Hotcam

[Spaz]

i went with a .228/.228 .588/.588 114+4 LSA cam, went with comp 918 springs, cost me all of 275 Shipped and i made over 400 RWHP on 1998 Heads

where did you order it from?

[EvilCamaroSS]

where did you order it from?

Used got them from steve and JP

[Spaz]

Used got them from steve and JP

damn it...

[Mr. Luos]

Hotcams are garbage

Works well with boost.
Although there are better cams for boost out there.

But the hotcam does give a little extra for those looking to maintain a stock feel and idle.
Of course, the 224 type cams do the same anymore, and they offer great idle and driveability.

[Calico]

That's what I was thinking. I got 34rwhp from my 224 cam.

I got 31hp from my hotcam...224's are overrated.

[Spaz]

you guys need to realize that a cam wakes up with a set of flow matched heads... with that given a 224 cam will make a gm hot cam look stupid...

[Calico]

I got 31 untuned with hotcam, 224 guys are getting 35-42 tuned.....i'm not impressed.

[Spaz]

I got 31 untuned with hotcam, 224 guys are getting 35-42 tuned.....i'm not impressed.

so... you did two dyno runs?

a dyno before cam install... how many miles on the car during that time?

a dyno after the install?

what was the final hp number?

[nhraformula]

I got 31hp from my hotcam...224's are overrated.

still make more power than "hotcams"

[nhraformula]

so... you did two dyno runs?

a dyno before cam install... how many miles on the car during that time?

a dyno after the install?

what was the final hp number?

his robotic reply will be i made 31 hp.

[Spaz]

still make more power than "hotcams"

exactly... and for the same damned price...

[secondgearscratch]

i have never in my life seen a gmpp hotcam make more power than any 224 cam in an ls1. (doesnt mean it hasnt happened but...)

a hotcam isnt worth the money with these motors i.m.o.

[Spaz]

i have never in my life seen a gmpp hotcam make more power than any 224 cam in an ls1. (doesnt mean it hasnt happened but...)

a hotcam isnt worth the money with these motors i.m.o.

maybe he is talking about a LT1...

[EvilCamaroSS]

a hotcam on a 1998 Isn't ever gonna make 31RWHP, if he had a newer motor with the better flowing heads then Maybe just MAYBE but, with a 98 and those shitty heads it's impossible

[INMY01TA]

his robotic reply will be i made 31 hp.

Funny you say that, I looked at his other 41 posts and their almost all "I made 31 Hp with my Hotcam" posts in other threads. He doesn't seem to know much of anything.

[nhraformula]

Funny you say that, I looked at his other 41 posts and their almost all "I made 31 Hp with my Hotcam" posts in other threads. He doesn't seem to know much of anything.

every once in awhile a newbie comes along and says a SS is faster than a Z/28 or a firehawk is faster than a t/a. he fits that newbie mold. uneducated about the ls1.

[nhraformula]

a hotcam on a 1998 Isn't ever gonna make 31RWHP, if he had a newer motor with the better flowing heads then Maybe just MAYBE but, with a 98 and those shitty heads it's impossible

you know, i totally forgot his car is a 98. thats the weakest year for an f-body.
31 rwhp is possible on a dyno with a hotcam, only when the dyno operator "tweaks" the numbers

[INMY01TA]

so... you did two dyno runs?

a dyno before cam install... how many miles on the car during that time?

a dyno after the install?

what was the final hp number?

This I would like to know as well.

[Calico]

Works well with boost.
Although there are better cams for boost out there.

But the hotcam does give a little extra for those looking to maintain a stock feel and idle.
Of course, the 224 type cams do the same anymore, and they offer great idle and driveability.

this is the most intelligent post in this thread. I will only respond to intelligent threads from this point foward. I thought the purpose of this forum was intelligent debate and to help out fellow enthausits?

Oh, i'm installing my bbk 80, ls6, and vinci tuner this weekend. I'm doing all the work MYSELF. I do all my own work, i'm a master gm mechanic, so i think i know just a little about ls1s. (over 25 years in the industry. I'm not some 19 or 20 year old who reads on ls1tech and posts here like he knows everything. You know the guy that has never turned a wrench, an internet benchracer. My experience is REAL world.) Are there any other master gm mechanics here? If so i would love to chat with ya. I get major discounts on gm parts so i buy and support GM.

It's funny how some say there's no way a 98 can do this or that when they have never seen the car, nor do they know what's done to it. Funniest thing i've ever read. Those type of threads make the user look kind of like an idiot.

[Calico]

a hotcam on a 1998 Isn't ever gonna make 31RWHP, if he had a newer motor with the better flowing heads then Maybe just MAYBE but, with a 98 and those shitty heads it's impossible

I would love for you to back this statement up. Post a link or graph or something that proves a 98 can't make 31 hp with a hotcam. Patiently waiting......