Who's running a VS cam because im thinking about it

**revin24** · 03-31-2014

Im thinking about running a VS cam and i would like to know peoples experience with it what fuels your running how bad is the mpgs and dose it work for a daily driver

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**REDCRAPGP** · 03-31-2014

< this guy does

I always ran 93.. Mpg is damn there same as stock if not a bit more.. Very DD friendly the exact reason I choose it over the bigger cams. Tune for it and see your mpg increase slightly.

**revin24** · 03-31-2014

Do u know what u ended up with for hp

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**REDCRAPGP** · 03-31-2014

Nope.. Never bothered to dyno it and there's no nearby local tracks unless I'm willing to drive 3 hrs or so which I'm not lol.

**revin24** · 03-31-2014

Wow yup i wouldn't either everything is stock on her at the moment i just tore the block down im taking it to the machine shop on fri i have ported the heads myself and am going to port the lim snd i see zzp has 150lb springs on sale im going to order those but other than balancing the bottom end and what i need for the cam the engine will b stock

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**revin24** · 03-31-2014

But i do have a full 3in exhaust and a k &n fipk and lots of gauges 3 aerofoce

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**revin24** · 03-31-2014

What supporting mods did u run

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**REDCRAPGP** · 03-31-2014

The usually.

Headers, intake, 90lb springs, new stock timing chain/dampener. Left the 3.8 on for awhile and eventually threw a 3.6 on.. Oh and in still running a tune for a basic 3.6 set up tuned for a stock cam.. But the vs is rather small so it's fine.. I'll have it retuned for the vs specially soon enough

Edit: oh and my heads were milled a bit and slightly port and polished

**Slick2500** · 04-01-2014

Originally Posted by REDCOMPG

The usually.

Headers, intake, 90lb springs, new stock timing chain/dampener. Left the 3.8 on for awhile and eventually threw a 3.6 on.. Oh and in still running a tune for a basic 3.6 set up tuned for a stock cam.. But the vs is rather small so it's fine.. I'll have it retuned for the vs specially soon enough

Edit: oh and my heads were milled a bit and slightly port and polished

Better tell him that than.

**revin24** · 03-31-2014

Ok i see people like to run the 2.8 pulley if i switch streight to that do u think anything horrible will happen i know i want to run 7k rpm is the stock m90 capable of keeping up or is my trans going to let go

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**REDCRAPGP** · 03-31-2014

A 2.8 might be pushing it.. And I wouldn't just drop down right to that.. Every car is different you need to find out if your knocking or not then worry about pulley sizes and you especially need a tune by someone that knows wtf they're doing and well yup more power = more wear and tear on the trans.

**revin24** · 03-31-2014

True i dont doubt it who knows my trans might not last a week as it is with 250000 on the clock and a fresh motor goin in and i was going to run a zzp can tune for the cam for now but ur probly rite ill just run a stock pulley for now im working my rear off just trying to get the money together to get it ready for detroit this year but i love the sound of that cam

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**darkhorizon** · 04-01-2014

Who is porting the heads? I dont know anyone I town that knows how to port series2 heads.

**revin24** · 04-01-2014

I ported them myself cleaned out all the excess material and smoothed the runners

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**revin24** · 04-01-2014

Im trying to post pics but it says there too big

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**Slick2500** · 04-01-2014

Upload them to photobucket then post them. And **** me if im wrong but 150# springs are a tad overkill for a VS cam. Just get some 90# springs and they should be fine.

**revin24** · 04-01-2014

i think i might have picked the wrong one i like the NIC cam too but i need to change a lot to run it but it sounds a lot like my dads 72 corvette

**Timing** · 04-01-2014

Originally Posted by Slick2500

Upload them to photobucket then post them. And **** me if im wrong but 150# springs are a tad overkill for a VS cam. Just get some 90# springs and they should be fine.

Agree with 150s being overkill but go with 105s not 90s. New stock chain and tensioner and new valve seals modded retainers or even better titanium modded. You might not need it but 42.5 injectors would be wise. Also ide throw on some headers and an intake and a 3.25 or 3.4 with 104 al coppers.

**revin24** · 04-01-2014

Originally Posted by Ginseng

Agree with 150s being overkill but go with 105s not 90s. New stock chain and tensioner and new valve seals modded retainers or even better titanium modded. You might not need it but 42.5 injectors would be wise. Also ide throw on some headers and an intake and a 3.25 or 3.4 with 104 al coppers.

That sounds like a pretty solid set up but is a stock chain good enough for the 105 springs