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Old 10-12-2008, 07:37 PM
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Thinking about camming my 94 LT1. It has 84k miles on it and is stock except for exhaust. I don't want to put a little LT4 hot cam in it because I want to put a decent sized one. How big do you think I could go and any suggestions?
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Cc306!!
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is it worth it to just cam a lt1 or is better for the money to save a little more and go with like le2 or somthing
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cc503 off the shelf cam that works nicely
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a solid cam and valvetrain package will get you over 350 horses. dont forget new springs
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It depends on your budget. If you got the money to spend go custom cam from lloyd Elliot otherwise a cc305 with stock heads or cc306, gm847 and a couple others. Make sure u buy new springs !
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Yep get cc 306 i have one brand new in the box for 200 shipped and i take paypal. here is a link to the pictures on another board.

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?t=639401
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Check out my cam sticky at the top of the forum that will help you out.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-modifications/836200-stock-head-cam-cam-swap-guide.html
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Personally, I would do the heads at the same time. You're all ready there when you tear it down for a cam swap. Save a little bit more for a set of ported heads. JUst my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by LTnasty
Thinking about camming my 94 LT1. It has 84k miles on it and is stock except for exhaust. I don't want to put a little LT4 hot cam in it because I want to put a decent sized one. How big do you think I could go and any suggestions?
So the car is stock w/ no bolt ons? I'm surprised no one has told him to invest in headers and a few other bolt ons first. Take a look into headers first. I have some LPP for sale and Mac Mids as well. Gotta get that thing breathing first before you start throwing on ponies!

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Ya no point in a cam if you dont have bolt ons dude!
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Yeah, that big cam is gonna be smothered by the stock intake and exhaust.

But otherwise, i would go with the cc503 if it is street driven a lot because you are gonna want to retain a lot of down low torque. If it gonna be a weekend/track car i would go with the cc306 but you should really port the heads if you're gonna go with something that big.
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Originally Posted by IronOutlaw
Yeah, that big cam is gonna be smothered by the stock intake and exhaust.
This is sooo very true, my head gasket blew on my car and i decided to throw a cam in while the heads were off, i went with a fairly small cam too its a 212 219 .530 .540 and you could tell that cam alone chocked my stock manifolds out, the car would launch like a bat out of hell from the torque but it would slowly kinda feel like it was being held back as i went into the higher rpm's becuase the exhaust couldnt escape fast enough.

threw my long tubes on and holy lord! its a world of difference.
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Originally Posted by Elliott's94Z
So the car is stock w/ no bolt ons? I'm surprised no one has told him to invest in headers and a few other bolt ons first. Take a look into headers first. I have some LPP for sale and Mac Mids as well. Gotta get that thing breathing first before you start throwing on ponies!
I was going to but you beat me to by a couple hrs.
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Originally Posted by Elliott's94Z
So the car is stock w/ no bolt ons? I'm surprised no one has told him to invest in headers and a few other bolt ons first. Take a look into headers first. I have some LPP for sale and Mac Mids as well. Gotta get that thing breathing first before you start throwing on ponies!
I didn't know his ride was stock...I agree with ^^u need to add headers,cai to wake that motor up before u start tearing into it !
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is it just me or cant any one else get on llyods website...srry for the hijack
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Originally Posted by cruzin94
is it just me or cant any one else get on llyods website...srry for the hijack
must be putting in his old link, here's his new one:

http://www.elliottsportworks.com/
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yup talk to lloyd he will hook you up... you will love his stuff!! good pricing too
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i have true duals without cats. not the stock exhaust.
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i also have a CAI


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