what hp
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Dr_EluSivE
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what year car are you starting with? the 90-93's already have the roller cam, you might see 3-4hp gain with a header.. probably not much though.palemall said:
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Shawneebear93
20+ Year Stangneter 
Ranger roller cam, ranger header, and an air intake may get you up 100ish, and that's not even at the wheels.
um, WHY the hell would you put a ranger roller cam into the car in the first place if you DIDNT expect a 12 hp gain just from the cam alone. sry, i work on bigger engines and such, and when i put cams in i am expecting a 25+ gain, but if the ranger cam cant even offer up 12 with the addition of the exhaust manifold/intake, wtf is the damn point of people doing the swap at all? i just dont get it.
my 105 stock car with intake/chip/exhaust/ranger header has 123 at crank right now, and i WAS thinking of a ranger cam, but your comment deters me. I'd just like to hear your reasoning behind your comment, and if i am offensive in anyway towards you, then i apoligize ahead of time.
my 105 stock car with intake/chip/exhaust/ranger header has 123 at crank right now, and i WAS thinking of a ranger cam, but your comment deters me. I'd just like to hear your reasoning behind your comment, and if i am offensive in anyway towards you, then i apoligize ahead of time.
from all that doesnt really make much sense either. however I'm used to working the same engines but with a turbo's.
Shawneebear93
20+ Year Stangneter
Red LX - I'm an eternal optomist. 
Shinlee - If your car has 105 stock horsepower, it is a '91-93, no? If it is, it has a roller cam stock.
Shinlee - If your car has 105 stock horsepower, it is a '91-93, no? If it is, it has a roller cam stock.
For some reason, over the years, after the 2.3 turbo people started retrofitting ranger cams to their engines (mostly for the reduced wear I guess), everyone else has decided that ranger cams are an upgrade. However they have the same grind as the stock cam, so you're just getting negligible gains from the reduced rolling resistance of the roller cam.
Even a fairly aggressive cam isn't worth much on an n/a 2.3L. Just the facts of life there.
Even a fairly aggressive cam isn't worth much on an n/a 2.3L. Just the facts of life there.
red lx i would agree to a point. when i put the big valve head onto the 84 svo's curent engine i installed the roller due to spring pressure as it uses much larger springs (small block chevy if i remember i'll take pics from the one i just got back from the machine shop). spring pressure and more flow from the head (1.89 ex and 1.59 intake and full porting, ie regroud bwls on th head intake and exhaust ports) warrants using a roller style cam. Due to increased flow from the ( a known restriction) head and a roller style cam will allow a slightly higher rev limit, and a slight increase in hp. www.powerheads.com does excellent work BTW
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