whats cams should i get?

US Soldier(stang 98) · Feb 26, 2009

i have a full pi swap 10.5:1 compresion and 4.10 gears what cams should i get? to get the most outa my all motor stang :thumbsup:

97stanger · Feb 26, 2009

to get the most...custom grind N/A cams. Hit up either MPH, Cushman, Crower, HP, any of those fellas can take care of ya

Tbuck07 · Feb 26, 2009

I agree with blown97. Im doing the same setup, but for the price I'm doing VT stage II's.

Willis_98GT · Feb 26, 2009

look into hightechs also.. if you haven't yet. their kinda new on the market, but they've made very nice gains on basic bolton gts

Marvin97 · Feb 26, 2009

Willis_98GT said:
look into hightechs also.. if you haven't yet. their kinda new on the market, but they've made very nice gains on basic bolton gts

+1 i'll be going with hitech stage 2's in mine

navarro98gt · Feb 26, 2009

I'm running CMS stage 2 n/a cams and am very happy with them. Below is my dyno graph and a little vid to give you an idea what they sound like at idle.

Mr Jones 4.6 · Feb 26, 2009

I 2nd Cushman (VT) Stg 2's, you can probably find those pretty decently priced. It all depends on the price but either way if you go Cushman 2's or Custom or HiTech then your going to love them alot.

I personally want to see track times on these HiTechs. b/all I have seen is good dyno numbers but no track times.

YouTube will give you alot of different setups that you can listen to.

96StangGT · Feb 26, 2009

Yeah i have the Comp Cams 270s which are the stage 2 and i like the idle and performance it gave me but i should of gotten the stage 3 the 278s b/c that idle is much choppier :angry7:

Willis_98GT · Feb 26, 2009

i'm about to run the cushman/vt stage 2s i'll let you know how they are, their going on the weekend after next..

i'll also let you know how many pairs of pants i go threw.

Marvin97 · Feb 26, 2009

there is a video on youtube of a 2004 gt, full bolton's and hitech stage 2's, stock heads, 4:10's going 12.1 @ 112mph i think. He made right at 300hp, I think like 307tq. With the pi swap compression bump you'd make over 300 I would assume.

US Soldier(stang 98) · Feb 27, 2009

i have a 2004 block with the full pi swap and was cnced by DSS. should i get 99-2004 cams od does that matter

US Soldier(stang 98) · Feb 27, 2009

ok a nuther ? with a stage 2 cam will nieed any thing for my valve train?

navarro98gt · Feb 27, 2009

US Soldier(stang 98) said:
ok a nuther ? with a stage 2 cam will nieed any thing for my valve train?

I would definitely upgrade the valve springs with any stage 2 cams, especially if you plan on revving over 6400rpms (stage 2?s love high rpms). I went with Manley Nextex springs as Jim Cushman of CMS cams recommended them

96StangGT · Feb 27, 2009

US Soldier(stang 98) said:
i have a 2004 block with the full pi swap and was cnced by DSS. should i get 99-2004 cams od does that matter

Yeah you wanna get the ones for the 99-04...

US Soldier(stang 98) · Feb 27, 2009

thanks for all help guys. Hey navarro98gt the link for chicagomustang didnt work last night when i tryed it

Tbuck07 · Feb 27, 2009

97whitevert said:
there is a video on youtube of a 2004 gt, full bolton's and hitech stage 2's, stock heads, 4:10's going 12.1 @ 112mph i think. He made right at 300hp, I think like 307tq. With the pi swap compression bump you'd make over 300 I would assume.

I saw that video as well, which is very impressive. However he did change out his suspension drastically..without a proper suspension you can have all the power in the world but without being able to plant it to the ground its pretty much pointless..

Marvin97 · Feb 28, 2009

Tbuck07 said:
97whitevert said:

there is a video on youtube of a 2004 gt, full bolton's and hitech stage 2's, stock heads, 4:10's going 12.1 @ 112mph i think. He made right at 300hp, I think like 307tq. With the pi swap compression bump you'd make over 300 I would assume.

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I saw that video as well, which is very impressive. However he did change out his suspension drastically..without a proper suspension you can have all the power in the world but without being able to plant it to the ground its pretty much pointless..

I wouldn't say drastically, all that i got out of it was a tubular k and a built rearend.. did it say he had lca's or drag springs?