Combo change

[Steves LX]

I am looking to change my combo a little. I recently put a set of AFR 185's on the car and my cam and intake are holding these heads back. I'm just not sure what to go with now. I drive the car on the street a lot and I get hung up in a lot of traffic as well. The car is a 5 speed also so lets keep that in mind as well. What I have on the bottom end is a DSS 306 Level 10 shortblock. Right now I am running a TFS Stage 1 cam with a TFS street heat intake. I also spray the car anywhere from 150-200 shot when I go to the track on test n tune nights. I am running a 3.73 gear. The rest of the stuff is in my signature. I was thinking about going with a TFS stage 2 cam because they are decently priced but not sure what intake to go with. I really want to get away from the long runners on the trick flow intakes because of the nitrous. Any help on this would be appreciated.

[soslow]

xtreme energy cam 273 and a victor 5.0 intake

[12seclx]

N-91 cam, spyder intake..... :cool1:

just kiddin... I would get on the Corral and look at the list of the fastest 50 stock shortblock N/A cars... see what they're using...

please hold.......

Ok, one guy is going 11.32 @ 124 w/ afr 165's, fti cam, and Edel. RPM 2 int.
(no weight listed)

another guy... 11.47 @ 117 w/ afr 165's, fti cam, and rpm int., 3,070 weight

another guy... 11.63 @ 118 w/ ported TFS heads, N-65 cam, holley int. weighs 3,250.....

another guy... 11.77 @ 113 w/ AFR 185's, fti cam, rpm int. weighs 3,180

and some no name, liar says he went 11.86 @ 112 w/ p heads never lifted, stock cam, and explorer int, weighs 3,075.... :rolleyes:.......:D

[ibstrokin]

I have a systemaxx upper/truck lower for sale, you may want to consider a Anderson n71 cam.

[RIXXX93GT]

rpm2 should work nicely, I think its your cam more than your intake. You may want to swap that cam out and then see how you like your intake. You should enjoy those heads!

[bbfstanger]

hi steve, we had similar combos last year,i ran the stg2 cam and felt it needed a little more than 5700-5800rpm shift point, it rev'd 6800rpm on spray,but was nosing over.
id go with the stg3 or similar grind ,if you have the p/v clearance ,with your heads.
i liked the old rpm i had worked good to 6500rpm, or get a victor.
my .02$

[Steves LX]

Well I talked to TFS today and Greg tells me to go with a stage 2 for what I have and a track heat intake. I know cheap isn't always good but I have had pretty good luck with the TFS stuff I have. I mentioned stage 3 and both Greg and another guy there both said no. Now I know alot of guys say go with the XE274 but the cam is the same as the stage 2 and the stage 2 is half the price. Not to mention I have had comp cams screw me over twice on cams and I told them people a tear ago that they could take their crap and shove it. That comment got me my money back on the one cam. They sent me a brand new cam that looked like Billy Ray and Bobby Joe grinded in their garage over a few beers out here in Brown County. I wish I still had pictures of it. The lobes were all screwed up. I would go custom cam but after talking to a few custom grinders today I kinda got the same feeling from all of them. I need to either go N/A or nitrous. And I do both so with that being said I personally think the TFS cams work good for that and so do the Anderson cams but I think for the price you can't beat the TFS cams. Now it's just the deciding factor of do I listen to their tech staff or other people that have used them and similar combo's? But I have made up my mind that I want to go with a track heat intake.

[bbfstanger]

the stg2 did perform good for me. and for the money it was hard to beat.
i just wanted to make more power upstairs when on the bottle.
good luck im sure the 10's are just around the bend for ya.

[331TwistedWedge]

if you want good naturally aspirated numbers, you need to spin that engine ... at least 6400-6500 rpms ... that xe274 is dyno proven with your "exact combo" (jan 09 issue of mm&ff) ... you cant argue with facts ... "listen here jack" lol ...

i would get the edelbrock rpm II - holley systemax or the trick flow "R" intake ... i think the victor 5.0 may be too much, this is what i have on a 331 ...

if you dont like comp, i would get a custom grind ... my 2 pennies ...

[331TwistedWedge]

Well I talked to TFS today and Greg tells me to go with a stage 2 for what I have and a track heat intake.

i got rid of my track heat intake for the victor 5.0 ~ i gained 3 mph ...