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Shane is right though on one point. Torque wins races, HP wins sales (and dyno bragging rights).
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I note that the link to the BTR cam Shane provided only shows the factory cam down to 3500rpm. Wouldn’t happen to be because the factory cam performs better under 3500rpm would it?Dyno results are great for marketing
And when it comes to marketing, truths are generally not always a priority, or wanted
Please behave or this thread will be locked in short order
Guy at work has a VF2/LS3, moderate cam making about 335rwkw with stock converter and diff. The car is fast but it's a bit of a pig, it pushes through the brakes at idle and sucks gas like it's going out of fashion around town. At traffic lights he slips it into neutral waiting for that green.
I have an old VYII with an Ecotec (go on, laugh, you know you want to) 3.8 I rebuilt & I stuck a S1 cam in it, huge improvement over standard cam, more torque, more kw, better economy. Mine pushes against the brakes at lights too, if I drop the idle down to where it should be (around 700rpm) it damn near stalls when the throttle is touched, so I keep it around 750-770 but then she'll idle along at 15-20kph.
So even little 6's can be pigs with cams, I can imaging the tugging from an LS3