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Old 02-26-2006, 12:55 AM
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thinking cams......

what other minor mods work best in conjunction with stage 1 or 2 cams.

any driveability issues from those of you with cams?

what should i do to get the most out of the cams?
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Old 02-26-2006, 02:39 AM
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Stock internals??? Do a set of Stage 1's and call it a day.
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Wouldn't you get the stage 1 heads with the cams or are you saying it's not worth it?
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Old 02-26-2006, 04:21 AM
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ORIGINAL: nathansmith50

thinking cams......

what other minor mods work best in conjunction with stage 1 or 2 cams.

any driveability issues from those of you with cams?

what should i do to get the most out of the cams?
1) What are your current mods?

2) What are you future plans?

3) What is your budget?

***You'll get a better response if you post answers to the aformentioned questions***
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Old 02-26-2006, 02:24 PM
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Default RE: thinking cams.

active hood scoop CAI
3.90 gears
flows

other than that it's suspension mods.

future plans:

t-56
full exhaust
possibly a supercharger(but i'm not sure about this one.

then the other common bolt ons......
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save the money ud waste on cams n get a supercharger.... cams wouldnt do u much good unless u had blower cams after u got a blower. cams are like 700 bucks for everything and a lot of work for 15-20 hp. just my personal opinion, ur money could be better invested somewhere else
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Old 02-26-2006, 06:17 PM
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Default RE: thinking cams.

wether or not i get a blower depends upon wether or not i can find a nice fox coupe to build.

if i can then i'm not going to do anything much else to my gt......if not.....then when my gt is paid off then all bets are off and i'll go wild.
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Stock internals??? Do a set of Stage 1's and call it a day.
+1

No other motor work is really worth the investment unless you plan to swap out the bottom end.
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Old 02-27-2006, 03:27 AM
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Nathan, Stage 1's would do you fine. Even w/a blower, unless you plan on doing that bottom end & beefing up the heads, you won't use the full potential of a blower.
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Old 02-27-2006, 11:03 AM
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Stock internals??? Do a set of Stage 1's and call it a day.

+1

Going to a stage 2 requires full exhaust and intake and MUST also forge the bottom end (internals: pistons, rods, crank, etc.) As mentioned before, if you do get a blower, you have to get special cams, same goes with a bottle set up. look here at vt:

http://www.vtengines.com/
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