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Old 11-15-2008, 10:09 PM
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I'm new to this forum and would like to ask for recommendations for a cam for an LS2 Corvette. It's an A6 auto, stock converter, 2.56 rear,1 3/4" KooK's,
ported FAST 92, ported TB. What I am looking for is a slight lope at idle with a torque and HP increase. I have been considering the GM HOT cam, or an
LS7 cam. I also have a recommendation from Lunati for a new cam they just came out with: #60513 is 217/223 @ .050,.549"/.549", 113 LSA. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
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The hot cam has a slightly larger split and a closer lobe sep. I do like the Lunati in your car because of the stock converter and gear. The LS2 Spring should work with that cam also. Lunati also has a 212/218 cam that has a little less lift. Your not going to see a huge difference between the two Lunati cams. But for a stock converter and gear I would lean toward the mild side.

I would stay away from the LS7 cam. It has too wide a lobe sep for my taste.


I run Lunati in my race car, very good guys!


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Originally Posted by Robin L
The hot cam has a slightly larger split and a closer lobe sep. I do like the Lunati in your car because of the stock converter and gear. The LS2 Spring should work with that cam also. Lunati also has a 212/218 cam that has a little less lift. Your not going to see a huge difference between the two Lunati cams. But for a stock converter and gear I would lean toward the mild side.

I would stay away from the LS7 cam. It has too wide a lobe sep for my taste.


I run Lunati in my race car, very good guys!


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DITTO. Any cam with any amount of lope probably will not work well with the stock stall and gears. The Lunati cams mentioned will hardly lope at all. Pretty much idle like stock. Although, they should work pretty well.
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If you decide to go with a larger than stock stall i would go with the Cartek 3x cam.

We have similar setups and i went with there 3X cam annd got 441rwhp and 386 rwfts. Here is the graph.




Here is a video of the idle.



The car runs strong and i have consistently cut 11.1`s@124-125mph.

Here are the timeslips.


This cam is great on the street to, no bucking/serging. As for the exact specs, you would have to give them a call. But its in a range of mid 23x/23x 116lsa.

Hope this helped.
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Thanks for the replies, this gives me a lot more options to consider.
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Car would like more gear IMO, if you put something in the 230+ range in it. But 23X/24X on a 114 would make it run very well.
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I've had good luck with a 224/228 on 115 Cam on stock converter cars.Lots of tq/hp gain down low.Can idle at 550rpm



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