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Old 03-08-2026, 04:59 AM   #19
2023_ZL1-AUTO

 
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I'm kind of agreeing with most points that all have pointed out so far. For me here is what I went through with my recent build:

I was basically like "Oh, yeah, I want the most radical choppy CAM I can get, so much chop that it will shake the bolts and screws out of the car". Then, someone smarter than me said, well on a boosted engine, you don't want a big over lap, i.e. excessive chop, you will lose boost/power. You want a CAM that gives your build the most power, not the most chop.

Thus, my new build has noticeable chop, it's not a WOW chop, but it chops. It's nothing like my buddy's driving around in their 5th and 6th gen Camaro's. But, I'm the most RWHP out of all of them on similar build. But they all went with crazy overlap (chop)

So, I think it would be cool to test for the best top (3) CAMS for max effort power, and maybe show what the power lose CAM choices are that many, line me would have totally did their build wrong by wanting the wrong thing in the begging?
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