doctorj77

Should sound sweet. I'm getting the Comps installed Friday at Brenspeed with the phase limiters. I'd really be suprised if I got more than 10-15 truthfully, but I'm not doing a before/after dyno so it'll be hard to benchmark the gains. These cams aren't really designed to make power like the heavier lift cams, but more for sound if any thing.

I would strongly recommend the phase limiters. Mechanically the cams will work in your engine without them, but if you ever bounce off the rev limiter, from a launch or miss a shift, your running the "high" risk of crashing a valve into a piston head. For $200 its a insurance policy you can't go wrong with.

If your not racing the car for a living, IMHO dyno #'s don't mean a heck of lot. Its all about the driveability of your car.....oh and of course how it sounds.

Congrats on your purchase bro.

dschmink

I don't race my car at all aside from the occasional light-to-light or highway on-ramp. I asked my mechanic about the phase limuters and he's against putting them in as it destroys the gas mileage and doesn't allow him to advance/retard the timing as much. Dropping my car off next monday... Waiting is a B

bolivianpimp

How much will cams add?

SirKnightTG

Most seem to report 30 to 35 rwhp with the hot rods.

Using phaser limiters with the hot rods will also cause issues. Do them for Thumprs but not Hot Rods.

bolivianpimp

Wow for 30 rwhp + that nasty sound (in a good way)? And cams are $700+$500(install)+50(mail order tune)=1250 … I think im going to get them… Would these work ok if later on you get a turbo or supercharger?

SirKnightTG

Yes they'll work fine. A dyno tune will eliminate any HP loss if any occurs.

Keep in mind though that those gains are with headers and CAI. LT in particular.

The shop I'm planning on getting a dyno tune from told me through email that to install them it would cost $1050. But, I don't know if that includes the price of the cams or not. Probably so but I sent a reply and hope to hear back soon. If that does include the price of cams, that would be ok since the special tools would cost me at least 300ish. The dyno tune from them is another 400.

mikeysGT

i hope i can get a good set of cams down the road. congrats on the purchase.

Rubrignitz

Ohhh man. good luck with that mail order tune. doug w/ bama sent me two different tunes. both ran like crap.

I would HIGHLY suggest AT LEAST having someone that can reliably dyno-tune on-hand/in your area. I ended up driving my car (running like crap) 50 miles for a good dyno-tune. Just don't want to see you go through what I went through.

Other than that little roadblock, you're going to LOVE the FRPP cams.

Rubrignitz

IMHO - If I'd had a blower first, I would have gone with some milder idle blower cams. You can still get a nice little rump rump and make more power with a blower cam. Buuuutttt, when you're only talking about 20-30whp either way and you're making close to 500whp what's the difference anyway and a lot of folks would rather the sound.

Personally, I plan to go with a centrifugal supercharger which should accentuate the higher rpm producing "hot rod" cams nicely. Life above 6000rpm could be a lot of fun... until a rod decides it needs sunlight.

dschmink

How long ago did you get your tune from bama? I've seen other threads that sing his praise on how dead on his tunes are. Just want to do it right the first time


thanks dude!