Biggest Cam ever? Detroit Autorama 2009 Crank up the sub

[whiplash889]

1.43 best sound in the world

[furfman]

Shboom!

[rompinredneck]

That has nothing to do with the cam. That is blower surge.

[sideshow45]

@rompinredneck prove it

[Polybun]

good speakers don't do any good, this thing sounds like shit. the cheap ass microphone used can't deal with the volume and is distorting badly.

Second of all, The cam in this thing doesn't have that much overlap really. I've heard far larger. It just has a bit of super charger surge. So fucking what?

[racrguy]

It's called blower surge.

[gsand88]

1:53 it just drags the front wheels along the concrete!!

[Bongwater123]

these cars only sound nice when they're revving the piss outta them, otherwise it sounds like they're about to stall out.

[bigoldavey]

ITS NOT EVEN A FASTBACK LOL !!!!!



[TheMakaveli96]

Just think bein in that 65impala wen its lunches off the drag strip it would be amazing but kinda scaring at the same time

[junkymustangs]

that's the blower not cam lope you ignorant fuck!

[Clawedbackster]

What's up with the skyscraper intakes on the blowers?

[Haloman315]

I've always wondered, what does an oversized camshaft do for a race car? Someone respond please?

[MrCheez1]

@Haloman315 its all power. thats what an aftermarket cam in general is all about

[junkymustangs]

@Haloman315 race cams, mild cams, high perfromance cams or whatever you want to call them push the valves open at a much higher rate and leave them open longer to allow more air in and out of the cylinder. the "lope" sound that you hear is actually from the engine running very sloppy because at idle alot of the exhaust is being pushed up through the intake due to long duration and valve overlap. At high rpm's the air doesnt have time to get pushed back out the wrong valve because it compresses.

[junkymustangs]

@junkymustangs That is also why you lose alot of low end power when you go with a more radical cam profile compared to stock. I've seen alot of people build basically a stock low compression engine with stock heads and put a big cam in it and it runs like shit because that engines bottom end wouldnt hold up to anything over 6000rpm and they placed a cam in it that makes power between 3500-7500 rpms. Then its a pain to keep it idling while in gear, because its not making any power at 600rpm.

[Haloman315]

@junkymustangs I see, what would be required in order keep the engine from making that "lope" sound at low RPM's? Or is there anything that you can do for that?

[junkymustangs]

@Haloman315 thier's not much you can do about the lope other than to install a quiet exhaust or go with a cam with a less agressive profile, but I love sound of a V8 with a big cam.

[waterkeeper03]

for the love of all that is sacred...

please stop calling every 60's fastback "Eleanor"

[hotrodsunlimited]

@waterkeeper03 Thank you

[351cleavland]

@waterkeeper03 I saw a guy with a hunched-back-Kind-of-a-fastbac­k-everyone else would refer to him as Elenor 'cause he looks just like the car from the movies!

[redlinerunner83]

@waterkeeper03 they see stripes and gray paint job they think its eleanor, fast backs and blown engines just lovely..

[wordreet]

Solid sound!!!! B¬)

[loneranger2005]

I plugged this into my surround sound, almost blew in my pants

[Signaturegen2]

gone in 10 seconds now



[viper1787]

gone in 60 seconds part 2 :)

[PinShave]

I've got a special tool or two that would fix that Cadillac Surging problem... a 3/8" open end and a flat blade screw driver.

[notamexican91]

dat low rpm. HNNNNGGG

[NarfBLAST]

Is that what they call "a nice rumpa-dee-rump idle"?

[glinnz05]

loakedee loak...loakedee loak.....

[snydski]

fat guys with money what a shame

[RevHeadTV]

Not as big as UCSMOKE(Holden HK Premier)

[bjmckay3]

how about turn the idle up a tad!!!! 1200-1600 would be nicer sound than that shitty lump at 300rpm!!!

[muayyadf1]

Super low rpm and running lean on the sametime

[gghouck]

@muayyadf1 yep, more likely an intake leak

[royaloreca]

I guess that's what people mean when they say blindspot ;-)

[inkjax1]

not the cam making all the racket, its the drive set up on the blower... duh... 

