Sounds good to me man! I’ll give them a call in the morning.Call Comp Cams. You are going to get better advice from an expert for the same price you get novice advice from here. Tech support is there for a reason.
Kurt
If you want to spend the money,you won't find a better custom cam.It'd be hard to find a "streetable" OTS cam that will pull that hard. I would contact Ed at Flowtech Induction. What intake are you running?
There is a decent price variation between Lunati, crane, comp, Anderson, etc...ill give him a call though! I have not bought the intake yet, thinking the systemax or the track heat for what I am going to be doing. Found a local guy selling the track heat for a decent price.It'd be hard to find a "streetable" OTS cam that will pull that hard. I would contact Ed at Flowtech Induction. What intake are you running?
GT40 intake makes great Torque at mid rpm and that makes it fun to drive ...i love mine ..We have a .544 valve lift 112 lsa off the shelf Comp Cam in the Cobra. It idles close to stock. After getting a good tune on it, it was like a stock car. We did a TMoss ported Cobra intake on it. That's with GT40x heads, which flow just a smidge more than AFR165s. I think putting one of those bigger intakes on the car would hurt the driveability more than worrying about the cam. Since you are talking about price, and street manners is your goal, I'd run an off the shelf cam, a Cobra intake, and spend the savings on a really good tune.
Kurt
GT40 intake makes great Torque at mid rpm and that makes it fun to drive ...i love mine ..
Unless it's ported though, the GT40 will be wheezing at 6500 RPM.
Would it be too much to go with 185s then?Those heads with a streetable cam are going to be wheezing way before 6500 rpms anyway.
Kurt
Would it be too much to go with 185s then?
I really appreciate the input! I’m getting the block back from the machine shop in the next few weeks. I’ll call some cam companies, get some information from them aswell.Both the 165s and the 185s are great heads. But you are looking at it backwards. You build the engine to flow what you want it to flow, dyno it, determine the peak power rpm, and the shift accordingly. With either head on a street cam, the engine is going to be way past peak power at 6500rpms. These engines aren't like a 2jz with 3.0L of displacement, the 5.0L of displacement sucks a 220cfm intake port like a straw above 6000rpms. Building an engine to run good at high rpm is the absolute opposite of what you want for the street. That's drag car stuff, where you dump the clutch at 6000rpms, and the engine never goes below 5500rpms. The whole point of the AFR 165 is that it has great intake air velocity at low RPM that gives you gobs of torque down low, for fun on the street. That's what puts you back in the seat when you roll into it in 2nd gear at low speed. Don't worry about the RPM; focus on the overall performance. Shifting a 2 bolt 302 block at 6500rpms is risky enough. My 347cid engine with 192cc heads peaks at 5600rpms, and I shift at 6100rpms for perspective. If you stop focusing on the high rpm, you are going to end up with a much better engine.
Kurt
He take a while to respond to email? LolThat’s the thing . You can’t call Ed . It has to all go through email . Brian Freezy gets my vote . Freezy74 from corral .
He uses bullet cores . If you want his contact info pm me .
He is one of the best in my opinion and takes time talking to you to get exactly what you want out of the Combo
I really appreciate the input! I’m getting the block back from the machine shop in the next few weeks. I’ll call some cam companies, get some information from them aswell.
That’s the thing . You can’t call Ed . It has to all go through email . Brian Freezy gets my vote . Freezy74 from corral .
He uses bullet cores . If you want his contact info pm me .
He is one of the best in my opinion and takes time talking to you to get exactly what you want out of the Combo
I never had any luck . When I wanted a cam he flat out didn’t answer . My friend nick who used to be very active here put me in touch with Brian . He’s local to me . Tunes as well and has been doing camshafts since the Laroccas performance days . So Freezy is no amateur at what he does . Nicks ultra car made over 1500 at the tire with Freezy’s cam . My car has made over 720 at the tire and drives excellent . My buddies 337 made 1200 at the tire on alcohol . Brian knows what’s going on for sure . He’s done a bunch of guys cams on the forum as well .He take a while to respond to email? Lol
I never had any luck . When I wanted a cam he flat out didn’t answer . My friend nick who used to be very active here put me in touch with Brian . He’s local to me . Tunes as well and has been doing camshafts since the Laroccas performance days . So Freezy is no amateur at what he does . Nicks ultra car made over 1500 at the tire with Freezy’s cam . My car has made over 720 at the tire and drives excellent . My buddies 337 made 1200 at the tire on alcohol . Brian knows what’s going on for sure . He’s done a bunch of guys cams on the forum as well .
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