uglystick
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Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Tue Aug 27, 02 5:07 PM
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hey,
rumor has it that if you take a camshaft out of a newer corvette and flip it end for end with the same degreeing, etc, it will produce an extra 80 or so horse...
i'd assume it's a split profile cam and that flipping it end for end swaps the profiles for intake and exhaust.
any solid knowledge out there on this one?
jason
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FordFactor
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Wed Aug 28, 02 2:51 PM
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Never heard of that. But sounds cool, i mean how hard is it to get the cam flipped? or in other words how hard is it to get those 80+ horses.
Give me ten seconds and 1/4th of a mile and i'll show you what i can do..
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SweetNeon
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Fri Aug 30, 02 1:32 AM
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its all a bunch of bull shit
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uglystick
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Fri Aug 30, 02 10:13 AM
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what's up neon? how's your car doing? you never came back after posting your specs. but alas, yer back. right on.
we'll have to race one of these days if i ever get down there...
physically possible it's a bunch of bs, but theoretically, it's not. if you actually built a cam with the opposite profiles for intake and exhaust it would increase the hp tremendously...
i dunno about 80, but a lot more than 10.
jason
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Phatmatt
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Sat Aug 31, 02 10:41 AM
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this is true as far as I know. but not like you guys said, but how Uglystick said it. The cam with the oposite profile it does crank out some serouis power.
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BlownGTP
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Sat Aug 31, 02 11:18 AM
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wouldnt that mess up the firing order or no? im not that good at these kind of things.
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uglystick
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Sat Aug 31, 02 1:30 PM
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it's like this: it's a split profile cam. meaning that the exhaust lift is x and the intake lift is y. if you made a cam with the intake lift of y and the exhaust lift of x, it would increase the hp...
jason
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FordFactor
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Sat Aug 31, 02 9:39 PM
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Theoretacly it makes sence.
Give me ten seconds and 1/4th of a mile and i'll show you what i can do..
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Phatmatt
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Sun Sep 1, 02 2:00 PM
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yeah but you wouldn't want to just rip out your camshaft flip it around and put it back in, and just be like "good to go." you know what, actually do that and tell me how it goes. mwa ha ha
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SweetNeon
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Re: Corvette Cam Flip = 100bhp? Posted Sun Sep 22, 02 1:05 PM
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you wouldnt have the same red line thats forsure
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