NIC cam

[Watazz]

Does anyone know if zzp's cam reacts well without boost? Any one running it?

[97rs4life]

Re: NIC cam

it will work NA just fine, you just are not getting the most out of the cam if you are not using it like it was designed too.

[Watazz]

Re: NIC cam

thanks.

[Meemperor]

Re: NIC cam

It is also very difficult to tune properly. You must have a lot of experience tuning 3800's in order to get a good tune out of it.

It sounds NASTY though. (In a good way) I would only use that cam for a Roots S/C application though.

[Watazz]

Re: NIC cam

ehhh im not looking for a cam like that then. I just want to find a nice medium, a cam that i can get some power out of N/A but will also work well with a turbo setup.

[Meemperor]

Re: NIC cam

ehhh im not looking for a cam like that then. I just want to find a nice medium, a cam that i can get some power out of N/A but will also work well with a turbo setup.

If you're planning on going turbo take the money you would spend on a cam/gaskets/chain/springs and put it towards your turbo set up. The faster you have boost the happier you'll be. Trust me :)

[ssms5411]

Re: NIC cam

I still like my VS cam 206/216 115 LS( I call it stock cams bigger brother)LOL, has good N/A power , like the 8-10 PSI from the PD and it really loved nitrous and talking to the Garrett dealers about the GT35R they said it should do really well.

[Watazz]

Re: NIC cam

meemperor- I know, but i dont want to do it on a stock motor. I know i wouldn have any problems with doing it on stock internals, but i would really like to put a cam in it before i start puttin the turbo on.
ssms- yea you did say it was pretty much an all around cam. I will probably go with the same one, did you put the double roller on it?

[ssms5411]

Re: NIC cam

No double roller yet, but when I first had it it had stock valvetrain except Intense lightweight pushrods which was a bad idea and Comp OER lifters which are loud(will switch to Comp OE ones when the new heads,intakes and double roller etc. go on) , which i didn't know. But after installing Comp 105LB springs ,ZZP modded retainers, Comp 5/16 pushrods the car felt 10 times better, 8 out of the Intense lightweight pushrods were warped or bent, this is after 4 years I think. I plan on running the VS cam with my GT35R turbo and see how it does , if it does well I will install another VS cam in the L26 engine I'm building with JE forged 9:9.1 pistons, and double roller, to see if they are better than the Diamond 9:5.1 forged pistons I have been running for over 7 years now. I plan on a 10:1 compression with 7-12 LBS of boost what ever i can get away with.

[Watazz]

Re: NIC cam

Haha nice. 10:1 compression with 12lbs is going to put out retarted big numbers. I hear from everyone that the OER's are noisy as crap. I plan on goin with the double roller, zzp retainers, ls6 springs, and either the vs or gt cam. The motor is stock as it stands, and i want to see what it can do before the turbo.