Builders down here (shout out to the crews at Lone Star Speed and ATX Performance ) tune these cams to have a "survival idle." It dips down to 500 RPM, nearly stalling, then catches itself. It sounds angry. It sounds violent. It sounds like Texas. You can find cammed cars in LA, Miami, or Chicago. But the White Cam phenomenon belongs to Austin for three specific cultural reasons:
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Let’s be real. A radical camshaft usually fails emissions testing. Since much of the Austin metro area (outside Travis County specific checks) benefits from looser rural testing standards, builders can delete catalytic converters and tune for max lope without worrying about a sniffer test. The White Cam is a celebration of that freedom. Builders down here (shout out to the crews