firehawk196

i was looking around and seen some cams anyone ever use them by the way my springs are good to a .580:

226/229 .575/.578 112 or 114 or 116 LSA

220/220 .581/.581 112 or 114 or 116 LSA

they are regrinds and im seeing lots of them around lots of people use them and other rather new idk any help will be great

Cosmos

iTrader: (15)

Thats too close. I wold get at least .600 lift springs.

firehawk196

dont have the extra money and there on the car already

djfury05

iTrader: (30)

No its not.. depends on what type of springs he has on there.. brand/design/loads etc

LTX355

iTrader: (15)

Need to let us know what springs u have... if they r ls6 springs plan on changing them for either of those cams...

firehawk196

i got them new from a guy on here they were in the gm bags and he says that the ones with the yellow markings are good for a .580 so i trusted him ya no thinking we are all here doing the same things y would i get screwed

Cosmos

iTrader: (15)

You would run a .581 lift cam on .580 lift spring? I suppose you would run a .598 lift cam on a .600 lift spring then blame the spring for failure when it breaks.

Can he run that setup? Of course he can. Will it hold up and work? Yes, but for how long?

Another option you can do is run a gm hot cam or the asa cam with your springs.

ASA cam
.525/.525 228/236 on a 110 lsa

Gm Hot cam
.525/.525 219/228 112

firehawk196

how will those cams work ?? did u guys use them?? and the lsa is too tight i dont need it to lobe like shes gonna stall btw its a m6 car

Cosmos

iTrader: (15)

I think they would work well, the hot cam would more than likey have the best street manners but a lot of that depends on your tuner. I would run the asa personally but I like lope.

Neither are going to give you max power but they will be fun on the street and will be easy on your valve train.

Cosmos

iTrader: (15)

I have a grind close to the asa. It lopes great and drives well. power from 2k up, pulls to about 6.4k with an ls6 intake. My max lift is .621, been awhile since I looked at the card. Im using patriot dual gold springs (.650 max lift)

KevinR

Not trying to be an *** here, but if you don't have the money for all of the corresponding parts, then I would just hold off and save up some more money. Do it right the first time.

LTX355

iTrader: (15)

U can run the low lift xfi lobes like what the old faithful had... 216/220 or maybe the xe lobes for a decent time

Cosmos

iTrader: (15)

I agree but thats not what he was asking so I didnt respond with that. I agree with KevinR, hold off until you can afford a good cam kit, you will be much happier. You are really limiting your cam choices with the .580 lift springs.

Do you want all out power or do you just want some good power out of it? If you just want to up the ante a little and use those springs, the hot cam would be a good pick for ya.

firehawk196

guess ill wait then

djfury05

iTrader: (30)

Most springs are underrated for that reason.. so people don't over do it.. would I run a cam with .580 lift on .580 max lift springs that I didn't know anything about and took a guy's word for them, no I would not. I am running PSI beehive maxlife endurance prepared springs .620 lift and my new cam going in is .62x/.62x. Its not all about the springs either. Lobes/rockers/wipe pattern/proper length pushrod for a perfectly set up geometry in the valvetrain is what counts also.

Am I disagreeing completely with you, no. As you said he "could" but how long it would last is the question.. lots of variables here. I agree he should change out the springs for something better and be able to comfortably run a cam with higher lift than the ASA or hot cam. Waste of time and money puttin either of those in IMO of course.

KevinR

It'll be worth it. If you go with a smaller cam, you will probably wish you had gone bigger.