hey there people, exciting times this week at work as we have installed our first cam upgrade on a VY2 LS1.
The cam installed was a Crow cam number 871275 218/224 0.525 lift 114 lobe centers. We also installed new springs
http://www.crowcams.com.au/templates...amshafts.shtml
Anyway, not knowing what to expect we got stuck in tuning the VE with ben factor overlays and sorting timing etc etc.
Power went from 220 kw (dyno dynamics) to 238kw with a solid 10% torque increase across the entire RPM range.
Fuel was 98 Octane. Peak torque timing was only 14.5 degrees and peak rpm timing was 17 degrees and that was all it wanted. AFR's 12.7:1.
Now, question for all the non cam virgins out there :
Is this a reasonable or expected gain from such a cam upgrade? Nothing else was changed on the engine except the tuning of course....