2.0L SOHC, turbo, and... what cam?

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:50 pm

Non-magnum engine.

What cams have you used with your turbo setups? Which are more or less streetable?

Not interested in SRT info for this question.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:13 pm

Depends on your goals. I just have a magnum cam in mine, and it works fine. A bigger cam would make more power on top though.

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:49 am

driveability first, then performance second. not some lumpy cam that needs me to feather the pedal constantly.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:03 am

The other thing your going to have to note is the fact you have an ATX, you dont want to big of a cam anyways because of the stock stall on the converter.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:13 am

If you're going MTX, I'd go with a crane 14. Thats what roach used with a ported mag head, forged bottom end, and a GT35r to make 404 whp!

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:52 am

That's funny. A GT35r has much more potential than 400. ATX, a crane 14 would be tolerable, but an 01 mag might be better for expanding the powerband.

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:43 pm

No shit, pretty much anything in the GT series should do better than that.

Is there something between the 01 Magnum cam and a Crane 14 that's still reasonable idle but squeezes out much more power than the Magnum?

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:01 pm

The comp 400 or the crane 12. I'd go with a magnum cam over a crane 12. The comp 400 keeps you in the stock powerband.

jphillips · Post by **jphillips** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:34 pm

GT35r to make 404 whp!

on a 2.0L? that's more than respectable right there...

I'd love to see a timing trace with that dyno run.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:30 pm

Hell, I'll be pretty darn close to that in a couple months on my 16g. I'm pretty sure there was a lot of tuning left to be had in Roach's car.

jphillips · Post by **jphillips** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:41 pm

you redid the internals on yours? or are you still on a stock bottom end?

I had 375tq@5200 in a Corrado VR6 and a quaffe; I can't imagine that much or more in a Neon - beast!

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:59 pm

Not yet... All I'm short is pistons and rings. I have everything else already prepared. Tax returns, and I'll be breaking more records. The year after that comes the bigger turbo, and if I can figure out how to pay for it, some 9 second time slips.

Kevin_GP · Post by **Kevin_GP** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:53 pm

esteinmaier wrote:Hell, I'll be pretty darn close to that in a couple months on my 16g. I'm pretty sure there was a lot of tuning left to be had in Roach's car.

There was, he was shooting closer to 450+

snufflucks · Post by **snufflucks** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:45 am

Arro wrote:No shit, pretty much anything in the GT series should do better than that.

Is there something between the 01 Magnum cam and a Crane 14 that's still reasonable idle but squeezes out much more power than the Magnum?

The #12 has a modest lope at idle and does change the feel of the car a bit. If you are worried about drivability, you should stick with the stock or mag cam. The only upside to the #12, with a stock motor, is that it allows for a little more ignition advance but it isn't going to do any miracles for you. You also have to tune for the overlap in the cam around 3000-4500 were it really messes with the intake pressure, but that isn't really a big problem.