[danielsansuperman]

This is HEAVEN?

[ODDBALL81234]

Super aggressive cam and gigantic blower = BAD ASS!

[trbossdoggy]

2:53 This machine is...orgasmic...

[23chopperrob]

to all the sport impact guys,,,,,, ive seen plenty of civics with v8's in them but i have yet to see a Merc with an I-4!!!!!! and i NEVER will

[87veedubcabby]

@23chopperrob merc? as in mercedes? ever seen a c230? that have a i4.

[23chopperrob]

@87veedubcabby no i mean a mercury lead sled....

[331hemi]

everyone talking about the blowers..guess they do that so we wont notice the ugly wheels....

[oscarhollywood]

this is what chuck norris learned to drive in

[badmanblottclott]

still not as a gay as twilight

[byronrace]

Blower surge is caused by compressive oscillation and the lack of a bypass valve. It's aggravated by a large cam, but that's no excuse for it. To make the engine run right, either bypass the compressed air at idle (waste it) through a valve, or *accurately* tune the engine so it will maintain a steady rpm at idle and keep the oscillation from starting. The latter is more difficult since you must accurately tune the fueling needs for all engine temperatures. It takes dozen of hours and days.

[Purethrottle1]

@byronrace... the two cars in the video most likely have a pop off valve or burst panel on the intake manifold. Being supercharged and not exhaust driven turbos the purpose would be for a backfire and positive over boosting which would be costly on a supercharged car without the pressure release. The idle surge is coming from being alcohol injected.

[BumpWheel]

@Purethrottle1 Yes I agree.. most blown alky mechanical injected motors do have an idle surge at lower rpms, anything above 1000rpms they would not surge. Those two cars are keeping the idle very low for idle surge and show only....

[MrParjon]

not really a ford fan ...but that mustang was tight!

[campaug]

2:58 todd stone racing!!

[den220]

its blower surge, not cam

[rotgut68]

@den220 exactly

[den220]

@rotgut68 Still, its one of the most glorious sounds on earth

[bluesbrothermike]

!!!WIN!!!

[juliaandrj]

what size is that cam???

[verbalassalt09]

now thats a cam!

[CoDeKill33r]

who needs hydraulics? ;D

[byronrace]

That's the sound of an engine screaming "tune me, tune me, tune me, tune me"....pretty sad to see. Why people are willing to go 90% but not finish the job and make it run right is beyond me.

[MrParjon]

@byronrace you talkin bout that caddy....the way the engine runs takes away from the whole effort...all show and no go ..did you hear him try to rev it...my cammed 305 chevy sounds better than that!!

[quadstar90]

@byronrace Both of those cars seemed finely tuned to me.

[quadstar90]

@byronrace All those cars seemed finely tuned to me.

[billybobcrouse8]

@byronrace totally agree with you pretty sad

[TheLonesometoad]

WTF???? Doesn't anyone know how to tune a blower motor so it doesn't surge? Blower surge is unacceptable.

[tonto20091]

thats crazy, but bad ass

[Dylan553]

so is the car twisting or is ground bending at it shear power

[madjimms]

I hope they didn't put a fucking carb on the first car, that would be a total waste.

[Wayuatt]

That Impala lopes like it's blown alcohol. Nasty ride!

[dadaoso1975]

Thats one way to hop an impala

[eatingcatshit]

Watch the driver carefully at 1:32, that red light is him inhaling on his bong...

[Nitro660r]

Theres a local supercharged stang that ive only seen at an organized meet that has a cam that sounds identical, if not larger

[BLAHHCK]

@lxcocos you are a complete dumbass someone should cram about 20 years of car history up your ass so will appreciate an amazing car when you fuckin see one

[rustynuggets]

1 foot of lift and 2000deg of duration. = this.

[speciesofjael]

50 people own a Prius!

[wtpracing327]

Hope you guys know that surge is from the supercharger windmilling and not the cam... Which im sure is hairy but would never cause that...

