wild also, whats the rest of the specs on the cam, or do they tell you?