<VV> Aftermarket Camshafts in Turbo Engines

Tony Underwood tonyu at roava.net
Sat Aug 26 16:52:20 EDT 2006


At 09:54 hours 08/26/2006, ch chu wrote:

>   I'm  about  to  build a Vair engine and will eventually turbo it.  I'm
>   trying to decide on a camshaft.  A friend, who knows as much as anyone
>   about Corvairs, said to stick with the stock cam.  He said a stock cam
>   will  work better than any of the aftermarket cams.  I should take his
>   advice, but I still just had to ask.
>
>   Does  anyone have good or bad experience with aftermarket camshafts in
>   turbo cars?  What works well and what doesn't?



Well, not to spite those who feel the stock factory cam works best...

...but the Isky 280 works REAL well in a tweaked turbo 
engine.    Don't use the factory 95hp cam though, if you wanna stay 
stock.   Use an '891 cam, easy to find and they're OK.



tony..       



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