Cam (NO HEAD WORK) Question :)

[OOHASNEK]

Howdy all,
Well the engine is out of the car to deal with a bent valve and so I'd like to put a cam in it while I have the engine out. The consensus on here seems to be get the heads ported while they're off, I get it, but I don't have another $4k to toss at the build and honestly don't really need the power. So that said aside from the Twister thread (on a Gen III), any cam-only builds to speak of on here? There are Comp Cams standard cuts for the Xtreme Energy 218/224 and 212/218 available from Speedway motors which look fairly mild, barely above a 708, which might be worth doing. The car is just going to be a weekend cruiser, not looking to go racing in it or anything, so a slightly lumpy idle is fine, but nothing obnoxious. I'll be tuning it myself via HPTuners. Anyone done a similar build? Anyone?

Final testing of roeracing 710 cam, expectations exceeded

Stock cam Kn intake Custom Titanium exhaust (deleted catalyst converter set #1 on the exhaust) Roller rockers Findanza lightweight flywheel Lightweight underdrive pulley Abs wires 170 degree thermostat Baush plugs Sct tune =475/512 sae, 487/522 std Bsm dynojet Only the following...

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Thanks,
Tony

 

[GTS Dean]

Beware - if you have a Gen 2, the earlier heads had some pretty noteworthy casting shift leading to thin port walls and water leaks with not much grinding work. It's advisable to talk to a reputable porter who has experience with Viper heads.

 

[Old School]

Crower has some Viper cams also.

 

[Badsnek]

Give Havik Performance a call. They have some awesome cam’s. If I was in your shoes, I’d either do heads and cam or not bother doing just the cam. But hey it’s your money. Truthfully it wouldn’t even be a thought for me, I’d throw the port and polish costs on a card if I didn’t have the money at the time and just pay it off as I could. But that’s just me. Best of luck with whatever you decide.

 

[OOHASNEK]

Give Havik Performance a call. They have some awesome cam’s. If I was in your shoes, I’d either do heads and cam or not bother doing just the cam. But hey it’s your money. Truthfully it wouldn’t even be a thought for me, I’d throw the port and polish costs on a card if I didn’t have the money at the time and just pay it off as I could. But that’s just me. Best of luck with whatever you decide.

I'll give them a call, thanks!

 

[Goggles Pizano]

Just stick with all stock.

 

[GTS Dean]

Somebody can probably find the video, but a guy did a really nice YouTube of ECU tuning improvements on his gray/silver creampuff. I think he picked up 30-some HP with just basic mods?

 

[Jametemp]

I think this is the one Dean is referring to

How far can tuning a stock engine get you? Let's find out.

Find out how much power we can squeeze out of a *perfectly* stock 2000 Dodge Viper GTS Coupe by just dyno tuning it and learn about the tuning process.You ca...

youtu.be

 

[99RT10GTS]

I'll give them a call, thanks!

If you're going to do a cam and not want to do heads, don't waste your money on a cam other than a 708. Maybe add some Gen 3 rockers(I am selling a set). The Gen 1 heads ****, but I made them better:

 

[99RT10GTS]

If you have a Gen 2, I also do CnC heads for them too. You will thank yourself later for doing it vs. just adding a cam. Heads are the bottle neck on these cars.

 

[Badsnek]

I'll give them a call, thanks!

You’re welcome!

 

[OOHASNEK]

I think this is the one Dean is referring to

How far can tuning a stock engine get you? Let's find out.

Find out how much power we can squeeze out of a *perfectly* stock 2000 Dodge Viper GTS Coupe by just dyno tuning it and learn about the tuning process.You ca...

youtu.be

Interestingly enough, he also put a hurting on his engine, but that's been a cool project to follow for sure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luDCLPF-hP0