[1PSYTEX1]

ok, black people should not even be allowed to have classic american cars, man i dont think ive seen one black dude doing anything cool with old classic cars, the only non white guys i can trust with a old american car are mexicans and maybe asians, even though many of them are all about the bling, mexicans know how to make old america cars look good without ruining the old classic and original look of a car!

[c00smeen]

only noise...nothing else...plus they look like shit...

[heathfiedler]

@c00smeen just depends on who looks at it, some people think its shit others don't Im sure they got power but they are show cars not something to go racing in.

[c00smeen]

@heathfiedler I'm not saying I don't like them...but not like that, with those silly ass looking ginormous blowers...I like them restored even with some modern suspension, wheels or brakes even a gps or other media stuff...but not this shit...this is not only useless because there are people that are not even driving them...NOT DRIVING A CAR YOU OWN IS A WASTE of money, time and for those people who do that, IMHO are assholes...

[9beemaster]

Bloody yanks think They have loud car come to summernats in aus you will come back with no eardrums

[81broncoman]

I know an old man who claims that for $200 he can take the blower surge out of anything. If he fails he will pay YOU $100, I've seen him take the surge out of a bunch of cars and never pay, so I believe him.

[TheTeevo8]

How does it drive in snow? lol

[mikevanmeyl123]

those two blown cars have so serious horse power

[rocketn8]

Somebody needs to do the right thing and confiscate Eleanor's steroids before she starts eating children.

[yourit311]

@rocketn8 thats no Eleanor

[stegomon]

ummmmm those scoops on the first and last car....was kind of retarded

[bethechange24]

I find this very easy to masturbate too.. ;)

[338EDGEPOWER]

lean then rich lean then rich repeat repeat shitty tuning

[exactscience1]

@338EDGEPOWER its mechanical fuel injection, the pump, the hat and the jets do this

[Insanestang89]

Idle surge...ftw you can get the same effect by pulling some vacume lines from the intake or throttle body.

[MrFootball150]

the bouncing of the chevelle makes me think of it breathing heavily waiting to attack

[oscarhollywood]

this is what chuck norris's grandma drives

[rg11rg11rg]

I'd be fuckin embarrassed if my car bounced like that. Have someone tune it for you if you don't have a clue..... That blower surge has nothing to do with a cam.

[quadrider47]

its the supercharger making it surge not the cam

[BarbieDarbie08]

which one is supposed to be the biggest cam ever??? just because it lumps doesnt mean its big... thats called overlap

[NiccoRios1989]

Good bye dear headphones and hearing.... you owe me $85

[TiconderogaX]

@NiccoRios1989 If you clicked on a video title,"Biggest cam ever", and expected it not to be loud, you're an idiot and deserve what you got.

[NiccoRios1989]

@TiconderogaX where in "Biggest cam ever" would I clue in one deafening sound? ...Damn Youtube trolls....

[TiconderogaX]

@NiccoRios1989 Apparantly you have a very small knowledge of cars...

[codyboy80]

@TiconderogaX stop drinking all that alcohol nicco!!

[rg11rg11rg]

@shorterthentyler45 Do you know what causes blower surge.........?????? Too much fuel and too low of an idle. Turn that bitch up to 2000 rpm and it will be smooth as can be.

[linkenhoker123]

Overdriven superchargers.  Totally awesome. That's what makes them surge like that, not too much fuel.

[68camaro476]

isnt that called blower surge........?



[AAN460]

All but the "Shelby" seem to be trailer queens, I have seen the mustang run before though.

[789whiter]

omg talk about cant tune an alcohol car with way to much way way to much fuel causing them to hunt and i noticed some have set there idols way way to low so i bet most are running a 20 to 50 amp pro mag to settle there over fueling but good way to melt plugs and heads

[james3000gt]

too much fuel. can't burn it quick enough, so the engine is playing catch up with the raw fuel.

these guys have way too much money. I can bet these car owners don't even get their fingers dirty. or for that matter greasy. They pay people to make the cars for them, then brag about it. The only thing they know about the engine, is what their builder told them. and that's minimal. A real hot rod is built by the owner, and drivin by the owner. We actually use bad ass engines to race. not show.

