100hp from cam swap

[iwaslowr]

Has anyone considered a cam swap?? It would be great if DOD could be retained with this big of a HP gain... Of course a re-tune would also be necessary but it's still inexpensive considering the substantial power increase.

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/ccrp_0804_325_chevy_small_block_engine/viewall.html

 

[BlueTahoe2001]

A cam would need to have matching flowed heads and intake. I would also have the throttle body bored out as well so it gets plenty of air. Cam's can be ******* motors with over 100,000 miles is what I've been told.

100HP Is a lot though...

Plus that's quite a bit of work to be done in a weekend. If someone has to have their truck for the week they might be calling a cab. lol..

 

[JennaBear]

 

[NathanJax]

 

[JennaBear]

Seeing as how a supercharger can provide ~110HP on average, my spidey sense says that there is no way you would be able to get 100HP with just a cam swap. HP ain't cheap!

When I did my cam swap on my Tahoe, I would say that I may have picked up ~40-50 HP (probably an overestimation at best) but that was with a header swap, rockers, and springs.

 

[Gzes]

I really doubt that a camswap would do 100hp... Do they have dyno sheets to prove it? And yea a cam swap to the average joe would take maybe a day if all goe right

 

[JennaBear]

I really doubt that a camswap would do 100hp... Do they have dyno sheets to prove it?

^this

 

[iwaslowr]

Within that linked CarCraft article...

 

[JennaBear]

If that dyno graph is correct (which is does not really show which dyno used) it is pretty much stock until 4K RPM (some areas worse than stock). I don't know about you, but I am not in 4K RPM all that often.

 

[stevek]

If that dyno graph is correct (which is does not really show which dyno used) it is pretty much stock until 4K RPM (some areas worse than stock). I don't know about you, but I am not in 4K RPM all that often.

It looks like a graph I could make in MS Excel in about 5 minutes