RedHardSupra

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I bought a 02 z06 cam, and now i'm wondering what kind of valvetrain to complement it with. There's a lot of choices, starting with cheaper stock z06 and rev, then you got the patriots, cranes, and probably few other ones I'm not aware of yet.
My car is an A4 with 3.23s, so I'd like to have it shift as high as possible, so after the shift it 'lands' farther up the revrange.
I already have hpp3 to change shiftpoints, and a shiftkit is laying on the floor waiting to be installed later. Would the shiftkit change anything when thinking of revlimiter/valvetrain?
thanks,
Marcin

boomcase

Stock 02 ls6 springs are good, I happen to like the springs that sdpc sells , I believe they are manleys. You can use your stock pushrods. And nothing in the rev limiter will change with a shift kit

dropkick

I installed the LS6 springs with my LS6 cam. I've reset my shift points to 6,500 RPM. You don't need to rev. any higher than that because the peak is 6,150 RPM for that cam. Just use your HPP3 to raise your shift points and forget the shift kit.

jrp

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02+ ls6 springs will be fine. or you can run some manleys or 918's so that if you ever decide to go bigger you dont have to swap springs. if you keep the lift under .600

RedHardSupra

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i don't wanna do it 'just good enough.' i want to do it once and i want to do it well, so i can rev crap out of it and not worry about things breaking. would this 'direct' you more with choices?
in the meantime, i found a good deal on dual revs with Ti seats/retainers. anyone had any problems with them? what rpms are they good to?

KGSloan

the revs are an ok spring at best. probably would work fine with that cam. i personally, along with many other people broke a rev spring and won't recomend them to anyone. i only had 4k not to rough miles on them and was not close to their rated lift.

personally i would go with comp 918's for you application or the factory ls6 springs. the 918's would be good if you ever decided to go bigger. you can also feel good that the 918's won't float the valves. people have taken them up to 7200rmps without valve float. so if you're wanting to rev, that's my vote.

dropkick

If you never plan on upgrading beyond the LS6 cam, I would go with the LS6 spirngs. There's no need to rev. the LS6 cam beyond 6,500 RPM and the LS6 springs are capable of handeling that with no issues. Also, I've never heard of anyone breaking an LS6 spring.

If you think you'll eventually go bigger than the LS6 cam, I would recommend the comp 918's as suggested above.

Ryan02SS

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With my previous LS6 cam setup I used 2002 LS6 valvesprings and left everything else stock including pushrods and factory retainers. Cam made peak power at 6000 rpms and held flat to 6500 where I shifted. No problems reving to 6500 on the LS6 springs.