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questions on the nic cam

nascartech

nascartech

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ok so i am planning on doing a cam swap next summer, and was looking at either a nic cam, or a custom grind cam, i want a lumpy idle my question is why don't you use a IC with a nic cam, and can i use a single roller timing chain with crow 105s and push rods with this cam, ive also come up with a cam profile of my own let me know what you think. duration 220/230 lift .524/.524 lsa 112
 


You can run an innercooler ith it, it has a long duration which lowers boost levels thus allowing you to run a smaller pulley with out an innercooler.
 
ya i know it bleeds off boost and thats why you have to run a smaller pulley to get that same amount of boost with xp cam and bigger pulley as for valvetrain what is needed i was thinking crow 105s, pushrods,and a new timing chain and damper do i have to run a double roller or withh a single be fine ive searched threads but there is no clear yes or no answers, also that car will have a in car tune is a wide ban tune necessary to be reliable and not blow my engine
 


TheOtherNick said:
and you do need an in car wideband tune.
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Not really.. if you are running a 98-03 you should be fine with just unplugging the o2 sensor, and making sure you have a bit of extra in PE AFR... It doesnt change the VE of your motor as much as you would think... its a fairly low lift cam, and the stock tune is sorta lean as it is....
 
darkhorizon said:
Not really.. if you are running a 98-03 you should be fine with just unplugging the o2 sensor, and making sure you have a bit of extra in PE AFR... It doesnt change the VE of your motor as much as you would think... its a fairly low lift cam, and the stock tune is sorta lean as it is....
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Don't WB tune a NIC.

Sounds good...Everyone that hasn't has popped a motor, including ZZP. It's a very tempramental cam. Also...why would you yank out the rear o2 on an '01+ car...that just causes issues with fueling and makes tuning worse.
 
bluegtp91 said:
Don't WB tune a NIC.

Sounds good...Everyone that hasn't has popped a motor, including ZZP. It's a very tempramental cam. Also...why would you yank out the rear o2 on an '01+ car...that just causes issues with fueling and makes tuning worse.
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I wouldnt be speaking from experience or anything... Not like I have built 3 and tuned a few others of these in the last year.

The NIC is very normal, I have more issues with XP's and S1x's due to their lift and tighter VE requirements.
 


Narrowband isn't really cuttin' it....
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if you are running a 98-03 you should be fine with just unplugging the o2 sensor, and making sure you have a bit of extra in PE AFR...
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Welcome to yesterday.

These cars were just setup with my "mail order" NIC base file (which is basically stock with whatever injectors you decided to run in them, and a tiny bit of PE afr mods).

I wonder when people are going to stop believeing all this taboo around everything that has a problem at one time or another..... When noobs run parts they dont understand then bad stuff happens... I happened to have figured out how to make an NIC do what it should have done years ago, so it is not "temperemental" anymore.
 
Cool maybe u can chime in and help getting my s1x to run better than it is. Also cuSe my wideband isn't working at the moment (no bung on new pipe yet)
 


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