2020 Dodge Charger Scatpack Big Cam Dyno

[@keilwhittles9190]

how clean and organized you worked is satisfying definitely wish I had a cam in mine

[@deanweber4370]

THIS KID IS GOOD, GREAT VIDEO, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO CLUE ANYTHING. VERY DETAILED, VERY CLEAN , I ONLY MEAN KID BECAUSE I AM OLD , LOL , NOT YELLING JUST SEEING BETTER, SORRY CAPPS, GOD BLESS ALL

[@bailey9r]

"Valve Retainer" is the nomenclature you were looking for. There are very few wrenches I would consider to install a cam in my Scat Pack BUT I would be proud to be able to say this guy did mine! His attention to detail is rare now.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Thanks!!

[@billbosward9798]

Great neat, clean, professional job!!Thanks for detailing your work!

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Thanks for watching!

[@everydaysurvival157]

Great job wish I could drop my 2020 scat off for same very organized! Great video!

[@infosneakr]

Good results. Can't ask for better with basically bolt ons even though it took multiple hours.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

I am not sure I understand your question.

[@donsonbr]

you do GREAT work and you did not charge enough wish you were in Dallas

[@selfmadejay01]

Pretty professional and well put together video/work 🔥

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Thank you 🙌

[@petesingleton9551]

Where is this shop located and name

[@corystock1569]

GREAT video. Appreciate the effort.

[@maldog4303]

Great job! 👍👍👍 The lights are backwards 😟

[@defekticon]

Is it correct that Non-MDS cars don't require removing the lifters for a cam swap?

[@TheLifeofaMan]

If you have a non-mds no need for lifters.

[@TheTrueAnswer]

How he could possibly keep a straight face while lubing that up after saying camshot?

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Lots of practice and bloopers

[@Thangster72]

How much did this cost, I would like to get my ScatPack cam like this?

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Around 5k was the usually cost depending on what happened when we get in there. One guy had a broken coolant revivor that had been leak a while and he did not know. One guy had a broken harmonic balancer. Yes the brake. I had one fly to pieces in the middle of a dyno pull on a camaro. I did not work to it, just tuning it and the think exploded mid pull. This list goes on of things that can be already broken you dont know about or brake during the install.

[@scatsam7566]

@@TheLifeofaMan did the 5k include tuning as well? And did he provide his own cam kit?

[@TheSupercharged2]

Is there is anyway you can if the internals are othe rhan opening up the engine probably a dumb question

[@TheLifeofaMan]

No way to get to the lifters accept remove the heads. LS/LT motors are the same way. If you do not need lifters no need to pull the heads

[@danfarge7447]

Where are you located I have a 2021 challenger wide body would like to get a cam and some other mods Thanks Dan

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Little Rock Arkansas area

[@TEXASBOYZ-mu4yo]

Are you still running the stock converter

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Yep idling around 750. Cold start idle is 1250 from factory so any idle under say 900 is ok.

[@Sky1]

I would think that with directional it would think the inner light should be lit first.

[@tomfletcher3817]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@lowridr2]

nice man clean work

[@jbcaptain11]

Nice info on the bumper wiring. I want to wide body my pursuit but it will cost a lot of time. $

[@aliceburte9278]

Nice work buddy 👍

[@theram8787]

Dang those cylinders are dirty for a car with 5k miles

[@infosneakr]

Thats why you have to open em up to blow that shit out. The old Italian tune up. Plus , you have to make sure to disable the cylinder shut down when you go out. It's not a big deal, just drive it in sport transmission mode. Never in normal mode. My life's motto.

[@scarface9617]

@@infosneakr nah, you don't want to just drive it in Sport Mode ONLY!

[@TheLifeofaMan]

any gasoline car looks like that especially if you drive it hard like this guy did.

[@jimbradley727]

@@scarface9617 why? My 2015 6 speed Scat stays in sport..it's not a daily driver by any means/600 miles last year/ but that's where it would stay if it was my only transport...So.no mds is a plus..but sport is how this car was designed not to putt around in economy mode..The person who buys a Scat to also attempt fuel mileage is confused and sad..🤭

[@RoyalViking465]

​@@jimbradley727Exactly, my scatpack has about 10,000 miles and I only drive it in sport or track.. I think I only tried in eco mode once and said nah.. this just isn't right. Not my daily driver but even if it was I wouldn't drive in eco and would take the fuel economy hit so be it.

