JBP Cams, Installed Pics & Vids Thread
02-14-2007, 09:44 AM
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JBP Cams, Installed Pics & Vids Thread
This thread is for all of the members that purchase and install the JBP TriFlow Cams. Post up your pics, videos and dyno sheets if ya got em'!
I'll start by merging my posts about it from the GB Thread:
Whelp, picked my car up tonight, this is a pretty sweet setup. The idle is slightly deeper, but not extremely noticeable. Except for the occasional moment where the idle gets a little rough and bounces between 600-1100RPM until it can stabilize itself back out...BTW, it looks like in the high RPM's, boost does drop. In second tonight, I was hitting 15.5 pounds fast as hell and then after 5500 or so RPM's they dropped down to 12.5. Weird, but the car definately didn't stop pulling. Power feels strong. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to really play around with it and see how the boost hits in each gear.
I didn't really have a chance to get decent video of the exhaust note at idle because it was freaking cold as hell out here, but I got a few short videos of the car in second and third gear on the highway. There's definitely a slight increase in mechanical sound from the engine. I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out. It pulls pretty nicely on top end, but we won't really know what kind of power I'm making until I get on the dyno the 24th. I couldn't tell much about the acceleration because the weather was so cold. But in high gears it seemed to pull pretty well. The dealership kept their word about install price, so it turned out to be $330 something after taxes. They gave me a free wash and all. The funniest thing is that there's a small whine when I'm not in boost. Like when I'm driving around the city in high gears at low speads. It's pretty cool. I can't wait to get this thing dyno'ed.
I guess, without further adue...
Cams 01
Cams 02
Engine Idle
Exhaust Far @ Idle
Exhaust Close @ Idle
Sorry about the shakey camera, my g/f couldn't keep herself steady in the seat with me on and off the throttle so much.
I'll start by merging my posts about it from the GB Thread:
Whelp, picked my car up tonight, this is a pretty sweet setup. The idle is slightly deeper, but not extremely noticeable. Except for the occasional moment where the idle gets a little rough and bounces between 600-1100RPM until it can stabilize itself back out...BTW, it looks like in the high RPM's, boost does drop. In second tonight, I was hitting 15.5 pounds fast as hell and then after 5500 or so RPM's they dropped down to 12.5. Weird, but the car definately didn't stop pulling. Power feels strong. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to really play around with it and see how the boost hits in each gear.
I didn't really have a chance to get decent video of the exhaust note at idle because it was freaking cold as hell out here, but I got a few short videos of the car in second and third gear on the highway. There's definitely a slight increase in mechanical sound from the engine. I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out. It pulls pretty nicely on top end, but we won't really know what kind of power I'm making until I get on the dyno the 24th. I couldn't tell much about the acceleration because the weather was so cold. But in high gears it seemed to pull pretty well. The dealership kept their word about install price, so it turned out to be $330 something after taxes. They gave me a free wash and all. The funniest thing is that there's a small whine when I'm not in boost. Like when I'm driving around the city in high gears at low speads. It's pretty cool. I can't wait to get this thing dyno'ed.
I guess, without further adue...
Cams 01
Cams 02
Engine Idle
Exhaust Far @ Idle
Exhaust Close @ Idle
Sorry about the shakey camera, my g/f couldn't keep herself steady in the seat with me on and off the throttle so much.
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02-14-2007, 09:53 AM
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Got the PM, so it looks like it worked.
02-14-2007, 09:55 AM
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02-14-2007, 10:29 AM
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Wow, lol, sorry SS super but you be wrong! I have stock exhaust from the manifold back.
To take a quote from one of my favorite movies, "Maybe we should have a spelling contest."
To take a quote from one of my favorite movies, "Maybe we should have a spelling contest."
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02-14-2007, 10:43 AM
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It's all good. I'm just bustin' chops anyways.
My girl and I went into the cold to get you a clip of the standstill revs from the engine bay. It's too shitty out to pull it out of the garage to get a clip from the back. If you listen to the last 10 seconds of the video you can hear it bouncing between 600-1100RPM's...
My girl and I went into the cold to get you a clip of the standstill revs from the engine bay. It's too shitty out to pull it out of the garage to get a clip from the back. If you listen to the last 10 seconds of the video you can hear it bouncing between 600-1100RPM's...
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Hearing how deep it sounds on your car is really making me even more anxious to hear how it will sound with the full exhaust. I still can't get over how nice it sounds.
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Except for the occasional moment where the idle gets a little rough and bounces between 600-1100RPM until it can stabilize itself back out...BTW, it looks like in the high RPM's, boost does drop. In second tonight, I was hitting 15.5 pounds fast as hell and then after 5500 or so RPM's they dropped down to 12.5. Weird, but the car definately didn't stop pulling. Power feels strong. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to really play around with it and see how the boost hits in each gear.
cheack out my dyno: you'll see two pulls completly stock, and one with just cams
what's happening is that the by-pass is programed to blead anything past 15psi,
you'll have to do one of three things.
-get GM stage 2 or 3
-get HPtuner tune your car to change the by-pass limit
-boost by-pass mod
the second one is obviously your best option, you'll get way more out of the cams that way.
but if your stock do the by-pass mod and you'll see much better gains and the car will drive even better.
unfortuneatly i didn't think of the by-pass mod when I did that last year.
02-14-2007, 12:31 PM
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OMG I WANT!!! (is all i could come up with when I heard it)
Hmmm, that idle sounds a bit odd, but it isn't damaging. I like it. Tri-flow cams FTW!!!!!!
Hmmm, that idle sounds a bit odd, but it isn't damaging. I like it. Tri-flow cams FTW!!!!!!
02-14-2007, 12:44 PM
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player_1, I do have GMS2. But, regardless, I am having it tuned by TTP on the 24th with 60's, 2.79", and NGK BKR7E's. That's why I'm so excited for the dyno tune! Should see some good numbers.
02-14-2007, 12:58 PM
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I would really like to see a scan log with these, as well as dyno gains. Cams are supposed to "open up flow" through the engine. Any other supercharged car I've modded, the car would LOSE boost when adding a cam, allowing you to drop a pulley size and gain more power. I DO NOT like the idea of these cams ADDING boost, because that tells me there's a restriction. Hopefully someone can prove me wrong, but I'd like to see more info from people who've installed these.
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Why not drop down to a 2.5"? With the increased flow the boost would be in the 18-19 PSI range I would think.
