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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 03:33 PM
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I have a 01 ss and I'm wanting to change the cam shaft. This is my first ss and I want to make it my own. Any ideal on a good one? I want a good lop when it idels
 
Old Nov 13, 2015 | 09:17 PM
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what has been done to the car so far, stock exhaust? look around a listen for something thats in your range. heres a couple to start with


 
Old Nov 13, 2015 | 11:26 PM
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They both sound great. Do you know the name of them?
 
Old Nov 14, 2015 | 12:03 AM
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go to utube and look at em, more info there in comments
 
Old Nov 14, 2015 | 10:15 AM
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You are specing a CAM based on how it sounds at idle? That is like buying a car based on color.

You know the more radical sounding a cam is the higher RPM range it will work. If you install a CAM that only runs well at 6500 RPMs and your fuel system, exhaust, and intake system can not run 6500 you are dropping a lot of HP and killing you MPG. Even if you do build the whole engine to run 6500 RPM and it can put up great Dyno numbers as a daily driver it will have crappy power and poor MPG and even passing cars on the highway will suck unless you rev the car over 5000 RPMs. Heck I just had a friend install a small-med level CAM and we could not get it to idle well enough to use the stock torque converter. Darn thing stalled ever time he stopped at the stop light. He had it at the tuner 3 times before the tuner gave up and told him he needed a different torque converter. $500 and 2200 RPM stall convert she is back to running mint.

Figure out how you want to drive the car, Just some more power? some road some track? All track? Then get a plan together for the whole car engine/trans/fuel system/exhaust. Then call a CAM manufacture and get them to recommend a CAM OR find a built thread from someone that has finished a car and you like their results and follow that.

Trust me, headers, true duals and a slight cam will make for a much better all around car then a stock car with a "mean sounding" CAM.
 

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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 01:15 PM
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Oh I know I was wanting to look them up and get specs on them. I ain't just putting anything in it lol. I research and more research befor I do anything like that
 
Old Nov 14, 2015 | 05:49 PM
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mine is a 6krpm cam and with the 112lsa it has a nice sounding idle.
 
Old Nov 17, 2015 | 05:40 PM
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+1 on the mild bump on the cam and changing exhaust for the noise. Big cam specs take a lot to make work. Guess you don't have any smog laws to worry about.
 




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