1fastz

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just wondering if the partiot 226/226 Dur. @.050 .585"/.585" Lift 112 LSA cam is still streetable. i was going to go with a 224/224 .518 114ls, but ppl are telling me i still can go a little more aggressive than that and still be streetable, so i just need you opionions on this cam guys. also, im pretty new cam parts, i have a set of upgraded valvesprings, so all i need is the pushrods right? and i should be good to go?

Ryan02SS

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It's driveability will go hand in hand with the skills of the man that tunes it. With a good tune it should be fine.

Gunnar@Patriot

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Get the hardened pushrods. You should be able to use 7.400" length as long as your heads have not been milled.

SUTTERERMAN85

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id go with either. both are very streetable. i run a 228/232 on a 112lsa everyday and put about 350mi a week and no probs whatsoever. a good tune is always needed though to make anything streetable. are you A4 or M6? acutally not really too much different about them. you may be only talking about 5rwhp if that between the 2. i like bigger so that tells you what i would do. partiot is prob a little cheaper too

SCHUMAKERPERFORMANCE

pp 226/226 cam is very streetable, I tuned mine with the crane/vinci handheld and its been awesome!

mike c.

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if you have a good tuner,anything these days can be streetable. my g5x3 cam drives with no problems at all.

Joe G

It's streetable for sure. I drive mine every day to/from work. But don't expect it to be just like stock, it's not, particularly when it's cold. Also it's a little finicky on a hot start until it finds a good idle. You have to work a bit to keep it idling during those times. But once warmed up it's fine.

It takes some getting used to, I'm used to it now so don't think of it. But I added 104 RWHP with my Patriot H/C, so I expected some compromise. I'm very happy with my Patriot combination. Just be sure to buy an underdrive pulley, it's a cheap 10 hp while you have it apart anyway.

Gunnar@Patriot

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The 226/226 is a good street cam. As mentioned by others, tuning is the key on any cam.

Joe G- Congrats on the numbers. Glad to hear you are enjoying our products.

FUN LS1

Definitely streetable, especially if tuned well as eveyone mentioned above, but also if you install some taller gears (I have 4.10's) you won't even worry about streetable anymore, because you'll have so much torque down low in evey gear. Also the taller gears get you into that fat 226 power band quicker, and it'll be easy to stay there (2500-6800 rpm). Before I installed 4.10's I used to worry about streetable issues, and had picked an F13 to swap in (230/232 .585/.595 112, or something close to that on the lift numbers), but after in stalling 4.10's there is no cam too big now! I'm looking at f14 or Comp XER281, which has almost identical specs to the F14, except a faster ramp rate (more agressive lobes, ramp duration is like 51* which is FAST).


[EDIT] Hey Gunnar, still got any of those 243 heads left?

Joe G

I sure am happy with my Patriot set up. My car is a beast now.

Gunnar, your service is the best, and that's hard to get, particularly at such a reasonable price. I've been comparing my dyno sheets to others on the board, and you were dead on with what you told me regarding the smaller port 5.3 heads being better for daily driver/street use. I've got more torque down low (over 325 lbs/ft @ 2,500) than other bigger cams or even the same cam and LS6 heads. I've been singing your praises to my Corvette Challenge buddies for months now. Thanks again!

T/ALT1

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I am in the process of doing a heads/cam 01 T/A for a customer and I am going to buy Patriot heads/cam setup. The car is stock and has ls6 heads and intake. Now my question is would I be better off going with the ported 5.3 heads for more compression or the ported LS6 heads. I am going to go with the 226/226 cam, Longtubes etc... . LMK Later Clint

Billiumss

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Very streetable!

Gunnar@Patriot

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Our CNC ported 5.3 heads come with a 63cc chamber. So the difference in a set of CNC ported LS6 style heads or 243 castings with a 64cc chamber will be very little. If you want to run a higher compression, simply go with a set of our LS6 style 59cc heads.

T/ALT1

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Ok well will those 59cc LS6 heads work OK for n2o. I am sure the larger chambers are better for streetcars that run n2o with pumpgas. How much Hp difference are we talking about going from 64cc to 59cc? I know it's a good boost in compression with the 59cc heads but how do the dyno #'s compare? LMK Later Clint

Rescue Ranger

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I have a 224/228 113lsa and its 100% streetable, and fast too

vetred

Very often when someone out here on the "left coast" says "streetable" they mean EMISSIONS,......sniffer ect. ect. I love it when guys from "texas" or "Florida" say yaaaaaaaa sure no sweat! Those guys dont know how good they got it! This is a MAJOR concern for me as Im getting ready to do the cam /head thing Im not sure but from what a lot of some damn smart people on this forum have said It looks like Im gona go with something that looks like,..........224/228 114 -5 or some thing in that ballpark Im still waiting to drive the 100 miles to the tuner that I want to help me with it!