[@seddrickscott1745]

How can i schedule an appointment to get my 2021 6.4 challenger cam swapped to a performance cam, lifters, injectors, rods, springs

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Closed the business due to Biden in 2021

[@danieljohn4603]

Is the dip in power around 4500 rpms from the intake runners switching from short to long? Can that be tuned out or removed? I see it in every dyno curve, and it bothers me 😁😁

[@bailey9r]

RT life I think his channel is called did good info video on tuning the 6.4 and they specifically addressed tuning out that dip in power with impressive results.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

The dip is from the intake runner changing. That can liked it better stock. I played with it both off and on and moving the trigger point around. This was the best results.

[@mr.mach1484]

How much estimated for the cam job and do you install headers also

[@vitovato5342]

1500 cam labor dyno/tune

[@mr.mach1484]

@@vitovato5342 Is that just for the cam or is this everything?

[@KennyLauderdale]

@@mr.mach1484 I'm thinking just the cam... lifters, springs... Made the job longer... So add a fee for both. Best to have 3000 available so you can do everything you want to do since the engine will be wide open. Kinda job that you only wanna do once lol

[@Mr-oi6gj]

Paid 1300 for install and got a estimates for dyno around 1000-1500

[@mr.mach1484]

@@Mr-oi6gj Oh Wow who installed yours

[@colecurtis1494]

How do I get in contact with you if I wanted to get some work done on my 2023 392

[@TheLifeofaMan]

I closed down the shop thanks to uncle Joe.

[@luisvelez2176]

where do you have your workshop

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Closed due to EPA crack downs.

[@williamrose7184]

3000 bucks probably in total for a 50 hp gain? I don’t know if that seems worth it for me. I think I made a mistake buying a 392 that’s why I sold it but I miss it. Just go with the hellcat that’s what I should’ve done from the beginning

[@SantosProd]

The price from a scat pack to hellcat is another 30k or so.. 3k for this mod i think is alright.. besides i love my shaker hood version over hellcat

[@sburns015]

Definitely doesn't seem worth the cost for 50hp, I mean FBO 3rg gen coyotes on a 93 tune putting down over 470whp without breaking open the motor

[@carlton4824]

@@sburns015- Yea but no torque with that Coyote. That feeling us muscle car enthusiasts love about muscle, torque.....

[@sburns015]

@@carlton4824 torque is certainly there, just higher up in the rpm's than a big pushrod motor, a different rear end gear like a 4.11 pr 4.56 will help get some of that low end grunt feeling.

[@brandonUwanawich954]

@@sburns015 I made 473whp and 476 torgue headers intake 93 tune i don’t know why this mans not over 500whp

[@mauriciomireles6388]

Where are the head lights from??

[@TheLifeofaMan]

The customer supplied them to me. I am not sure. He came back a few months later and they were having issues so I would skip the cheapy ones.

[@larrypeterson8710]

What's with the dip at 4550?

[@TheLifeofaMan]

They have little flapper door in the intake...I can not remember what they call them in this car. It shift power. I played with the setting and that was the best I could get it. If I turned it of it lost around 20hp down low.

[@trey7940]

Great vid, I had a tick in my 5.7 a few weeks ago dropped it off for a lifter replacement and he called me saying oil everywhere so we are doing a stage 2 comp cam lifters oil catch ect. I’m kinda paranoid for next weeks dyno lol

[@TheLifeofaMan]

I did a cam on another 6.4 with a tick and it had a chunk missing on the cam and it had 30k on it. I have also seen a Mercedes with a chip in the cam that made a tick.

[@PandaJeepSRT]

I bought all the parts for the cam including headers. Labor 1200. and it’s from a guy from SRT Autoworks.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Sounds about right

[@prestonmclendon5521]

What's the price because I need the same thing done ASAP

[@TheLifeofaMan]

I actually shut down my shop, I still do work here and there on the side. The EPA stuff and the EVs made me look at the future of gas car mods and it ain't a bright future.

