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Which cam's are best for me?

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hey guys im planning on getting the new trickflow heads and a set of their cams. the thing is im torn as to go with stage 1 or stage 2. can someone predict how each will act and what advantages/disadvantages i will see. this will be mainly a street driven car but i do plan to take it to the track. so i want to get the best track times and still have a bit of street driveability.

stage 1
Trick Flow® Track Max® Hydraulic Roller Camshafts for Ford 4.6/5.4L 2-Valve Camshafts: TFS-51802001 - trickflow.com


stage 2
Trick Flow® Track Max® Hydraulic Roller Camshafts for Ford 4.6/5.4L 2-Valve Camshafts: TFS-51802002 - trickflow.com


thanks in advance!
 
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hello, id go with the livernois motorsports cams stage II, i have those in my car and they work really well.
 
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no one knows anything about cams?
 
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my questions must be too hard
 

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Maybe call Trick Flow and ask them?

Is this a daily driver? How much track time is the car going to see? How comfortable of a ride do you want? What other mods do you have? Just based off of the mods on your sig, even with the new heads, I would go with the stage 1 cams.
 

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jomull55 said:
no one knows anything about cams?
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I don't know anything about trickflow cams. if they posted cam advance or intake lobe centerline i could tell you all about em.
 
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hmm... i guess i will just have to talk to someone at trickflow
 

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No one is able to give an answer because these cams are very new on the market, and hardly anyone is running them in their cars yet.

Also, I beleive you will run into piston to valve contact problems with the Stage-2's with a PI head. I beleive they are designed to work with the Trick Flow heads without any clearance problems.
 
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BurningRubber said:
No one is able to give an answer because these cams are very new on the market, and hardly anyone is running them in their cars yet.

Also, I beleive you will run into piston to valve contact problems with the Stage-2's with a PI head. I beleive they are designed to work with the Trick Flow heads without any clearance problems.
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i believe so too, i am going with the tfs heads also. i wish trickflow would release some dyno #'s with the stage 2 cams
 
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