SySt666

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Has anyone tried this cam? It's the "biggest" cam TPiS sells without requiring fly-cutting the pistons. My setup will include a stock 2002 LS6 shortblock with Manley springs/retainers, 5.3L heads and I am looking to use this cam. What kind of power can I expect with the associated external "bolt-ons"? I am kinda thinking upwards of 450HP at the flywheel.

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What size valves are in the 5.3 heads? If they are larger than stock you might have to flycut. I don't know what the specs are on that cam, but if its similar in size to the MS3, TRex, X3 I'd say with heads you could see close to that.

Jake the SSnake

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Full bolt-ons should get you around 400 at the flywheel.With bolt-ons ,heads,and cam it would be almost impossible to get less than 450 at the flywheel.Most people go by rwhp thats a little bit more challenging to get 450 rwhp,but has been done many times.

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Wow I didn't see the at the flywheel part. You should see that pretty easily-I'd be more worried about RWHP than flywheel hp though.

Jake the SSnake

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For some reason T.P.I.S measures everything at the flywheel.Heres the spec for the ZL-11X Cam duration @ .050 220/224 lift is .557/.578. Kinda small but it should get 450@ the flywheel

No Juice

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There is a guy on here with that cam and ported LS6 heads that did 414rwhp. I think his screan name is triumphman

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Those are some impressive numbers for "baby" cam.

No Juice

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TPIS rates everything at the flywheel becuase one its more accurate and two they have an engine dyno in their shop

bmfcamaro

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i would go with the tr224 cam. they are way more reputable. many people on here running them. solid dyno numbers.

SySt666

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Will the TR224 work without flycutting my pistons along with my 61cc 5.3L heads? Whats the max lift on the TR224 with a 1.7:1 rocker? And BTW, I know guys from TPIS. The ones I know are really good people, they do not rate their numbers in flyhwheel to make them look better. Fact is flywheel hp is far more accurate when comparing the same engines in two different cars. LS1 in a corvette vs LS1 in a camaro.

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I think that the 224 should fit w/out flycutting. What size valves do you have in the heads? I had 2.02 and 1.57 valves on a 5.3L head and could fit a 231/237 no prob.

I wasn't trying to bash the guys at TPIS. I haven't ever heard of them and was just making an assumption. I edited my post

Jake the SSnake

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They practically pioneered gm efi performance like back in the late 80's I think.There intake design (miniram) was just about copied by gm on the lt1.There developments to the tpi motor were second to none.They just don't seem to be as popular in the lsx world.Although they do have some pretty cool things for the lsx.

bmfcamaro

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they have been left in the 80's. the tr224 cam will work without flycutting. i am running it with stage 2 heads. its a great cam. tpis is a good company, but they just dont hang in the lsx world.