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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by davisflyer
Jan tuned my car so that on a cold start it would idle at about 11-1200 rpm, so it's nice and smooth. When the car warms up, idle falls back toward normal.
Mine is the same as this but at idle it is almost 900rpm's
 

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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Professor
I know a guy who will put the cam in for you no charge
Yeah? LOL! thx.
 
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Old Nov 27, 2009 | 12:09 PM
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I am very interested in getting a cam. Did the header because I had to but still want to get some more power. What hp increases have people seen with a new cam? And how difficult is the install?
 
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Old Nov 28, 2009 | 05:16 AM
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Depends on which cam... With the RMW/Newman cam, the biggest benefit is that it moves the torque curve up in the midrange - does a little (not a lot) for "peak HP" - so doesn't help a lot if you're a dyno racer - but for real world driveability - it's an immediately noticeable improvement in TQ from about 2500-5000 RPM. And the dyno plot will reflect that.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BlimeyCabrio
it's an immediately noticeable improvement in TQ from about 2500-5000 RPM. And the dyno plot will reflect that.
Interesting. On my car I really feel it come on around 3000 rpm, but mine keeps going to 7300.
 
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