Can someone explain to me the attraction of a lumpy cam?

[BlackbirdM3]

I hate the sound of V8s, especially american ones. They sound like motor boats. I run a huge cam, lots of lift, overlap and duration on the datsun and it idles pretty smoothly. I must say that a well tuned straight 6 with a big cam and good exhaust is one of the best sounds ever. Smooth like ripping silk.

Will

[Rc 415]

I love choppy cams and v8's

[phreshkid]

I ran an aggressive cam in the ol' m10 for the 1600 and it was slightly lopey. I loved it. It really woke that engine up over 3k rpms. That car really moved.

[LJ851]

because racecar?







I love the sound of a large overlap cam. A properly built high performance engine is a symphony to my ears at idle, revving and full song. I do have favorite cylinder counts and crank shapes.

Go to a Top Fuel event and listen to a top fuel car warm up in the pits. If your soul doesn't stir when they switch over from alcohol to nitro, you might not have one.

[IronFreak]

because racecar?







I love the sound of a large overlap cam. A properly built high performance engine is a symphony to my ears at idle, revving and full song. I do have favorite cylinder counts and crank shapes.

Go to a Top Fuel event and listen to a top fuel car warm up in the pits. If your soul doesn't stir when they switch over from alcohol to nitro, you might not have one.

I was going to reference top fuel as well. I remember my first time in the pits, 13 years old, heartland park in KS. Standing right behind the dragster, they cranked that monster over and my balls dropped, I had become a man. They switched to nitro and I could feel the oxygen getting sucked out of my own lungs, the pounding of those cylinder about crushed my chest cavity.

I'll never forget that experience. Overlapping lopey ass cams are the songbird of HP, embrace it!

#Merica!

[phreshkid]

The M30 is God's engine.

[LJ851]

The M30 is God's engine.

[JasonC]

LSx's have kind of a higher pitch sound to them, I prefer the deeper traditional sound of the older V8s. Don't get me wrong, if I here a LSx come thumping in, i'll turn my head and smile ;D






With 4 poppers and 6 bangers, i'll still be grinning if they are cammed up. Even my Corvair has a small cam



When they are smooth and quiet, it's kind of boring to me....

[F34R]

I had a cammed m20...it was not much fun down low, but mid to up top it was INSANE! Lumpy cams= fun!

[george graves]

Well crap. I guess I need to turn in my "man card". ;)

[rturbo 930]

The Camaro sounds like it might actually go somewhere if you put your foot down. The 540i just sounds lame.

Love a lopey idle. My Z has a cam in it. It has a lumpy idle, but runs smooth overall, and really comes on after 3000rpm. Just wish I had a decent car to put it in so I could let it stretch its legs.

Not mine, but it has the same cam, and similar work done:

[mrsleeve]

The sound has more to do with firing order and degrees of rotation between firings, their V8's fire at every 90 degrees.

This made me chuckle. You should hear a 60* V6 with a bit of work done to it even with minimal overlap lope and rumble at idle.... LOL I have seen an LQ1 throw a fireball out WG loud pipe about 3 feet long when the the throttle plates slam closed...

Firebird knows exactly what I am talking about..... ;)


Lopey Cam is the song of high performance no more no less, sadly I have been away from such things so long, I feel as if I have forgotten it all

[Fusion]

Why is an engine 'built' rather than 'rebuilt', 'custom', or 'upgraded'.
All engines are built.

Always lol'd at the 'built not bought' slogan too. Like did you buy the cam or make it yourself by pouring moulten iron in your garage and then lathing it to spec?

/rant, thanks for your attention

[Exodus_2pt0]

Why is an engine 'built' rather than 'rebuilt', 'custom', or 'upgraded'.
All engines are built.

Always lol'd at the 'built not bought' slogan too. Like did you buy the cam or make it yourself by pouring moulten iron in your garage and then lathing it to spec?

/rant, thanks for your attention

Do you do your own work? Or do you pay someone else to do it for you? Not talking shit, just an honest question that could shed light on why you feel the way you do.

Also, Molten.

[LJ851]

Why is an engine 'built' rather than 'rebuilt', 'custom', or 'upgraded'.
All engines are built.

Bullshit.

Many people can and do assemble an engine, properly building an engine is a whole other thing.