More Cam ?'s.....Best Cam for stock 5.0??

MattwantsSpeed · 05-23-2002, 11:17 PM

Alright, just looking through some magazines and trying to learn a little about cams. What I'm wondering is what is the best cam for a stock 5.0?

Coupe5oh · 05-23-2002, 11:33 PM

For a stock 5.0? as in, stock heads and intake? well that would be the stock h.o cam.....5.0's see little gain, or even a loss with a bigger cam, plenty of people have done it anyway, but money can be spent somewhere else, and achieve more gain, open up breathing with intake, exhaust, then heads, that way the cam does what its supposed to, and makes more power on the topend.

Unit 5302 · 05-23-2002, 11:52 PM

Stick with the stock cam. It's more aggressive than the rest of the stock HO combination already.

MattwantsSpeed · 05-24-2002, 12:04 AM

awesome, thanx for the replies guys. I'll be asking alot of questions trying to learn about the 5.0's

05-23-2002, 11:17 PM	#1
MattwantsSpeed Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lakeland, Fl Posts: 224	More Cam ?'s.....Best Cam for stock 5.0?? Alright, just looking through some magazines and trying to learn a little about cams. What I'm wondering is what is the best cam for a stock 5.0? __________________ 89 LX Hatch 5.0 5spd, alot of miles, terrible 2.73's, mac cai, pullies, Tri-Ax, 16* timing, elect fan, 3G alt Best to date: 14.331@97.46mph with 14*/stock fan/short belt and a 2.222 60' in 90 degree weather Waiting to put on Off road H and 1 5/8 headers Rice Hater's Club #36

05-23-2002, 11:33 PM	#2
Coupe5oh Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 734	For a stock 5.0? as in, stock heads and intake? well that would be the stock h.o cam.....5.0's see little gain, or even a loss with a bigger cam, plenty of people have done it anyway, but money can be spent somewhere else, and achieve more gain, open up breathing with intake, exhaust, then heads, that way the cam does what its supposed to, and makes more power on the topend. __________________ Police package 5spd 90 Lx, Stock original motor, 3.27grs, BM fan, fms 10.5 clutch, D&D quadrant, and adjuster, ADS chip, 180 stat, mac cai, mac h-pipe, mac subframe connectors, ASP crank pulley, ripper shifter, 26x10.5 M/T sport pros welds. 246 hp according to analyzer Race weight: 3,120 E.t-13.57 with 26x10.50's e.t. streets. 1.88 60' mph- 99.92 mph

05-24-2002, 12:04 AM	#4
MattwantsSpeed Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lakeland, Fl Posts: 224	awesome, thanx for the replies guys. I'll be asking alot of questions trying to learn about the 5.0's __________________ 89 LX Hatch 5.0 5spd, alot of miles, terrible 2.73's, mac cai, pullies, Tri-Ax, 16* timing, elect fan, 3G alt Best to date: 14.331@97.46mph with 14*/stock fan/short belt and a 2.222 60' in 90 degree weather Waiting to put on Off road H and 1 5/8 headers Rice Hater's Club #36

05-23-2002, 11:52 PM	#3
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Stick with the stock cam. It's more aggressive than the rest of the stock HO combination already.