Turbo spec cam

[hoping03gagt]

Hey there I'm thinkin of gettin a 3.4 and building the motor for a turbo... and i was wondering, I saw a blower cam on mms but not one for a turbo would the blower one work good for the turbo as well? And I still want this thing to run like no headlights dimming and stuff but still a nice thumpity thump.

[silvergtjrad]

You would be better off getting a regrind specific to your application. Its available through the 60 degree v6 store. Oh and its cheaper too.

[AaronGTR]

An SC cam would work ok for a turbo engine. It would certainly be better than an NA cam. You probably could get some better specs specifically for a turbo though, and you could get them with a regrind through 60degreev6.com. The best way to determine the best cam specs though will be to use a dyno simulation program (which they can do) but they need to know all kinds of specific information about the setup you plan to run. So your best bet is to figure out what parts you are going to use, how much boost, how much power you want, etc before you pick your cam.

[hoping03gagt]

Hey thnx for the replies guys... Ya I think I'll go for a re grind just gotta figure out what else I want. And just out of curiosity has any1 ever stroked a grand am motor?

[gectek]

the custom ground crank would be pretty expensive, because i think the 3400 and 3100 use the same stroke on the crank, but you could use the new 3500 crank, have the journals offset ground to your specs, and it is at least a new steel design, AFAIK some are forged some are just cast steel, but you would have to clearance the block and oil pan. or just use custom rods, or there are a few rod combos that might work also, but i dont remember what combination that is, some type of SBC rod, which you can also get in forged, just like the stock 3400...but why would u want to stroke it, if you wanna go that much, just go 3500 swap, it would prob be roughly about the same cost as all the work for the stroked 3400 and you would start out yielding more power NA

[AaronGTR]

Yeah, no point in stroking a 3400 when you can just use the whole 3500. There are no forged cranks btw. Some are cast iron, some are cast steel, thats the difference. You can used the forged small journal SBC rods on a 3400 crank but not on a 3500 crank. They are the wrong length and journal size. Someone on 60v6 was talking about some 4300 v6 rods that might work in a 3500, but don't know if they found out more yet.

[gectek]

http://60degreev6.com/showthread.php?t=35518&page=2&highlight=3500+crank

but i still cant make heads or tails of what was really found out, but at least u can have a stroker if you want with them