[atoigue1]

sooo the cam is so big its making the cars rock like that?

[TrueSouthernPride]

@atoigue1 no they have a ungodly amount of tq and hp they give it gas and the motor turns so hard that it flexes the car, get in your car one day and flip it in neutral and give it gas.... youll see wat im talking about lol.

[Boredout454]

First if you want big cams dont look at a forced induction vehicle, because of the supercharger the cam is smaller. The surging forward isnt the cam its the surge from the supercharger. The largest cams you can fine will be on big cube sportsman engines.

[MrAsphaltSquadron]

"Biggest cam ever, crank up the sub?" Get educated teenager.

[mrradiochicken]

Someone brought a Civic, but it was inhaled by the Impala

[wadeh88]

this isnt the cam u dickheads its the way its tuned with the methanol ffs

[Gasser4x4]

These cars are sick.

[ajcooper97]

how is that an ugly car. i bet its better then the one sitting in your drivway.

[InfernusEternum]

Big cams or can't figure out how to tune a car?

[glastornjet73]

The blower surge is not because it is overdriven the more overdrive you put in a blower the less surge you get how many top fuel or top alcohol dragsters do you hear with blower surge? NONE! They either 1. Dont know how to tune a blown alky engine or 2. Have it tuned that way for the show to make it "sound cool" a properly tuned blown injected engine should have very little to no blower surge at all unless you are trying to tune it way down

[MrCleanPolo]

Mustangs sound the best especially the classic ones. 

[towmandan420]

Starting 3:47 Is Like Watching A Woman Shake her ass .

[hot318]

blower surge.

i get that on my 41, not that big off course, but still, it lurches forward.

[Jester4point0]

Supercharger hunting.



[kd5eej]

That cam has more lumps than a sack of potatoes.

[Kibblesforme123]

the things got so much power it bounces up and down

[slowcar68]

this is why the world hates us...and i love every minute of it, USA USA USA!!

[bassman691]

why do the wheelie bars move up and down please no evil ass remarks ive just never seen it before so im asking

[bratboy90]

@bassman691 Just the torque on the axle twisting it.

[lxcocos69]

3:42.............ugliest car in history, worlds gayest exhaust

[ArrowheadSucks909]

@lxcocos69 damn beans!!

[WavyGravyTrain1]

@lxcocos69 His exhaust looks like that because it's a flamethrower, it injects gas into the exhaust and with it sticking out that far it won't catch the rear of the car on fire.look up flamethrower exhaust.

[connorwhitted]

@lxcocos69 it looks good till that thing on the back then its like what the hell

[CAJohnson92]

@lxcocos69 its a flamethrower kit

[2012GT500Supersnake]

@lxcocos69 dont dude just dont

[exactscience1]

@lxcocos69 i think thats vodoo larry?? no

[1PSYTEX1]

@lxcocos69 all i can say is, THAT FUCKER HAVE SOME NERVES RUINING SUCH A BEUTIFUL CAR!?

[bud385]

@lxcocos69 no doubt on the fruitloop exhaust factor WTH was that  ?

[heavychevy001]

The blower is set up "over driven" which is causing the blower surge. Swapping to a larger diameter blower pulley will create a more even idle. Blown big block Impala is just too bitchin, blower surge and all.

[CrazyMalone]

He wants to race

[bigblock427ci]

That impala gave me wood!!!!

[LarryLane07]

Some serious 8 stroking going on

[enigmaPL]

doesn't seem like it constantly idling up then back down again close to stalling is very healthy for it, i don't see what the problem would be with setting up the idle a little bit higher, so its easy and manageable.

[TheKaza123]

i have 110ls with .596" lift, will this create an idle surge with a blower?

[Leemster74]

Large Cam overlap causes a rough or lopey idle. # of degrees that intake and exhaust valves are open at the same time. Lots o power though.

