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Questions about trickflow stage 2 cam.....(blown motor, clear pistons??)

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BlueOvalStangGT

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Im looking for a cam for my stock shortblock, supercharged and trickflow headed motor. Im gonna have 1.6 rockers and was wondering if the Trickflow stage 2 cam will clear stock pistons? If it does, is it a good cam for a supercharged motor? Thanks in advance.
 
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I think it will be close. the only real way is to measure it w/ some clay.
 

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Yeah but I dont want to buy it and then not be able to use it.
 

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No one can tell you for certain if a particular cam is gonna clear in your motor. They can tell you what happened in theirs. But each motor is different dimensionally when you start measuring things in hundredths and thousandths.

As far as how it will work with a supercharger -- generally, the boost likes a cam that doesn't have too much overlap -- so you don't blow the first bit of boost right out the still-open exhaust valve. That TFS2 cam has a lot more overlap than the stock cam does. With the 2.02 valves even in the twisted configuration, I doubt you're gonna have sufficient clearance with the stage 2 cam.

If you buy your cam from a reputable vendor - they should take it back in exchange for something milder if you put it in and clearance isn't there - provided it's undamaged/un-run.
 
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