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Old 08-05-2010, 11:47 AM
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Default How do you know if you're 'over-camming' the motor
How can you tell if you have too much cam for the motor? Is hi-compression a must for high-lift, long duration NA cams?
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I don't really know, but my guess would be that you loose your mid-range.
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Originally Posted by ABCVTEC,Aug 5 2010, 02:05 PM
Hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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there isnt really such a thing as "over-cam-ing" the motor
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Dyno it and find out. Sorry I don't have a real answer.
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Cam choice is dictated by usage. If you intend to street drive the car you'll have to compromise on the cam if you want a degree of tractability.
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All about the dyno... Motors react differently we recently had luck on an oem k24 motor with stage three cams...

That said make sure your valvetrain matches your cams cause that can cause trouble
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my guess is you would lose the high RPM range. BUT then again thats just an uneducated guess.
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Originally Posted by ABCVTEC,Aug 5 2010, 06:05 PM
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA caught me so off guard w/ that.... nice one
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