i am looking at mhs cams because of all the good things i have heard. i am planning on getting a S/C eventually but dont see it coming anytime soon, so what would give me more power at the moment the stage one blower or stage 2 N/A? i have stock everything except for the little bit mentiond in my sig

 

In my opinion, you should definitely prioritize your future plans are for the car....Some cams are very counter-intuitive and can actually end up hurting your numbers after you go boosted. A few of the engine builders have told me in the past that if I was set on going w/ cams before supercharging then to go with blower cams for sure. The blower cams will have a more mild effect on performance N/A but when you put the blower on, the gains will be much much more. Personally, I cannot make my damn mind up between supercharging/nitrous or turbo. So I'm planning on saving until the time comes. Oh and MHS rocks.

 

so what numbers do yuo predict for rwhp with the blower cams compared to the stage 2? and the S/C probably wont come for 2-3 years

 

if it's gonna be that far down the road i say just try and pick up some nice used n/a cams for it that will help you moreso now. then when you get the s/c sell your n/a cams and pick up some blower cams. that's what i'd do.

 

alright thanks anyone have any rough ideas if rwhp i would get with stage 2 N/A cams? with Stage 1 blower cams?

 

i think the norm is right around 300 or so with stage 2 cams and full bolt ons? with blower cams i'd imagine it'd drop to 275/280 region. i'm not a big 4.6 guy tho so i'm not sure. lol.

 

I have MHS stage 2 cams and am very happy with them. Of course they will perform better than stage 1 blower cams with your current setup. Personally, i'd consider some long tubes with your cams too.

 

Stage 1 blower cams? Why would you even bother for those? Of course an n/a grind cam is going to out-perform any supercharged cam n/a. You should look at stage 2 blower cams. You'll probably lose maybe 5-10rwhp over a stage 2 n/a cam, but come blower time you'll be set.

 

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Maybe you should take a look at Nick's blower cam specs. So many times people get caught up in the "stage" thing with cams when sometimes they prove to mean nothing.

CMS Stage 2 blower cams -
220/230
.530/.570
112 LSA

MHS Stage 1 blower cams -
225/230
.550/.525
110/118 - 114 LSA
Will work with stock valvesprings, pending amount of boost and are the largest cams Nick offers for the stock piston and intake.

In this case I would go with the Stage 1 blower cam