turbo cam?

[mike93lx]

My motor is coming out soon for a freshen-up and to replace the heads. I'm going with AFR 185's and my plans are to add a single turbo kit in the next year or two. Ultimate goal is for 500-550 at the wheels and MA smog legal. On top of that, it want drivability at near stock and the car to be fairly quiet. i am willing to sacrifice power for these goals.

my current cam is quite lumpy and designed for a supercharged car.

I want to replace the cam while the motor is out this winter. It was suggested to me by a VERY reputable mustang shop that the stock cam would be a decent choice, especially since i want emissions legal and driveability. i do have the stock cam that came out of my ~100k mile motor. if i remeber correctly, it has no unnatural wear and could go right back in.

what other off the shelf cams would achieve my goals? the motor may be NA for 2 years, but I do not want to change the cam again.

 

[Rick 91GT]

The stock cam although works well for turbo combos will not allow you to take advantage of the other components you have on your motor. Look into a F-303, emissions legal and it has been know to support over 900RWHP in some turbo combo's

Custom cam would still be my best choice however

 

[PUNISHER RACING]

+ 1 on the E or F 303 and the stock cam with 1.7's works well to.

 

[SuperStang83]

I would personally shell out a few more dollars and get an FTI cam. I'm sure Ed can make something nice for you.

 

[mike93lx]

rick and superstang, I am thinking about a custom from either FTI or camshaft innovations, but wanted to see if there was an off the shelf that would get it done for a couple hundred dollars less. as I'm not looking for every last bit of power, I figured there would be something out there that could treat the setup justice and make the car enjoyable to drive.

anything else besides the E and F cams?

Thanks!

 

[FastDriver]

Ask the same question on turboforums.com and you'll get some good responses... There's a Crower cam that's supposed to be an excellent choice for a 302, but I'm a custom cam only kind of guy and I don't remember the number....I just remember it had a lot of 1s and 0s...ha.

Good luck with whatever you choose.

I've had 2 different turbo combinations now, and I've paid attention to turbo cams. The general trend I see with the optimized turbo cams is a wider than n/a, blower/nitrous LSA with less overlap. Overlap at .050" is generally in the negatives on custom cams I've seen. Most of the turbo cams that were optimized ran in the 113-115 LSA range.

One nice characteristic you'll notice about these cams is a tendency to be extremely streetable with a smooth idle - barely noticeable - and excellent driveability.

Chris

 

[mike93lx]

chris, thanks for the feedback. who did your custom cam? what turbo setup are you currently running?

Thanks

 

[FastDriver]

Ed did a cam for my n/a 302 way back in the day and that car put out over 320 rwhp, but it was still impressively streetable. He has my respect, and is my go-to for cams. He'll build it your way and deliver what you're looking for, even if it isn't performance 1st.

Current Turbo setup: GT42R-76mm with an HP kit on a billet internaled 331 Dart block with AFR 205 heads and a TFS-R with a box upper intake. No numbers yet. Conservatively hoping to see 700 rwhp on pump @ 15psi or less, and over 1000rwhp maxed out (assuming I stay with a manual tranny).

Chris

 

[FastDriver]

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