[@jimbradley727]

Nice video and no I would not let a shop do this on the cheap side.. Way too much effort and 1k plus seems to be very fair. I am in Jacksonville FL ready to up my cam in same exact process.. Might even do forged rod n piston while at it for further the reliability and possible power adder in future. Thanks for detail vid.. First in frame cam install I watched.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Stay tuned...in the next few days I am going to do a follow up video to provide some insight on dodge hemis and the best bank for the buck...it will be backed up with dyno numbers not just my opinion

[@PyrosPelagics]

youre in n. little rock? im in memphis i may need to come to you for work lol

[@brandonUwanawich954]

Is this a mustang dyno? I made 473whp 476 wheel torgue I don’t got a cam

[@captainboose8788]

Sounds like you have a very generous dyno, stock SP are usually in the 420s

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Yes a mustang dyno, MD500 to be exact. I have dynoed like 30 6.4s on the same dyno. They make anywhere from 420 - 460 at the rear wheels. I would question those numbers. Most are at 450.

[@mlk4life]

great video - i still dont think the ROI is worth. but the sound is great.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Some people want what they want. He wanted chop and he got it. Then he bought a hellcat a few months later.

[@nicoh3277]

Nice done, but wow the pistons are really caked for that milage. What is he driving with, frying fat? Would it be your car, would you go with forged pistons at least with " only" a cam installed? Thanks and greetings from germany 👍

[@TheLifeofaMan]

That is just how gasoline burns. E85 is the way to go. And yes this guy drives his cars hard so it is in enrichment mode a lot.

[@MyPrestigeLife]

What catch can is that

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Look at ripps. They have good oil catch cans.

[@rubenflores3291]

Where's this shop @?.. how much for something similar on 2022 scatpack WB

[@TheLifeofaMan]

I shut the shop down because of all the EPA stuff and the EV stuff out there is taking over the market so the future in this business is going to dry up fast. But the usually cost was around 5k for parts and labor.

[@1siksrt2016]

what do you need to cam a 2016 srt 392?

[@TheLifeofaMan]

On a 392 the power is not worth the expense. For the same price you can get boost and way more power. If you just want the chop you also need to do exhaust. In a few days I am going to post a video detailing these things and the cost break done vs power gain.

[@1siksrt2016]

@@TheLifeofaMan i don't really do it for the power but just for it to sound good

[@KennyLauderdale]

Where you located

[@PabloThaGreat]

my tech didnt install the caps will my engine blow up

[@TheLifeofaMan]

What caps are you talking about?

[@Markdaurelio331]

How much $$ just in labor?

[@TheLifeofaMan]

I was charging $1200 labor.

[@ZplexSlays]

Why are theses cams not helping dodge

[@TheLifeofaMan]

These are not super aggressive cams. Plus dodge has already squeezed the engines. Everything but an rt comes with factory shorty headers huge throttle body and pretty good heads.

[@jonathanlyon9359]

Any torque converter

[@TheLifeofaMan]

This was a mild cam so no. In fact is the biggest cam you can do with no converter. It has to idle at like 800 if memory serves me correct.

[@yerocniluh]

Don't have to take bumper off to get cam out. But easier to drop the whole cradle.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Bumper comes off in 10 minutes. Cradle good luck!

[@Videomaster1345]

Absolutely loved this content. Great work! would definitely want to be a pupil of yours.

[@fladay3928]

Long tubes?

[@Furyataurus]

If you're going that far might as well pull the motor and do rods/pistons, thitek heads and LTH.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Add another 6Gs. pistron rods combos are around 3500 then bolts and gaskets and labor.

[@Furyataurus]

@@TheLifeofaMan it's only money, can't take it with you, lol, I plan to either put a forged 392 or 426 in mine when my camaro is done.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

@@Furyataurus 426!!!

[@ericrouse6745]

Can you still legally smog after this?

[@TheLifeofaMan]

We don't have smog law in arkansas, but if you leave the cats and run e85 I bet you could. You can run no cats and pass on e

[@scarface9617]

not cheap, but a nice cam is the way to go!

[@TheLifeofaMan]

This guy really wanted a cam without lots of other parts swap. A more aggressive cam would have picked up more but then the snowball is rolling and you need injectors, torque converts, etc...

[@no_lft_shft]

Where are you located?

[@M4chingy]

Street strip tuning in north Little Rock, AR

[@deanweber4370]

UMM..... DOESN'T IT GO BY BOOK TIME. NOT HOW LONG IT TAKE U TO DO IT ,

[@TheLifeofaMan]

For a factory install I guess, but I charged the price I need to make money and do good work.

