for those of you who went with cams. are you generally happy with them? was the money worth the improvement? or, if you could go back and just save the money, would you?

i'm thinking about getting them but, just wanted to see how others felt after the install

 

love em cept for the stupid *** erratic idle that i cant seem to figure out

 

when i had my old 5.0 i loved them. if i had to choose somethin else i would ONLY have got a turbo or an sc. great bang for you buck in a cam. weither u got a 6 or and 8 its a great addition to an engine.

 

for what i paid to do the cam swap on my 2v, i think it was well worth it....cams-560 install-300 and dyno tune-100...total was 960 all said and done and running 12's N/A makes it even better.

 

Shapeshifter who did your tune and how does it run such as idle when changing gears etc... I know alot of people have been having problems with some tuners with cammed mod motors.

 

my buddy dyno tuned it at a local performance shop here in south texas with my car he's tuned 5 2v's with cams, all of which have made 300rwhp with stock/unported heads, other than mine and his, ours are auto's, others 5spd's....my car runs very smooth for having cams, tho they are stage 1's...aka Comp 262's....my idle is set at 750-800 when at operating tempatures.

heres an idle clip...



gained pretty good power from the cams.

prev.#'s before cams: 255rwhp/278rwtq

after cams #'s: 283rwhp/301rwtq

on an automatic car btw.

 

How practical are Stage 1 cams for my daily driver??

 

what all do you have done to run 12's? i'd be perfectly happy running 12's n/a!

 

oh man, I love the sound of a cam'd V8 stang.

 

stage 1 for a dd is perfectly fine. do it man. get a stage 2 if you like.

 

What exhaust are you running? That thing sounds GREAT. Did you upgrade the springs or still running the stock valve springs? Thanks Bubba

 

sounds great... what other mods do you have done? I'm looking to do cams over the summer.

 

Mod List:
Accufab 70mm TB/Plenum Combo
MAC CAI
Steeda Underdrive Pullies
MAC Longtubes
O/R X
Bassani Catback
3800 Stall
4.10's
Comp Cams 262
and Dyno Tune

MAC Longtubes, O/R X, and Bassani Catback....and still running on stock valve springs, the comp262's dont require upgraded valve springs

mod list ^

 

i need to get my car retuned or something, fix the idle and lower the idle so i can really hear it lope the thing idles aroung 1 grand right now if i could drop to like 800 it would sound great

 

Thanks

 

Okay... I have a TKO 500 transmission, and I think the gear ratios are lower... so, would I still need 3.55+ gears for the 270's? It's the TKO-500 with the .68 OD... here are the ratios...

3.27 1st
1.98 2nd
1.34 3rd
1.00 4th
.68 5th....


So, I'd still the need 3.55's wouldn't I?

(I have the stock 3.27's... i think)

 

I have the 270's on my 5.5. Definitely worth it for my combo. Shifted the torque peak from <3000rpm to 4000rpm. On a 4.6 you'd seriously need 3.55's as a minimum. I did... 3.55's are a fantastic street gear too I love em. Always in the right part of the rpm range.