Hey guys, I've really been thinking, is vvt really worth it for the limited amount of cams available? I'm wondering if perhaps cams, locking out vvt, would net me a little more power? Anyone else have thoughts on this one?

 

09 really doesnt have any compatible cams....so VVT will still help you

get fully bolted and tuned...then think about other things

 

Really with VVT it is pointless to get aftermarket cams. If you can get a tune you can adjust the cam timing however you want.

 

convert it to l61 and cam it. or get some le5 stock cams.

 

and by "other things" you should probably go buy a car that is not an economy car and do a performance build on that instead of wasting your money on the cobalt

 

^^^ok dude, you drive a what? and your posting where? yeah a cobalt on a cobalt performance forum... stfu.

 

JMHO But the pro racers all use non VVT and cams. They also run distributors. But they also run mile wide tires. The function of VVT AND COP (COIL ON PLUG), as I understand it, is to control torque along with many other parameters to optimize fuel mileage on the bottom of the performance ladder and wheelspin on the top of the same ladder. VVT allows the engine to be more efficient in all environments. It creats a trade off. Disabling VVT and running higher performance cams would almost certainly increase performance but would tie you to a gas pump. You can NEVER have the BEST of all worlds in the performance world. The beauty of the LNF is that it is the closest you can get to the best in the automotive world.
Again. JMHO!

 

I've been out of the loop for a while. What is "4G63"?

 

Gotcha!! I'm not familiar with anything foreign.

 

doing cams and losing vvt is as easy as a l61/lsj head swap zzp used a lnf block for their lsj due to the gen 2 having a stronger block just like the lap has the gen 2 block

 

hmm. ok guys, thank you very much you've been very helpful.

 

lol VERY

 

it would be like my wife in the morning! you might need a l61 ecm unless vince can remove the vvt

 

vvt is a good system, however, we are kind of limited on power gains due to the camshafts... they can only go so far. jbp tried making cams for the 2.4 but those were major fail. our only option is swap the 2.4 cams in hope we pick up a couple more hp.