I've been looking into some comp cams but I don't know if I should get stage 2 268ah or stage 3 270ah.? My car is stock besides bolt ons. Any help would be great.!
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I've been looking into some comp cams but I don't know if I should get stage 2 268ah or stage 3 270ah.? My car is stock besides bolt ons. Any help would be great.!
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It's my DD for now until I get something new to drive. I have a full exhaust system cat delete off-road H-pipe with flowmaster 40's. CAI, 75mm tb and stage 4 banks chip but I want something that will get me a lot more power and torque with a nice Lopez.
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He actually said 268ah in the OP. Im assuming maybe he meant 262ah?
On just a bolt-on car with no gears, you'd be better off with the xe262ah's over the 270s. 270's have a lot of duration for the stock PI heads and you'll lose some bottom end. It'll feel gutless on the street. They're definitely better complimented with ported heads and a set of gears. Are you dead set on comp cams? If not, I'd recommend looking into CMS cams also.
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Yes I meant 262's I just noticed I put 268. And no the comp cams are just an option I've looked at hi-tech cams and a few others as well And I'm planning on gearing to 3.73's.
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And as for the ported and polished heads, I've looked into that as well but do not know where to get them done or the cost.
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What programmer would you recommend.? And also I've been reading a few other forums stating that the stage 2's are probably best for a good loping idle and power gain. Most of which are saying hi-tech or cms. But majority is hi-tech.
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Ya I didn't think there was anything wrong with a chip. As a flash tuner/programmer is probably actually worse because it can reset your computer permanently of used improperly. And I've always wanted a supercharger, but I've never found one for a price under 3500-4 grand.
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How would they be worse? There actually better in every aspect. You can datalog, adjust settings in your tune, load different tunes when you want. Such as a street tune and a strip tune etc. I was just suggesting it because there isn't many tuners that use chips anymore.
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Only worse if used improperly as I stated. And yes way more settings on a programmer because of the screen and everything. But the chip I have has 3 stages pre programmed and changes settings with the turn of a knob under my steering wheel. And has room for 3 more. I just don't need that much storage. For a $600 programmer I can get cams instead. My chip was only $250 and free tunes for life. But seeing as that isn't the subject lol I just really need a good set up for cams ithw stock heads.
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I haven't decided yet. I know I'm gonna go ahead and get the springs to go with the cams as well, I just don't Know exactly how hard it will be. I know it's a lot to get them installed by a shop.
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I must agree, it's definitely cheaper to go S/C than to do ported heads and cams. If you have a shop install the parts, you're looking at $3.5-4K total. Thats the typical price range of a centri setup, and you'll be down ~70-90hp on most entry level non-ic centri setups.
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I have free tunes through American Muscle. And so a supercharger would cost around the same as a cam and head setup but have way more power gains. I know a blower kit such as kenne bell or whipple is a damn good gain but that cost a lot more than a vortech or something simple.
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