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    Time for a new cam..maybe??

    Well I broke down and went with a Track Heat intake to go along with my Trick Flow heads. So with having to pull my GT-40 intake I think it would go a good time to swap out the e-cam that's in her now. My question is what cam should I go with?? Right now I'm leaning towards the trick flow stage 1 cam, but looking for other possible options. One thing to remember my car has a newly rebuilt stock short block(all ARP'ed) with stock pistons so I'm limited on the cam I can run with the big valves that I have. One other thing this is a street driven car that has an AOD. Or do you guys think I should just stay with the e-cam?? Thanks for any advice!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris00GT View Post
    Well I broke down and went with a Track Heat intake to go along with my Trick Flow heads. So with having to pull my GT-40 intake I think it would go a good time to swap out the e-cam that's in her now. My question is what cam should I go with?? Right now I'm leaning towards the trick flow stage 1 cam, but looking for other possible options. One thing to remember my car has a newly rebuilt stock short block(all ARP'ed) with stock pistons so I'm limited on the cam I can run with the big valves that I have. One other thing this is a street driven car that has an AOD. Or do you guys think I should just stay with the e-cam?? Thanks for any advice!!

    Trick flow stage 1 are s**t, go with a comp cam, or if you really wanna do something get a custom from Jay, Ed, or Buddy.
    I used Jay and was very happy with his products & service.
    You have a nice set of heads, now get a nice cam to go along with them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gmkillr View Post
    Trick flow stage 1 are s**t, go with a comp cam, or if you really wanna do something get a custom from Jay, Ed, or Buddy.
    I used Jay and was very happy with his products & service.
    You have a nice set of heads, now get a nice cam to go along with them.
    i have to disagree with that. trickflow cams are very good cams with a mild to stock motor. i had a tfs1 cam in a stock 92 gt and it ran good. i built a 306 and went with the tfs 2 cam and i really like it too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 92306gt View Post
    i have to disagree with that. trickflow cams are very good cams with a mild to stock motor. i had a tfs1 cam in a stock 92 gt and it ran good. i built a 306 and went with the tfs 2 cam and i really like it too.
    Show me a fast car 9-10 sec. car with a trick flow stage 1 cam.
    Its a cast core that cant handle any descent spring rate thats put to it.
    If you wanna put this in a 12-13 sec. car with no substantial valve spring rate then you'll be fine to probably 5500-5600.
    By saying your cars ran good, what hp #'s and e.t. & mph's #'s do you have to back that up?
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    Quote Originally Posted by gmkillr View Post
    Show me a fast car 9-10 sec. car with a trick flow stage 1 cam.
    Its a cast core that cant handle any descent spring rate thats put to it.
    If you wanna put this in a 12-13 sec. car with no substantial valve spring rate then you'll be fine to probably 5500-5600.
    By saying your cars ran good, what hp #'s and e.t. & mph's #'s do you have to back that up?
    i said with a stock or mild motor these cams work good. of course theyre not going to be good if your going for 9s or 10s. the car with the tfs 1 cam was all stock with an edelbrock intake and it went 13.40s with a spinning 2.0 60 ft. the car with the tfs 2 cam with tfs tw heads,edelbrock intake and 4.10s runs 12.1x untuned. in my book this isnt bad. i also have a 347 car but it doesnt have any tfs stuff on it. it run high 10s on motor

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