So which do you think would be best for a daily driver? It would seem that you may be a bit biased since you drive a monster on a daily basis, but for us lil' beasts, you think the Stage 3's may be too much? Heads and forged internals are WAY down the road. They haven't even made the to-do list yet. I'm thinking Stage I or II, but they are all priced the same on many sites.
How did the forged internals help you make more power? How high are spinning that motor?
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It still makes power almost to about 6750 rpm now so it did help considerably. I was concerned going that high but there was no detectable valve float.
So which do you think would be best for a daily driver? It would seem that you may be a bit biased since you drive a monster on a daily basis, but for us lil' beasts, you think the Stage 3's may be too much? Heads and forged internals are WAY down the road. They haven't even made the to-do list yet. I'm thinking Stage I or II, but they are all priced the same on many sites.
I think the stage 3s are the perfect cam. Lift and duration is not too excessive but there is still a nice lopey sound to them at idle. I had the stage 1s and they were undetectable from stock sound-wise. They did help with low end torque I felt. The stage 3s make good power above 4000 rpm.
So which do you think would be best for a daily driver? It would seem that you may be a bit biased since you drive a monster on a daily basis, but for us lil' beasts, you think the Stage 3's may be too much? Heads and forged internals are WAY down the road. They haven't even made the to-do list yet. I'm thinking Stage I or II, but they are all priced the same on many sites.
Stage 3's are fine for the daily driver. Some people hear stage 3 cams and they are thinking too loopy, but not the case with the comp cams, and still have great gains. Brenspeed has a good write up on them.
Ive heard BBR stage 2 cams which appeared more loopy that the stage 3 comp cams. In addition...lets not all forget...planning, planning, planning. The future will have a large storage unit if we dont...Right Mark? LOL
I think I read on the Comp website that the Stage IV's are for racing only. I mean, you could throw them in the car, but I bet it would be unbearable on a daily basis.
so the difference i heard from comp stage III and IV is about 10 hp ?
stlwagon wich heads did u bought? FRPP, BBR, SHM, Livernois ? or ported the stock ones ? and wich stage (if there is any) of your chosen heads.
Is this a hard combo to tune ?
61 rwhp seems a good # for me!
Thanks
They were the FRPP pnp heads. Wasn't terribly difficult to tune. Took a little while to get the a/f right with all that extra air. Not sure how much of that 61 was from just the heads/cams. I'm sure the forged internals added some to the mix.
I think I read on the Comp website that the Stage IV's are for racing only. I mean, you could throw them in the car, but I bet it would be unbearable on a daily basis.
I agree... It would vibrate the fillings out of your teeth.
The fact that there are 800+ horsepower cars on the stock cams with the VVT running clearly shows that unless you are really forcing a lot of volume down the throat of these engines, you don't need to change the cams to make big power.
I agree.
Even after a complete rebuild of my engine, the only stock components remaining are the cams and the TB. I remain unconvinced that I need to change either of them at this point. I can pretty much guarantee that my car will run in the 10s while I still have stock cams, too.
And when I do decide to change cams, I doubt I will get an off-the-shelf grind. Unless there is a perfect grind on the market, I would rather have a custom grind done to match my engine and how it's used. Just my 2 cents...
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Originally Posted by bigwilly43729
HP numbers are good and all, but they are like asking someone how much they can bench. What difference does it make if I can still kick your a$$?
And for what it's worth, I wouldn't touch those BBR cams with a 10 ft pole.
