1996 Tahoe???s
04-06-2010, 06:59 PM
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1996 Tahoe???s Well my Dad Gave me his old 96 Tahoe and I want to do some boltons for the hell of it. Just like Headers,intake, and a catback. How much would this help a Vortec 350? Plus if I wanted to do a cam ( just for more lowend TQ and a choppy idle 
) what would be a good size cam to look at? I have Zero knowledge about the Vortec's so please help me!!
) what would be a good size cam to look at? I have Zero knowledge about the Vortec's so please help me!! 
04-06-2010, 10:37 PM
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Make sure you have a tuner is the area that can get the PCM to make the engine run right, cold air and headers with full exhaust will give it some more grunt, but the cam should be the last mod so you know there is someone that will be able to make it run like it was meant to be in there. The lumpy chop you want will call for a stall converter also, so think about it before you go with a larger cam, there are plenty that are designed to make more torque and a bit more power that will sound a touch heavier than stock and can be easily tuned.
04-07-2010, 02:40 AM
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Make sure you have a tuner is the area that can get the PCM to make the engine run right, cold air and headers with full exhaust will give it some more grunt, but the cam should be the last mod so you know there is someone that will be able to make it run like it was meant to be in there. The lumpy chop you want will call for a stall converter also, so think about it before you go with a larger cam, there are plenty that are designed to make more torque and a bit more power that will sound a touch heavier than stock and can be easily tuned.
. Im from S.C. so no emisons. I was hoping fran from RaceProvenMotorsports could tune it but It will be awhile before I cam it. Thanks for your help bro, John
04-07-2010, 03:00 AM
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The cam you mention would probably work awesome, but make sure they have the ability to tune it with that cam, i dont see why not. That stall size would do pretty good, just make sure you get a tight one that will not boil the fluid if you tow anything.
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It might be more than you want to spend but I had a two door 96 Tahoe with a procharger that ran great with just the programmer supplied with the kit. If you watch eBay or craigslist you can pick one up for the same amount you will spend with the others. Just a thought!
