Pat Topolinski from Engine Power goes over one of the most discussed topics when it comes to engines: cam selection. Here’s how you can choose the right cam for your application.
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Open catalogue, find biggest cam, get that one 😂
What cam?
I'm now dumber after watching thing video.
Wow I learned nothing from watching this video other than take it to an engine builder thanks powernation 🤡
Hi, I own a Peugeot 206 With Tu5jp4 engine
The car has been tune to stage 1 and wanted to upgrade it to higher stages and I've come with a question about the camshafts
The camshaft I've chosen is newman ph3 that takes place somewhere between stage 2 and stage 3 of tuning The duration of cams are 264 degrees and the lift is 10.15 (0.400) and just wanted to make sure is it fine for daily uses and sometimes drag races between friends cause you sometimes stock in traffic and it's also my daily car I travel with it and go to work
I have changed other parts too such as exhaust manifold replaced by headers, exhaust pipe, center and muffler were all changed
Stage 2 Air manifold (nfs), And pistons were also changed and now have higher compression ratio
Just wanted to know that this camshaft is proper for daily street uses or not
Loft out so much. Choosing a cam depends on what you're going to do with the engine and what heads you are using. The cam has to match the heads. As well as the intake. If a set of heads only flows 200 CFM on the intake at 550 lift. That's the lift I'm going with. If I'm running an automatic transmission on the street I'm going with a lower duration. LSA depends on where I won't torque to start coming in.
BlaBlaBlaBla, just go to the bottom of the page.
I’m assuming duration is measured @ .050” lift, which would be nice to mention, but not much was.
Also, EFI vehicles may require 112-114 deg overlap due to sensors, but 106-108 deg (for carburetors) provides a broader power band… as I understand it.
That was useless
Run the largest cam possible then gear accordingly. 😂
How to choose your cam in 2023
-find another video (Richard Holdener)
I feel dumber having watched this.
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How do I know if I need flat tappet or roller lifters? My truck came with roller lifters can I swap to flat tappet? Pros and cons of each? Thanks in advance!
Very good explanation but im kinda confused between endurance and street. I need a cam that for a little but if street racing just some pulls here and there but I’m also daily driving the truck. That imcludes some pretty long trips what do you suggest? I don’t want to replace the cam that much or damage my valve terrain
Just ask your tuner he knows what cams work and what cams dont work I did hours of my own research and picked my own camshaft for my LS1 and it turned out to be 1 duration number off the experts pick for best ls1 cam for a street car.
Oops… a “drag” cam is going in my daily vette😳😂
This video is useless unless you specify the size of the engine that your installing the cam into……..
Thanks for this info I just got a full understanding on how things work
Why don’t I ever see you guys use a 292 duration camshafts in engines?
Great info ! Thx
That's a lot off pens in your pocket there boss!
Thank you for the help…I just slapped a 279 cam in my 350 small block and well even tho the idle was rough…it was always ruff and low rpm so it was no problem smoothing it out with carburetor