Cam or no cam
04-23-2007, 01:09 PM
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Cam or no cam Well, the car got an awsome bent rim today (but gave me an excuse to order some C6 Z06's) and since its going to take 7-10 business days for them to get here i was thinking of going ahead and putting a cam in the car while its down. I cant afford heads right away since im on kinda a budget. I was thinking a mildish cam since its a DD, but also maybe waiting and doing the swap when i can afford heads (possibly 3 months). Should i wait and do them at the same time so i can get it tuned together, or run the cam the "mild" cam for 3 months or so before i get heads. Havent thought of specs yet since i havent really figured out a set of heads i wanna order. But if i do end up putting a cam in before heads, should i go ahead and freshen up the pushrods, springs, all that good stuff or do that when i put the heads in? 
Bent rim:
Bent rim:
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04-23-2007, 01:15 PM
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I would wait if you are going to do the heads anyway. You will probably have to do the springs at the time of the cam and you might as well wait and get pre-assembled heads with springs.
04-23-2007, 01:51 PM
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It all depens on how you're going to tune it. If you are tuning it yourself, then go ahead with the cam, pushrods and springs. You can always sell the springs later if you get heads. I just did. If you're paying 400 bucks for the tune though, you might want to wait and do it all at once.
04-23-2007, 01:51 PM
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wait and do it all together. You will need new springs, pushrods, timing chain, and a ported oil pump to be on the safe side. It will end up costing more than you think. And if you are getting heads and cam, you may be needing to get new injectors as well.
Now when you buy the heads, you can get the springs you want installed on the heads usually cheaper.
Now when you buy the heads, you can get the springs you want installed on the heads usually cheaper.
04-23-2007, 01:56 PM
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Yea, guess ill just wait and do it all at once since ill be paying for a tune. Guess its not a good idea to ride around with it untuned with a cam since its already running kinda bad with bolt-ons
04-23-2007, 02:01 PM
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Good Point...timing chain, ported oil pump, pushrods, then you're gonna want an LS6 intake, a ported Throttle Body, Headers. Save your money, build one bad *** motor, and enjoy it.
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Originally Posted by 70LS1Nova
Good Point...timing chain, ported oil pump, pushrods, then you're gonna want an LS6 intake, a ported Throttle Body, Headers. Save your money, build one bad *** motor, and enjoy it.
