Turbo cam choices ....help

[brian15]

well as im collecting parts for this turbo project it seems as if the camshaft has me stumped .

i do not know where or at what power level the stock slider cam willl no longer do me any good

my set up will be as follows

stock head , ported ( mild clean up ) , bowls blended and valve job .
ported exhaust manifold with a .60 / .48 t3 ( whatever psi it is capable of efficently )
ported upper and lower intake manifolds with an 94-95 t/b .

full 3 inch exhaust and elbow off the turbo ....... i want it to appear stock under the hood and put up some decent numbers .

i see the ranger roller cam is a popular choice but is it really worth it ? ..... would it be benificial to do an a237 at this level ..... or even a custom grind .

i figure the turbo wil sign off around 5500rpms ..... so lets work with an rpm range around there

any advice would be great .... or personal experience

thanks guys

 

[Red_LX]

With the .48 housing on your turbo, you'll be wanting a cam that helps it in the mid-range where it'll be strongest. What I'd recommend is running the ranger roller now, and later if you wanted to upgrade it'd be a fairly simple swap (that's what I did), and you can reuse the roller followers with another roller cam.

You should also look at getting an adjustable cam pulley so you can play with the cam timing.

 

[brian15]

With the .48 housing on your turbo, you'll be wanting a cam that helps it in the mid-range where it'll be strongest. What I'd recommend is running the ranger roller now, and later if you wanted to upgrade it'd be a fairly simple swap (that's what I did), and you can reuse the roller followers with another roller cam.

You should also look at getting an adjustable cam pulley so you can play with the cam timing.

sounds like a plan ..... RR cam and adjustable cam gear for now .... at least untill i can find / step up to a bigger turbo .

i wonder how fast i can get this .60 / .48 to go should be interesting

 

[enyawix]

F 303 cam same make 1000+ wheel

 

[65ShelbyClone]

You know, I'm not sure I'd even bother with a Ranger roller cam. I'd personally just get some roller followers and wait until I land an aftermarket roller cam down the road. I've heard reports of the RR feeling like more of a "truck" cam at worst and at best, no different than a stock slider.

F 303 cam same make 1000+ wheel

Perhaps you didn't notice that you stumbled into the 2.3L forum. An F cam won't do much for a Lima.

 

[Red_LX]

It's easier to run than breaking in a new slider, though (in my opinion)

 

[65ShelbyClone]

Yeah, but if the slider isn't coming out, then there's no need. Even if it is, the followers can be reused if they go back on the same lobe of the same cam. All I'm getting at is that if the slider cam works fine now, then te Ranger roller isn't worth putting in. I would just get the roller followers and wait until an aftermarket cam is on hand ready to go in.

 

[enyawix]

You know, I'm not sure I'd even bother with a Ranger roller cam. I'd personally just get some roller followers and wait until I land an aftermarket roller cam down the road. I've heard reports of the RR feeling like more of a "truck" cam at worst and at best, no different than a stock slider.



Perhaps you didn't notice that you stumbled into the 2.3L forum. An F cam won't do much for a Lima.

oops!!!!!!!!! was searching for ideas for turbo 351