[@deanweber4370]

@@TheLifeofaMan I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT , WAS ONLY LOOKING AT TIME IT TOOK U TO DO JOB , I AM NOT YELLING JUST SEEING BETTER, SORRY CAPPS, GOD BLESS ALL BE SAFE, HOW ABOUT A GUESSTAMENT LOL

[@deanweber4370]

@@TheLifeofaMan NEVER MIND I AM OLD BUD , I REWATCHED VIDEO GOT MY ESTIMATE TIME. THANK U , AGAIN NOT YELLING JUST SEEING BETTER, SORRY CAPPS

[@03silvermustang]

To save you all time. It's near 450tq. 460hp

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Almost every 6.4 I have dynoed make 450 +_ 10hp.

[@mattcat234]

Thank you!

[@meltell2210]

Great Content/explanation

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dnvr12]

Not so sure this is considered a “BIG cam with the emphasis per say.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

According to modern muscle extreme it is the "biggest" can you can do without a converter swap also.

[@dnvr12]

@@TheLifeofaMan maybe the biggest cam FROM THEM….

[@TheLifeofaMan]

@@dnvr12 if you find a better cam without a converter swap please share...peeps wanna know

[@dnvr12]

@@TheLifeofaMan frp tomahawk. I guess the better question is whats the track times it put out after the cam swap?.

[@glockmodder]

nice video i need some headers and a cam im sitting at 450whp 450wtrq without those thats with only a 93 tune and ported intake 90mmtb legmaker short ram i think headers will get me to 500 since that dyno i have added a flex fuel kit and am now catless

[@brianmiklos]

How is that flex fuel working out im at 460whp 483 torque with ported mani LT headers stock throttle body on 93 tune idk if i should get a flex fuel or go full E85 tune

[@glockmodder]

@@brianmiklos im having fueling issues with anything over 50% E but thats on me i need bigger injectors i love it cause i don't have to plan around fuel if i want to run 93 i can or a mix

[@brandonUwanawich954]

@@brianmiklos I’m at 473whp 476 torgue shorty headers intake jay greene tune

[@charlesseara8502]

Shouldve moved the SRV up to 4900 rpm looks like you left it stock.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

I tried messing with it on/off moving it etc...this time around this was the best settings.

[@johnosorio3007]

I made 450whp with catless mids straight pipe no tune

[@TheLifeofaMan]

6.4s always make between 445 and 460. I have dynoed dozen. No tune or anything just stock.

[@Henry-ec8eu]

On 91 or E

[@TheLifeofaMan]

93

[@EscobarMT]

So seven hours of labor equals what? 7 thousand

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Usually 100+ an hour at most shops. I use to charge $1000 for a cam swap and $500 for the dyno tune.

[@jawansturdivant412]

5k miles with heads that looks like that .......I probably would have told the client hey buddy hold my BEER LETS GO TRADE this in defiantly a HEMI TICKING TIME BOMB........Great content though can't never knock a car guy though nice work

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Pretty much every gasoline engine I have taken apart with any mile looks like that. Plus this drive the thing hard like real hard. So it is in enrichment mode all the time.

[@RiseRRNS]

Yooo i live in Arkansas!

[@carlosdubb55]

Can you do my scat pack

[@MarcusCoker1]

I wanna delete my MDS i think its stupid just bongs my car down

[@bobsaget3044]

Lots of detail, good job, I love the sound of a nice choppy muscle car but for the amount of money that was put into this for chop and a small amount of power it seems like a waste, even though it sounds great, I would spend the extra money and get a hellcat, to rip that engine open like that seems almost counter productive for the money and power! Hellcat for me! I made the mistake of buying a Daytona scat and I regret it all of the time when I could have spent the extra and get a hellcat and now I’m getting a hellcat 2 years and 18k miles later!

