Needing tune settings for new cam.

[rfassler]

Hey Guys, new to this forum and hoping for a little help. I have a Ram 2500 with 5.7 Hemi. And like most I lost a lifter which took out the cam. Just went 100,000 miles. Right on time. I replaced everything cam, springs, lifters, timing gears & chain. I installed the phaser limiter the comp cam cam kit number is: 201-305-17
Serial # 739483-22. The specs:
Adv. Dur: INT 277 EXH 283
DUR @ .050 INT 224 EXH 234
LOB SEP: 116 degrees
VALVE LIFT INT .632 EXH .619. I have the HP tuner and I am looking for a suggestion on a starting point tune suggestion. With it being a non clearance engine I’m a little cautious. Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[MADDOG]

I would check in with these two firms:

Hemifever Tuning

Diablotoona

 

[Wild one]

HPTuners Tuning

As of November 1, 2023: FRP will no longer be providing tuning and tuning support for 1996-1998 model vehicles.

frptuning.com

 

[Fast69Mopar]

Hey Guys, new to this forum and hoping for a little help. I have a Ram 2500 with 5.7 Hemi. And like most I lost a lifter which took out the cam. Just went 100,000 miles. Right on time. I replaced everything cam, springs, lifters, timing gears & chain. I installed the phaser limiter the comp cam cam kit number is: 201-305-17
Serial # 739483-22. The specs:
Adv. Dur: INT 277 EXH 283
DUR @ .050 INT 224 EXH 234
LOB SEP: 116 degrees
VALVE LIFT INT .632 EXH .619. I have the HP tuner and I am looking for a suggestion on a starting point tune suggestion. With it being a non clearance engine I’m a little cautious. Thank you in advance for any help.

Since you are asking a question about HP Tuners and getting some assistance with cam settings I'm going to assume that you don't have a lot of experience with tuning HEMI's. You are going to find a steel door that you most likely will not be able to open when it comes to asking the big tuners for help. They operate a business and giving away their knowledge without compensation doesn't happen very often. It's just the way it is.

Now, what I always suggest to new tuners is go to the HP Tuners website and navigate to the forum and do some reading and research because there are some really knowledgeable people there that have a bunch of experience tuning Mopar's and HEMI's and you will find some really good write-ups about tuning the HEMI.

In the tuning game the fastest way to learn is to read, research and then make edits to the tune and then drive the vehicle and see if you like the changes and see how the engine reacts. It is a trial and error situation.

With that said, always make sure you have a backup copy of the stock tune file so you have something to revert back to and don't just save it on your tuning laptop. Save it on a jump drive and somewhere in cloud storage so you always have access to it. If you have it saved only on your tuning laptop and it takes a dump you are SOL.

Hope you get some assistance but I bet you will get the most help from the people in the HP Tuners forum.