reading a cam card

**anniversary30** · 06-14-2009, 05:47 PM

Hey guys I just saw someone else asking about cams but didn't want to jump on his thread. I don't know shit about cams. I have a 6spd,

cam numbers

gross valve lift .595 .600

tappet lift 281 285

intake center line 114.0

duration@.050 232 236

lobe lift .3500 .3540

lobe sep 114.0

Is this large , small , middle of the road

how do you read all this mumbo jumbo ?

**Hi-Po** · 06-14-2009, 05:53 PM

Middle of the road.

If you need descriptions start reading. All those numbers are pretty basic and just require a little study time.

**anniversary30** · 06-14-2009, 05:56 PM

Ok let me ask this arethere certin numbers people generally look at when they are talking size of the cam or all of them together?

**Y2KPewterSS** · 06-14-2009, 05:58 PM

232/236 595/600 114lsa would be the typical description you would see for those specs. Its a middle of the road size cam for an LS1.

**anniversary30** · 06-14-2009, 06:09 PM

OK thanks for the info guys. Just trying to learn a few things

**pjeff7** · 06-14-2009, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by anniversary30

OK thanks for the info guys. Just trying to learn a few things

give this a read

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/genera...cam-guide.html

**0rion** · 06-15-2009, 02:01 AM

I don't know that I would call that middle of the road though.......

**Hi-Po** · 06-15-2009, 06:30 AM

Originally Posted by 0rion

I don't know that I would call that middle of the road though.......

With the three choices he gave for sizes, I picked middle of the road

Smaller then M-series. Like said, given the limited 3 sizes, its not LARGE.

**Frost** · 06-18-2009, 08:06 PM

It's big enough that it will be a top end cam with that 114 LSA regardless of driveability.

**anniversary30** · 06-18-2009, 08:12 PM

so your saying middle of the road or a touch larger? Driveability is good, it doesn't give me any trouble on the street even in traffic.

**Frost** · 06-18-2009, 09:04 PM

I was saying that it was a top end cam even though I'm sure that it can drive very easily if tuned properly. I bet it doesn't peak until 6500 or so which would leave you shifting around 6700.

**0rion** · 06-18-2009, 09:24 PM

I think it speaks volumes as to where the LSx cams have went that a 232/236 with lifts ~.600 would be called a middle of the road cam. To me that's a larger cam than I would ever want to run on something that wasn't track dedicated.