Are there any off the shelf 2V 4.6 cams that give power but NO LOPE?

Kornilov

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Sorry, fellas, cant stand the lope sound of a cammed engine. Every one tells me the Comp Cams 262 stage 1 cams have no lope, but the videos of them I have seen have an irritating lope.

I want to mod my 04 GT to get some more N/A rwhp and cams seems like an easy and relatively cheap mod, but I want to avoid cam lope - I really dislike the 'huffing and puffing' engine sound.

Is there any off the shelf option that would fit what I want? I know a mild cam will not give me crazy power, but I'd be ok with 10 or 15 rwhp and no lope.
 

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you can call a place that does custom cams and tell them what your looking for which is your best bet. off the shelf you may not find anything. Other option is just running a really quiet muffler to mask the lope.
 

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Your best bet is going custom ground. You will still have a tiny bit of lope, as that’s the nature of a cam. You won’t have some big lift lope though and you’ll still likely see some mid range power.

That aside, there are better alternatives for power at similar price point. What is currently done to your car and what is it you are looking for power wise?
 

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"Irritating lope", never heard something so gay in my life. You could buy a Honda Civic and cam it.

“Irritating Lope” Possibly the gayest thing ever said on svtperformance. I can understand if the OP wants a stealthy cam, but to say cam lope is irritating, that’s just George Michael gay.
 

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Might change your exhaust. From what I’ve been told some Bassani mufflers cancel out the lope in the exhaust note. No first hand experience with this but it’s what I’ve been told by others that experienced this with upgraded cams and Bassani’s.


Pick your poison.
 

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Your best bet is going custom ground. You will still have a tiny bit of lope, as that’s the nature of a cam. You won’t have some big lift lope though and you’ll still likely see some mid range power.

That aside, there are better alternatives for power at similar price point. What is currently done to your car and what is it you are looking for power wise?

Just looking for a 280 - 300 rwhp N/A car - with a moderately stout roag holding suspension for hills and mountains on the weekends and light daily driving. A mild sleeper that can hold a turn. Car must remain N/A.

Powerwise, currently there's only a offroad h pipe and catback. Will be getting some headers to go with the cams eventually. Im thinking, cams, headers, exhaust, and tune should get the car around 280 ish at the wheels.
 

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I had 262's and yes it certainly isn't smooth as stock but not "irritating" and probably not noticable to anyone but yourself. I will say that there was way less lope with magnaflows over flowmasters. Have your tuner bump idle to around 900 and there won't be a lope.

That said I wanted all the lope I could get!!!!!
 

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Custom blower cams will get you what you want- have them spec'd with the highest LSA that's appropriate for your application. Overlap is what causes most of the lope. You find higher LSA with blower cams. If you're pressurizing a cylinder, the last thing you want is for that air volume to escape out the exhaust valve, right? So you have retention instead of reversion. Here's the problem- you want the exact opposite with N/A cams. Will you pick up power? Sure, more lift helps, but you're not getting the same powerband. Sound is secondary, so it'd be somewhat self-defeating.

I had some custom Bullet blower cams for my 334 for supercharger/turbo use and they had very little lope at idle. You could tell it was cammed, but it was subtle. Ran like a friggin buzz-saw as soon as you hit 3k rpms.

I have Bullet cams in my GT500 and the idle is "fun" but not obnoxious. If you want to hear obnoxious, you should hear the 428 at idle. The Lunati cam in that thing is disgustingly angry, shakes the car and the ground.
 
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*checks this is SVTP*

Irritating lope.....wh...what?

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Custom blower cams will get you what you want- have them spec'd with the highest LSA that's appropriate for your application. Overlap is what causes most of the lope. You find higher LSA with blower cams. If you're pressurizing a cylinder, the last thing you want is for that air volume to escape out the exhaust valve, right? So you have retention instead of reversion. Here's the problem- you want the exact opposite with N/A cams. Will you pick up power? Sure, more lift helps, but you're not getting the same powerband. Sound is secondary, so it'd be somewhat self-defeating.

I had some custom Bullet blower cams for my 334 for supercharger/turbo use and they had very little lope at idle. You could tell it was cammed, but it was subtle. Ran like a friggin buzz-saw as soon as you hit 3k rpms.

I have Bullet cams in my GT500 and the idle is "fun" but not obnoxious. If you want to hear obnoxious, you should hear the 428 at idle. The Lunati cam in that thing is disgustingly angry, shakes the car and the ground.
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Just looking for a 280 - 300 rwhp N/A car - with a moderately stout roag holding suspension for hills and mountains on the weekends and light daily driving. A mild sleeper that can hold a turn. Car must remain N/A.

Powerwise, currently there's only a offroad h pipe and catback. Will be getting some headers to go with the cams eventually. Im thinking, cams, headers, exhaust, and tune should get the car around 280 ish at the wheels.

I can’t remember which factory ford cams would work well in a 2v, but I think I remember that the expensive but capable twisted wedge 2v heads really breath good and make power much easier. Something like 250cfm of flow, which is almost 4v cobra territory

With a medium to aggressive OEM (as in factory supplied) cam and that head, you should easily make 300whp on a full exhaust, full bolt on 2v.

For handling, find a built 03/04 irs to swap in. Last one I found has a complete full tilt boogie racing kit on it and some minor fabrications/additional welds on it for $500. Was in excellent condition.

You can get an sra to handle, but a well done irs swap will do much more to balance the car. What weight you’ll gain is all rear weight and low. Throw a 3.73 or 3.90 rear in to compensate for the 100lbs difference.
 

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Not a bad recipe above from tt335ci.

Also, custom cams don't cost that much more than a set off the shelf, and they can spec exactly for what your goals are.
 

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Custom blower cams will get you what you want- have them spec'd with the highest LSA that's appropriate for your application. Overlap is what causes most of the lope. You find higher LSA with blower cams. If you're pressurizing a cylinder, the last thing you want is for that air volume to escape out the exhaust valve, right? So you have retention instead of reversion. Here's the problem- you want the exact opposite with N/A cams. Will you pick up power? Sure, more lift helps, but you're not getting the same powerband. Sound is secondary, so it'd be somewhat self-defeating.

I had some custom Bullet blower cams for my 334 for supercharger/turbo use and they had very little lope at idle. You could tell it was cammed, but it was subtle. Ran like a friggin buzz-saw as soon as you hit 3k rpms.

I have Bullet cams in my GT500 and the idle is "fun" but not obnoxious. If you want to hear obnoxious, you should hear the 428 at idle. The Lunati cam in that thing is disgustingly angry, shakes the car and the ground.
I have custom blower cams for my KB build. I was disappointed by the lack of lope. I was ready to cry (yea sounds gay) I wanted the car to shake rattle and roll.
 

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I have custom blower cams for my KB build. I was disappointed by the lack of lope. I was ready to cry (yea sounds gay) I wanted the car to shake rattle and roll.

I had the same experience back 10 years ago. You can definitely get blower cams ground that'll give you a disgusting lope at idle, but driving on the street becomes a chore. It'll kill the low end.
 

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