poweredbylt1

what is the best cam for an LT1 and how many ponies they will do?




[Modified by poweredbylt1, 8:18 PM 3/1/2002]

vader86

LT4 Hotcam, could get you plenty of power if tuned right with correct heads

85z51vette

How wild are you wanting to get? :D The CC306 is pretty beastly. :yesnod: I'm sure others will chime in, too...

:cheers:

Nathan Plemons

"BEST" means different things to different people. If you consider best to mean a good deal of power while maintaining good street manners with a healthy idle at a decent price, you can't go wrong with the Hot Cam. There are plenty of other options, but I'm a big fan of the Hot Cam.

Look in the sig for some sound clips and such. I'm making 336 horsepower with stock heads, LcVette is making 370 or more with a set of home ported heads.

All around it's a pretty good bang for the buck cam.

Zora

TPI....ZZ9 :yesnod:

mackeyred96

Can you narrow that statement down a bit????????????

rbhighrise

Isthisbetter? :D J/K

GlockLT4

I like the HOT cam, the 306 and the ZZ9 the most...

TNTC4VETTE

Mackey,
My interpretation seems to be he's wanting to stuff a cam in a stock motor and make more HP...

Zix

For emissions required cars I like the CC305, it packs a nice punch. For non-emissions cars I would go with the CC306 in a heartbeat, that's a roudy cam that makes some mean power!!

Nathan Plemons

In an otherwise stock car the CC306 is probably a lot of overkill. My friend's 396 lopes VERY hard with the CC306, I don't see how a 350 could even run with it. With stock heads and manifolds, etc It's probably too much cam for the motor and can actually be counter productive. There is also no way you would pass it off as a sleeper.

MVR 155

Unless your using big gears and have head work the CC306 is way overkill, for a stock head car the ZZ9 or hotcam would work well, I am stepping up from the hotcam and going with a Comp Extreme Energy cam ( 224/230 duration@.050.....536/.544 lift 1.6rocker....112 LSA). You have to decide what you want to do with the car and how important everyday drivability will be as well if you want to pass emmisions or not.

Mike

ANTI VENOM

MVR, I too am considering going to the 224-230, from a hot cam. The hot cam is a nice conservative cam that is capable of making some good usable street power, but I need a little more. How much power do you think is capable from the extreme cam? I have seen 370+ at the rear but that car wasn't fully optimized for the cam. I am ordering this Monday, should have it installed in a week or two after that.

Nathan Plemons

370 at the wheels is obtainable with the hot cam, on home ported heads with headers. That would lead me to believe that a more aggressive cam could easily make more than that.

MVR 155

My engine builder/friend is pretty sure we will se another 15rwhp from just the cam but with the fast ramp rate on the extreme energy cam he is hoping for some more useable torque throughout the entire RPM range, I was also seeing alot of valve float from the stock Hotcam springs, Im going with a Comp double spring this time also. We are going to be switching to a 2.02 intake valve with a killer valve job as well as doing some more port work on the exhuast side of the heads, Im hoping to go 11.9's @117-118mph on motor and Im looking for 10.8's @128-129 on the spray. The track will tell though :)

Mike

Goody

Depends on what you have for a tranny, gears, converter if an A4...among others. You can't just go buy a big stick and expect big results....don't work like that.

mackeyred96

For a stock motor a HOT CAM kit is fine.

Did I just say that??????????? :confused: :confused:

ANTI VENOM

MVR, I am going with the 987 springs. You should look into them. They have a little heavier damper. Ask your builder and check the specs out in the catalog.

poweredbylt1

my lt1 is now carbed with a gm performence intake,heddemans hedders and 800cfm rochester