[wsimpson86]

Cam surge. The lopey idle mixed with the blower causes a surge in idle.

[MrDubstep777]

that a mustang gt 500 elenore special

[mydogzty]

The camshaft is the part of the engine that opens and closes the Valve right? So.....what does the title mean when it says "biggest cam ever"?

[BeltDrivenMadness]

@mydogzty Big as in the lobes on the shaft are so big it causes the engine to lope because huge lift is not meant for Low RPM opperationg.

[mydogzty]

@BeltDrivenMadness Thats a pretty good explanation, I actually understood that. Thanks man, greatly appreciated :) Hey its not a bad thing for this to happen? Im just wonderingwould it be hard drivng a manual? Im learning manual in a Ford lazer KC 87 hatchback FWD 1.6L, and I've learnt how to use the clucth now, so just wondering if the engine is sorta revving like this at low RPM's, would it be hard to take off etc let alone to drivng manual?

[BeltDrivenMadness]

@mydogzty No problem. The Ford you describe sounds like a European one, and if that's the case, I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.

[mydogzty]

@BeltDrivenMadness my neighbour says its technically based off a Mazda...so i do not know how it can be European. I was just saying that if the engine is reving or lobes like it does in the video, would that mean that the engine is reeving up then revving down (around low rpm) so the power will be coming on and off and i just thought it would be harder to take off in a manual and try not to to stall it

[tpops123]

@mydogzty Yes it is. First of all, the title is misleading the surge you hear is from the blower. Second of all, cam size refers to the size of the lobes on the camshaft that open and close the valves. The bigger the lobes, the longer the valves stay open to let more air and fuel in to create more power. Also, the sharper the lobes, the farther they push the valves in to let more air and fuel.

[iluvithaha]

ok so pipes in front pipes in back im lost...

[Chris02LS1ss]

@iluvithaha i dont think there are any pipes in back, maybe you're looking at the reverse lights?

[Pookie2419]

That Shelby is ready to tear some shit up!

[Pookie2419]

Is it me or were some of these cars crip walking down the aisle?

[MaSSaSlaYeR]

who raped the mustang.

[iSaLvATiiOn]

I made a pretty big mess at 1:41

if your a male and u dont like that sound...ur fuked

[olskool9]

Can you say Blower surge, course not you wouldn't understand!

[deztructo123]

@olskool9 oh man, thats so obviously blower surge :(

[kade631]

funny, that auto, that surge is from the large stall converter, it has to be reved like that to just move...

[666jokes]

its a shame to me to see people put that much money into something they will never use..i build an engine and im lucky to get 20 thousand miles out of it..cuz i let the bitch eat!!..street strip whateves ima run it like a whore..i use the toyota to get groceries

[jamesb1221222]

They don't have enough torque lmao

[unkiemonk]

Try taking that thing through Macdonalds drive through....

[mattyvd69]

I've seen 3500hp Top Doorslammers and 7000hp Top Fuellers that idle better than the blown cars in that clip. It may be impressive for your average tyrekicker to see at a show, but if any of those cars went near a track (which I reckon would be rare), everyone there would be telling them to get a new cam. Believe it or not, they'd most likely pick up a few more horses and a quicker ET with a proper cam. That silver Mustang however is absolutely brilliant, and it just sounds so brutal...

[wtptrust286]

the mustang is so sick so is the first car

[TheDb351c]

What a terrible waste of money on a chevrolet

[MrBooster999]

ausome sound

[MrMelon49]

Smooth idle is vastly overrated, cam lope is the promise of things to come. : )

[kidd912thomas]

Blower motors generally have semi-mild cams anyway 

[oscarhollywood]

this is what chuck norris learned to drive in

[81broncoman]

All blowers surge at idle. Its part of being badass.

[65SteveC]

That Mustang is BADASS! Beautiful car with a killer sound! Love it!!

[BigKyleTX]

The shit aint smooth when going WOT so fuck having a smooth idol haha

[monstrmchine]

3:50 Dude ...... your wheelie bar has a pulse. XD