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Originally posted by Unit 5302
#1 The stock cam is a GOOD cam. Don't know why it's so hard for people to comprehend that. In head to head comparisons, the F303 in particular does great. Any cam can screw a combo, and I've seen people post where the cam they were recommended turned out to be a POS for them. If the combo is setup right, ie selecting the right cam for the combo, it's going to make good power.
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I never said the stock cam was a bad cam. I have seen what they can do at nmra races. It’s impressive. As far as cams that are recommend to them, I would only trust Ed Curtis or Buddy Rawls. This is because of the cars they have done and I have seen at the track or an event. I’m sure there are plenty more out there though. I agree that if the setup is done right its going to make good power.
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#2 Spending $150 more on a cam to get the exact same result or worse is expensive. I'm not in the habit of blowing money, period.
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You said that you can get 10 hp, how is this the same result?
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#3 I don't have to prove they last longer than custom. I never said custom cams wouldn't last, just that the alpha cams have the history behind them to prove they do.
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That’s fine. You just threw that out there and I was wondering if you saw something I didn’t.
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#4 Better drivability. How? Explain this to me. The F303 has good LSA, maintains vacuum, has a nice, solid duration, good lift that can be used in combo with any decent springs and it makes the same power in tests as most of the aftermarket high dollar cams, and I've never seen a heads up comparison where it's down more than 5rwhp or so. It makes good midrange, keeps the lowend alive, and the top end is solid as well. I'm not saying that there are not better cams out there. I'm saying that the alphabet cams get a bad rap because numb nutz the cam wiz kid throws the X cam into a stock speed density 87GT and then can't get it to work so he jumps on the alphabet cam hating wagon.  The E303 is known to have some vacuum issues on occation and mysterious idle surge. The B303 just isn't a whole lot of good below 3000rpm because of the overlap.
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You got me on the f cam. I don’t have much experience with this one. You have peaked my interest and I’m going to keep my eyes and ears open for it when I go to events. About its specs though, it all comes down to the combo being correct to make it work right? I was basing my statements on drivability from cars that I have seen with a lot of different combos, not just one engine and different cams for a magazine test. I agree with you on some kid throwing x cam into x car and it running like $hit. I see that all the time. If they can jump on the alphabet cam hating bandwagon because of their bad experience, don’t you think there are the same people that do that with customs?
Ray