looking in to a new cam

[manpowermustang]

I have a stang one now from trick flow and am looking for a different one. Dont get me wrong I like my cam now but I think there better out there also. Ill be installing my blower but not for a while,it can sit in the garage for a bit. I sorta nead a paper weight right now too.

A heard alot of nice things about Anderson's cams. Any opinions. Look at my sig for the mods to my car.


Thanks,
Hapy new year

 

[Maryland Stang]

What are you trying to accomplish with your new cam? Do you want a rattier idle, more low end or more high end? Are you trying to overcome a problem somewhere like low flowing heads or intake? Is the car a daily driver, weekend warrior or race track only? Do you still have power accessories that require vaccum? Do you have any idea of desired lift, duration or LSA? Are you going to change the springs or are you willing to change the springs? There's a whole lotta cams out there and they all change the way your car sounds and runs.

 

[Michael Yount]

MarylandStang's questions are great - those are the kind of questions you need an answer to before you start thinking about what cam will get you there. I'll add - with a 347 stroker, a soon-to-be-blown one at that, I'd strongly consider a custom cam. The 302-based cams are gonna behave differently in a larger displacement motor. A custom designer will model your set up so that you'll have some certainty about what you put in and how it's gonna perform BEFORE you put it in.

It just doesn't make sense to me to have invested all the $$$ you will in the stroker and blower, and then to simply 'guess' on the cam ("I've heard alot of nice things about Anderson's cams.") - reputation alone, or even how one performs in someone else's different combo is no way to select a cam.

Go here and read if you want to learn more about cams and how they do what they do. http://www.wighat.com/fcr3/

 

[crunchie12268]

speaking of cams... what are the FTI cams? Do you just call them up and tell them your combo and they cut a custom one? Do you have to change it out if you go to a different setup? And does anyone know how much they cost?

 

[Michael Yount]

FTI - Flow Tech Induction ( http://www.flowtechinduction.com/ )
Ed Curtis is the cam guru there. They'll have a worksheet for you where you provide all the info they need to optimize a cam for your components and performance desires. Buddy Rawls also does customs, and there are a handful of other people on the site that do. Letting Buddy do a custom for me was one of the best moves I made in terms of having my engine perform the way I wanted it to.

As to cost - ask the suppliers how much they're charging. Anytime a set up is changed (from a flow perspective) it affects things. Custom or not - if you go changing the set up, there's an impact on how the cam reacts with the new set up. Whether or not you need a different cam depends on how much you changed the set up and how optimal you want your cam to be.

 

[manpowermustang]

I looking to get more low end toqure. My torque is so bad at low rpm's. I'd like to have a bit more at 2000 r's if possible.

I am in the process of puting in my gear (3.73) this week, so Im hoping for a change in my power band at lower rpm's. But if not Im looking just in case

I really do loike the trick flow cam. I thinks its a great cam. Does anyone have experience with the stage 2 cam from Trick Flow?

 

[Scorcher2005]

just leave the current cam in until you supercharge it. Once you sc it, then get a custom cam from FTI. They are $325.

 

[Michael Yount]

Changing the rear gear won't change the power band of the engine; it'll simply let the engine get to the heart of the power band more quickly. If you've lost low end on a stroker with a mild cam like the TFS1, well, I'm not quite sure what to make of that....sounds like it's not running right.