NIRVANA

I've been on this board a long time, but not very active the last few years. Anyway, I'm finally getting around to modding my '02 T/A that I've had since it was new. I've just ordered Kooks LTs and off road Y and will be putting that on as soon as it warms up outside. With the exhaust system being all set I'd like to go with a nice heads/cam/intake set up and was looking for advice.

I want to go pretty aggressive with the set up, but I plan to stick with stock cubes, so keep that in mind. I only put maybe 500 miles a year on this car, so street manners aren't a big deal. I definitely want a lopey cam, so if you have a nice combo that'll get me into the 11s let me know. If you have a particular setup on your car let me know how you like it and what your before/after dyno #s look like.

HCI2000SS

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So price isn't a big deal here?

NIRVANA

Cost is not important so give me the best options regardless of cost.

BlueBird346

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I'd personally go with some AFR heads, EPS or Tick custom cam, FAST 102.

NIRVANA

Roughly what head/cam specs do you recommend?

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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whatever you decide dont get caught up in how lopey a cam is. i had a shop install a big *** cam and while it made power mileage and drive ability sucked ***.


the tuner and shop i use now put in a custom cam that made similar power and gets considerably better mileage and while its not my DD its much easier to live with.

as far as heads ive heard great things about MAST. FAST is a popular choice for intakes. while they arent cheap theyre worth going with imo.

HCI2000SS

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Yeah, my buddy bought some 3 grand MAST heads and one of their custom cams. It's a stock internal LS2 and makes 500 rwhp

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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thats what im talkin about!

BlueBird346

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I don't have the knowledge to say that far in depth I'd just get in touch with one of the shops I listed(throw Pat G in there as another option) and tell them what you want.

Rise of the Phoenix

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If price is not an issue, I'd give full authority over everything to either Ed Curtis or Martin Smallwood. Letting a knowledgable person spec out every aspect of the build is very smart and will yield the numbers you want.

NIRVANA

Good to know. What are you running with your setup (HP and quarter mile if you know)? What you've done is similar to what I'm looking to do.

76TALS1

Keep it simple. Port and mill the heads, install 2.02 & 1.57 valves. Pick any cam in the 224 to 234 range, and find a good tuner. Use the money saved on tire, suspension and a rear that can hang. My .02 cents, Just finished an 02 Camaro that put down 450 HP 433 Tq. with my ported 241 heads, a 228r cam and LS6 intake.

dude292

2002 CETA stock 90,000 mile LS1 block Vengeance Racing "Vindicator" cam, trick flow heads(215) FAST 102 intake and nick williams 102 TB put 435hp to the wheels on Vengeance Racing dyno ran 11.83 on a 1.6 60ft at holley ls fest last september

Rise of the Phoenix

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Mods are all in signature. Put down 417rwhp on a stingy dynojet. Based on what other cars have put down on that dyno compared to others, it puts mine right at 440rwhp. I don't care about dyno numbers as long as it runs low 11's at the track. No track times yet, but will have some in another couple months.

SweeTbone

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You'll be plenty happy with the an off the shelf Heads/Cam package from Texas Speed or Speed Inc. I did mine nearly 7 years ago in Oct 2007 with the Stage 2.5 5.3L heads, Torquer V3 and a ported FAST 90 and put down 445 RWHP and with that setup have run a best 11.41 (9" rear end of course). In the 6+ years since then it's evolved to the FAST 92, then the FAST 102 as far as intakes are concerned. Head choices have nearly quadrupled since then with some sort of CNC'ed factory cast head or even a true aftermarket head. I know a lot of people say get a "custom grind" cam, but the "off the shelf" ones are proven performers also. Keep doing your research on this site here and I'd recommend talking to a couple of vendors here that could give you some helpful input/recommendations. Vengeance , Texas Speed and Speed Inc seem to be the most popular.