RE: Here's The Word

From: Jarrid Gross (JGross(at)econolite.com)
Date: Thu Apr 22 1999 - 13:17:33 CDT


Steve Sage wrote,

>(I need to make the cam decision in the
>next couple of days)? Also, any advice on what cam grinds are best for
>an every day driven Alpine?

I had a cam ground with 275 int/285 exh (224/232) specs ground.
The cam works good, makes good power, and is about the limit of
what I would suggest for a street driven car.
Idle is pretty smooth at 1000 RPM, not so smooth at 800.

It has a hole from 1000 RPM to 2500 RPM, as would be expected.

This cam would be analogous to the Holbay E128 (tornado) race cam.

In the past weeks, I have been working on other cars, and dealing with
cams in particular.
The stock SV cam is spec'd to have 4 degrees of advance on it.
This was recently verified.
If you are interested in more horsepower, you might consider geting
a 2 degree offset key for the cam cog (4 crank degrees), and get back
10 or so hidden horsepower.
You will of course lose 5-10 lb ft of low end torque around 3000 RPM.

Oh well, thats my opinion.

Jarrid Gross



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