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Cam Experts - What type of Cam is this and what is similar?

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***edit - what cam setup / spec alone would make a similar idle sound to this?

 
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"What type of cam is this"?.....The type that interest the police and get dusted by forced induction.
 

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It could be a big cam, could be a little cam, or just some clever tuning...
 

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What are the cam specs? Anyone’s guess mate lol u can’t simply tell cam specs by listening to the idle as someone else mentioned above the idle can be tuned rough, even the stock cam can also be tuned to have a bit of a lumpy idle to it
 

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What are the cam specs? Anyone’s guess mate lol u can’t simply tell cam specs by listening to the idle as someone else mentioned above the idle can be tuned rough, even the stock cam can also be tuned to have a bit of a lumpy idle to it
Ok I come from turbo power and I can almost tell the type of turbo from the sound alone I thought maybe cam people would be able to estimate a range of cam spec from idle. I stand corrected.
 

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Lets put it this way. If it wasn't making the power of a cam with at least high 20's intake, low to mid 30's exhaust on a 109-112 lsa, then what would be the point of that noise?
 

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Lets put it this way. If it wasn't making the power of a cam with at least high 20's intake, low to mid 30's exhaust on a 109-112 lsa, then what would be the point of that noise?
Thanks better info then nothing. edited main post to reflect better question.
 

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Another thing to note is you can have 2 cams with identical lift and duration figures but different valve opening and closing points which would give a different idle sound between the 2 and a different power curve
 

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Another thing to note is you can have 2 cams with identical lift and duration figures but different valve opening and closing points which would give a different idle sound between the 2 and a different power curve
I see. Hmm.
 
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