I am new to playing with cams too. I had smallport camshafts in my 18psi supercharged 4AGZE, and have since installed Wade 267's.
With the small port cams my car had incredible low end torque, it pretty much overwhelmed my suspension, making the front very light! The down side was torque noticeably started tailing off a bit around 5 - 5.5k. Now I have Wade 267's and even if I set them up for the same idle vacuum (no overlap) I cannot begin to approach the low end torque the car used to have.
Now it really picks up at around 3K and torque doesn't drop off until (seat of pants) until around 7K. I had to go through about 15 different timing settings to find something I liked. Its a different car, and though it surely makes more HP now, I miss the low end. I am still considering trying the bigport or milder aftermarket cams like 256 or a mix after I play with some simulations and talk to some more people!
Just think about what you want. I would suggest something less than 267, unless you _must_ have more top end power. You WILL loose some low end torque even with 267s.
Fri, 04 November 2005 14:40
