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<blockquote data-quote="SlowSVT" data-source="post: 15747872" data-attributes="member: 20202"><p>If your going "balls out" cams are pretty much a given. If you have a street car and want minimal trouble with lots of miles stay with the factory bumpsticks. The hollow factory camshafts won't add 10 lbs. to your engine like a solid aftermarket shafts will which is an added bonus.</p><p></p><p>Most all valve train failures I've seen in this motor involve high lift/duration cams which usually takes out the rest of the motor. For those people the cost was very expensive. The blower is the 800 lb. gorilla in the room, cams won't register much at your butt-O meter why stress the system with steeper and higher ramp angles unless you have to?</p><p></p><p>A set of PAC or Associated valve springs, steel retainers and gears is a good idea at rebuild time. The rest of the OEM valve train will be hard to beat I'd keep what's left. Timing the stock cams can be worth 25 hp they are usually off as much as 7 degrees. Next to piston meltdowns, valve train "explosions" are the main failure modes that doom a Terminator engine. For me this is not an area I want to screw with too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlowSVT, post: 15747872, member: 20202"] If your going "balls out" cams are pretty much a given. If you have a street car and want minimal trouble with lots of miles stay with the factory bumpsticks. The hollow factory camshafts won't add 10 lbs. to your engine like a solid aftermarket shafts will which is an added bonus. Most all valve train failures I've seen in this motor involve high lift/duration cams which usually takes out the rest of the motor. For those people the cost was very expensive. The blower is the 800 lb. gorilla in the room, cams won't register much at your butt-O meter why stress the system with steeper and higher ramp angles unless you have to? A set of PAC or Associated valve springs, steel retainers and gears is a good idea at rebuild time. The rest of the OEM valve train will be hard to beat I'd keep what's left. Timing the stock cams can be worth 25 hp they are usually off as much as 7 degrees. Next to piston meltdowns, valve train "explosions" are the main failure modes that doom a Terminator engine. For me this is not an area I want to screw with too much. [/QUOTE]
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