custom ground cams worth it??
11-21-2008, 11:38 PM
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custom ground cams worth it??
I have an engine that doesnt have cam options, but i've heard of shops doing custom grinds on stock cams. Does anyone have any experience with this, worth it??
11-21-2008, 11:51 PM
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I depends on what you want to accomplish.
Do they just not make cams?
Or is it you want one so radical "one way or another" that none are made?
I helped a guy build some early ford V8 that had limited no new stlye cams for, but they had tons of the old 1/2 and 3/4 race cams. So he had a 3/4 re-ground to match the specs of a new modern cam, but he needed .200ths longer push rods to accomplish this part. So you could try something like this with your base cam.
Do they just not make cams?
Or is it you want one so radical "one way or another" that none are made?
I helped a guy build some early ford V8 that had limited no new stlye cams for, but they had tons of the old 1/2 and 3/4 race cams. So he had a 3/4 re-ground to match the specs of a new modern cam, but he needed .200ths longer push rods to accomplish this part. So you could try something like this with your base cam.
11-21-2008, 11:55 PM
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I depends on what you want to accomplish.
Do they just not make cams?
Or is it you want one so radical "one way or another" that none are made?
I helped a guy build some early ford V8 that had limited no new stlye cams for, but they had tons of the old 1/2 and 3/4 race cams. So he had a 3/4 re-ground to match the specs of a new modern cam, but he needed .200ths longer push rods to accomplish this part. So you could try something like this with your base cam.
Do they just not make cams?
Or is it you want one so radical "one way or another" that none are made?
I helped a guy build some early ford V8 that had limited no new stlye cams for, but they had tons of the old 1/2 and 3/4 race cams. So he had a 3/4 re-ground to match the specs of a new modern cam, but he needed .200ths longer push rods to accomplish this part. So you could try something like this with your base cam.
I'd like to just go to a more agressive cam, whatever i can get away with using and still passing smog.
Much like coloradoss was doing. I'd like to see how much i can squeeze out of this 5cylinder and if i decide to added a ported head, i might as well look into a more agressive cam to go with it.
11-22-2008, 12:05 AM
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Call comp cams or Texas speed and see if they've done any testing on it yet. It's possible that with 5 cylinders it's harder to tune with a cam and they may have dropped the project. But I can't say with any certainty.
I'd call them just to see.
But there's nothing wrong with getting a custom grind.
I'd call them just to see.
But there's nothing wrong with getting a custom grind.
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11-22-2008, 01:42 AM
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Call comp cams or Texas speed and see if they've done any testing on it yet. It's possible that with 5 cylinders it's harder to tune with a cam and they may have dropped the project. But I can't say with any certainty.
I'd call them just to see.
But there's nothing wrong with getting a custom grind.
I'd call them just to see.
But there's nothing wrong with getting a custom grind.
11-24-2008, 04:22 PM
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Ok I see you prob your have the 5 cylinder with the DOHC.
The problem with cams for ohc or dohc is that they are limited on lift by the way things are set up in the head, roller follower, and valve angles from the start. You could some how get a custom billet blank and have more duration added to wake it up top end, but your total lift is alread set with out hard parts that are just not made.
Look through a Mustang magizine past all those poor fools who don't know how to read you find very little in the way of new cams. Usually if they do offer the for the Viagra crowd is just more duration, and they pop out at .500 lift. Unless your talking something that is much more then you would care to spend.
So heres what you do. Go and call HP tuners or equivalent, and order the programming system. The call STS turbo and order up the Stage 3 universal kit. Call summit to get a remote oil tank and some -6an line to feed the turbo.
Mix togather in a blender shake well. Pray to the God of your choice even if it is just the toilet after a hard night, and enjoy.
I'd add in a loose convertor, some drag radials, and lower gears if you need longer burnouts.
The problem with cams for ohc or dohc is that they are limited on lift by the way things are set up in the head, roller follower, and valve angles from the start. You could some how get a custom billet blank and have more duration added to wake it up top end, but your total lift is alread set with out hard parts that are just not made.
Look through a Mustang magizine past all those poor fools who don't know how to read you find very little in the way of new cams. Usually if they do offer the for the Viagra crowd is just more duration, and they pop out at .500 lift. Unless your talking something that is much more then you would care to spend.
So heres what you do. Go and call HP tuners or equivalent, and order the programming system. The call STS turbo and order up the Stage 3 universal kit. Call summit to get a remote oil tank and some -6an line to feed the turbo.
Mix togather in a blender shake well. Pray to the God of your choice even if it is just the toilet after a hard night, and enjoy.
I'd add in a loose convertor, some drag radials, and lower gears if you need longer burnouts.