JonathanG32

i have a 91 toyota pick up DLX with a 22RE and i would like to know what brand of cam will go good with my pace setter headers, and knn High performance air filter. i was thinking of an lc enginering or a downey off road one any opinions will help thanx

4Crawler

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I run a TRD Level 1 cam in my 22RE. Works well and is smog legal where I live:

- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...shtml#Camshaft

tc

How those headers working for ya?

Hope you have better luck than I did - chased exhaust leaks forever!

fierohink

engbldr's 268c torkr is a man-eater. Made my little pup get out and pass like a champ. Easily shaved off a downshift in most if not all situations. And he was very easy to deal with and had excellent speed and service.

lftd_86_yota

fiero, if you don't mind my asking, what'd that cam run you? i'm planning a complete rebuild once i get my money saved up, and i'd like to beef her up. cam, header etc.. any other ideas?

fierohink

It was 89 for the cam. But then I got a gasket set, new head bolts, and a timing set with steel guides. Total was like 250 for parts. I spent almost that at the machine shop to get the head cleaned, tanked, checked, and have a broken stud fixed.

I went with the timing set because 22r's have a tendency to wear thru the plastic guides and eat the front covers. With the steel setup you don't have to worry about it.

I've got like 115k on the motor 10k on the cam. Definately worth it. As you can see in my sig, headers are on the horizon. The only other thing I want to get is an electric fan so I can ditch the belt driven one. It's a pretty huge blackhole of power.

JonathanG32

my headers work really well and the motor does not stain to push my 34 inch swampers. but now a just need a cam and some guy a wheel with whant to sell me a downey one forr 100 buck and another guy whats 108 for his and it is an lc enginering one and they both dont look that bad the have less than 200 miles on them so dont know which one to chose

bob200587

fiero, hows the Idle with that 268 cam? I know that cams usually make it sound like its jumpy or somethin....i dont know how to type the sound, but I think you know what I mean, how does the delay on the valves sound I guess? and did it affect you're gas mpg alot?

fierohink

She still idles like stock. My understanding of the cam profile is that this is a very similar cam to what came with trucks that had the campers on them. Just a whole sh@t ton of torque. As soon as I get a free weekend I'm gonna dyno my truck. I had 115ft/lbs and 87 hp. I'm very curious to see in numbers what the improvement was, because there definately is a seat of the pants change.

JamesD

I have the Crane cam which is the same as the TRD Level one cam. I have Downey header and the cam with no cat with 2.25" tubing. It is on my 87 with a carb and it works great. It idles very good and not too rough. I think this cam would be better for carb than FI.

James

kyle_22r

on my '79 with the hybrid engine/268 cam, it sounds beautiful at 900RPMs. nice and smooth, with a little lope just to tell you it's there

although it'll be better when i get rid of my cheesy temporary cherry bomb/downturn directly off the header, though. probably will have more torque as well.

bob200587

I'd like to know what kind of numbers it gave you too. I'm eventually gonna rebuild my motor and I'll proabably get the stuff from engnbldr so I guess I'll get that cam.

fierohink

I'll probably get to the dyno in 2 or 3 weeks. End of march at the latest.

BAZ

Sounds like I need a cam in the near future. How's the gas mileage with some of the above mentioned cams?

fierohink

Pre correction I get 17-20 mpgs in hilly as sh@t western Maryland. Now corrected for my 31's you're looking at 18.5-22mpg and I drive hard and fast with a pretty heavy foot on the skinny pedal.

Also I've gotten a huge improvement when pulling my motorcycle trailer, which was the reason for looking for more power and efficiency. I can pull my loaded 6x8 and run down the highway at 65-70 mph and still get uncorrected 15-17mpgs depending on terrain.

fierohink

Oh and if I head to the eastern shore, where it;s much flatter, I can easily get 22mpg in town and 25-26 out on the higway.

I'd probably do better on mpgs if I didn't have the pushbar and sunvisor. They both bring alot of drag.

RED 85

It is not the brand of cam that is important more the lift and duration for what you want to do with it that is what you need to look at.
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