[@philipmazzuca2269]

Spend a grand on a simple nitrous system and use the 75/100hp jets . It will last forever and make more power than cam/headers

[@ybeezz]

Me to made the same mistake but with a Challenger T/A

[@dadinasrt9996]

Y’all are just buy it guys. There are guys out here that actually wanna build something so fuck a hellcat🤣🤣

[@infosneakr]

I have a 2019 scat pack charger. I mean for a daily driver it's great . Enough hp to move out. But it's not the fastest thing out there, but there are sacrifices for having the hellcat. The scat will spin tires all day in the rain. You can drive a hellcat in the rain as well, it's just easier to wreck it. Plus have to have much better summer tires or even street legal slicks. That means more money and not much driving in the winter time , like, at all because the cold weather makes those tires VERY slippery. Not saying you can't daily a hellcat, but it is not recommended.

[@bobsaget3044]

@@infosneakr I’m in super hot climate all year round pretty much so there isn’t really a cold time of year or winter per day lol and rain is almost non existent here as well, but I do understand your point in certain areas of the globe! I would definitely do some semi slicks, I ended up selling the Daytona and getting a truck again the hellcat and or tack hawk can wait another while haha!

[@jtc1964x]

MDS sucks. So glad my 392 came without them

[@eb972]

Add tuning and your over $3k if you can’t do it yourself.

[@brianmiklos]

Do you have instagram? How much would this run me

[@Davis2920022001]

If you aren't familiar with dodge's neural network you prob gonna blow dudes shit up man.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Lol thanks for the help. The neural networks are trash. Factory NN cars have 12deg knock because fueling is so far off. I do VE tunes on these and they work well. This guys dove that thing into the ground and never had an issue.

[@FastFoodHavion]

Yea scats slow they only good for the sound looks and burnouts

[@mikew6135]

My guys want $1500 just to drop motor.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Sounds about right. I charger $1200 for the cam install. Pull the motor is not much more work just different work and different order. But if you pull the motor other things happen like you need a tranny flush and stuff because you are disconnecting the the motor from the trans etc...

[@302vettelife2]

50 hp out of a cam and tune? Time for an LS swap.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

that is a pretty standard gain for the mods it has...what were you expecting?

[@302vettelife2]

@@TheLifeofaMan I guess I'm used to the LS stuff. You'll pick up 25-35 with a tune only. I was expecting 100 gain. That being said, I don't have much experience with Dodge stuff. Looked like a lot of work. Good job.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Your are right on the tune part....I've tuned dozen of gm vehicles of all kinds and almost all of them pick up 20-30 tune only. I have also tuned dozens of Dodge R/T and scatpacks ...I'm doing good to get 10-15 out of them. They come really hot from factory where as gm stuff is always really soft. Maybe that is why factory hellcats blow up lol

[@jasonpaulhunter1]

There are cams out there for the 6.4 Hemi that do well over 100 HP after tuning. Heard of some getting 125ish. That car would not idle if the cam was hotter. Mine would crank only, spit, sputter and stall. Had to get a base tune and then a running tune.

[@danieljohn4603]

@@TheLifeofaMan I gained 26 rwhp from an email 93 tune (first rune, no revisions) in my 19 Scatpack. 10-15 sounds low

[@6.1cammedsrt8]

You do realize 6th gear is the 1 to 1 right? Also, this is a mustang dyno, why would you ever take your car to a mustang dyno lol 15 percent loss.

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Yes but tops out faster than the dyno will allow. 5th and 6th are very close. When I did the comparison the diff is like 5hp. I did pull in each gear and let it run until the dyno shut down. Everything is identical accept the last few hundred rpm and a small difference.

[@mikew6135]

222-23? Is a BIG cam? I dont think so. Bigger than factory yes. Big in the performance world NO. The Tomahawk 2.0 is bigger with tighter LSA and they use it on 5.7's too. The FRP Titan 2 is a lot bigger. Oh well another weak cammed scat.

[@bugattisss6603]

you seem very smart and do good work im worried about that curver it looks very jagged not linear like stock and a cam should mimic it just higher also one to one is 6th

[@TheLifeofaMan]

These have a flap in the intake that opens and closes. That is why the shape of the curve looks like that.

[@torianojoe709]

where are you located ?

[@TheLifeofaMan]

little rock Arkansas area

[@SRT___LEE]

Where are you located

[@TheLifeofaMan]

Little Rock area

[@TrayBent]

hey where are you located ??

[@TheLifeofaMan]

In the little rock area. I shut the shop down because of all the EPA stuff and the EV stuff out there is taking over the market so the future in this business is going to dry up fast. But the usually cost was around 5k for parts and labor.