what camshaft for ecotech v6

[ibt18u]

hey guys just had a qustion and wanted a few opinons on what would be a good off the shelf cam shaft to buy im guna do the heads as well but there is a few off the shelf on the market and woundered what be good i wanted to go lumpy but what brand?? some better some worse????? any help would be great thanks

[M01ST]

Do lumpy Ecotechs even sound any good never heard one but heard of people putting cams in them????

Any one got a youtube video or something of a cammed up ecotech??

[Philthy]

This is what I could dig up about the cam I had in my old car:

221/221 dur@50thou
280 thou lobe lift
110 LSA
Sure cam built.

Power was from 3000rpm+ and with only basic other mods and standard trans and diff it was about 6.8sec 0-100, with buggered 225's on the back

It was one of the best sounding ecotecs I've heard (if I may say so myself), and almost everyone I took for drives in it thought I had swapped a 5L into it

[jokerflingo]

Heres some videos that are similar

YouTube - Heads and Cam V6 Camaro
YouTube - Ecotec 3.8L V6 Stage 3 Cam

[rocco555]

a lumpy v6 just sounds like someones cut one of your leads... crap

save your pennies to modify a better motor/car

[delcowizzid]

lumpy 6's sound hot as

[rocco555]

lumpy 6's sound hot as

each to his own i guess...

[azzfox]

So what if its just a 6. 2 less cylinders, big whoop. People with 8's who get satisfaction from bagging out 6's are only saying "dont look at my wang". I find the V6 is a good little engine to mess about with and have fun doing so. But you DO need an exhaust when camming, or it does sound like it has a lead or two pulled.

Hmm I want a cam now lol

[acarmody]

Ahhh that second video sound CRAP!! . But then again that cam has huge duration.

And I'm about to get a cam put in, much more mild than that but now I'm scared.

Also love how he has P plates on. "Yes officer my completely stock engine has always sounded like this".

[delcowizzid]

extremly grumpy stage 4 turbo cam http://www.intense-racing.com/video/cg_stage4.mpg

[acarmody]

That sounded about as smooth as someone taking a dump after eating 1 year gone off food.

[maldotcom2]

Well the OP said he wanted a lumpy cam, lumpy cams of course aren't smooth.

Also love how he has P plates on. "Yes officer my completely stock engine has always sounded like this".

It's always smart to turn off your engine when you get pulled over. Not only does the office think it's less likely you'll do a runner, but they won't hear your engine/exhaust.

[acarmody]

The problem with 'lumpy' cams is that they are gutless below the power band. A real lumpy cam will start around 3000rpm, so below this your car will feel like crap.

[Philthy]

The problem with 'lumpy' cams is that they are gutless below the power band. A real lumpy cam will start around 3000rpm, so below this your car will feel like crap.

True, if I took off quick in my old one it wasn't much better than standard, but if I wasn't careful I'd end up sideways as soon as I got to about 4000rpm