Jarrid,
Is a gain of that much horsepower worth the loss of a similar amount of
torque? And is that torque lost in relationship with stock or in
relationship with the new cam? I am going to replace my cam as well in my
daily driver and would like to keep the streetability of the car intact, but
would like some power to go up hills. You did not sepcify the lift of the
cam. Is it the same as stock? Have you compared it to the isky cam that Rick
is marketing? what is your opinion. Lou
-----Original Message-----
From: Jarrid Gross <JGross(at)econolite.com>
To: 'steve sage' <rootes(at)ix.netcom.com>; 'alpines(at)autox.team.net'
<alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 11:19 AM
Subject: RE: Here's The Word
>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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