Turbo6Smackdown
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I know about changing where your car's power can get laid down to the pavement through things like rear end gear/tire od, stall converter, turbo & turbine selection, and air/fuel ratios in first gear, but I never considered cam profile/lift/duration.
I realize that you can pick the wrong combination of components and destroy your bottom end. Would any of the experts here have a combo that would do that? I mean I want more upper end power than lower end. My car is not a track car, and if I don't have traction on the street the whole point of this car is worthless. Let's stay off of tires & pinion angle for this question because I can assure you it's a moot point. I'm trying to gear up for higher powerband internally. So what would be a decent combo in terms of say compression, & cam selection. I'd ask about the turbo selection too but I'm afraid that might be kicked to the turbo section of this board. Should I just stick with my engine's internals but go to a slower spooling turbo and a super tight converter to take the turbo out of the equation for as long as possible for the launch? Or will that just hurt the launch as when it does spool it'll start a wheelspin all over again. Tell me about cams that hurt the lower end.
I realize that you can pick the wrong combination of components and destroy your bottom end. Would any of the experts here have a combo that would do that? I mean I want more upper end power than lower end. My car is not a track car, and if I don't have traction on the street the whole point of this car is worthless. Let's stay off of tires & pinion angle for this question because I can assure you it's a moot point. I'm trying to gear up for higher powerband internally. So what would be a decent combo in terms of say compression, & cam selection. I'd ask about the turbo selection too but I'm afraid that might be kicked to the turbo section of this board. Should I just stick with my engine's internals but go to a slower spooling turbo and a super tight converter to take the turbo out of the equation for as long as possible for the launch? Or will that just hurt the launch as when it does spool it'll start a wheelspin all over again. Tell me about cams that hurt the lower end.