camarodave98

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I am looking to get a performance upgrade and was torn between headers and y-pipe or a cam. I went to a local performace shop and was told that hooker headers and ypipe would add 15-20 hp and a cam would be almost 40 hp. So i think i want to go with a cam, but are cams harmful to your car? I dont want anything that could cause serious damage. If anyone could help me out that would be great.

99C5JA

A cam won't be harmful if you make sure that you upgrade the rest of the valvetrain to support it. You'll want hardened pushrods and different valve springs to support a decent cam. Long tube headers would probably be a more logical step since the existing manifolds will choke up a cam.

Z28Venom

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Do your exhaust first.. then go with a cam. The stock manifolds would kinda negate any gains you would see with a cam swap..

God of Thunder

exactly, i put my cam in a few days before my headers, and i couldnt feel much of a seat of the pants gain, but after the lt's, wow. put on a good set of longtubes while you decide what cam you want. youll need the extra time to decide.

Billfold

just as everyone else who answered, LT's and a Y-pipe first, then a cam....You will choke the living crap out of any cam with stock manifolds..

SSPerformance

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what about if it has 105k on the bottom end

Onyx Z

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105k here and no problems.

jrp

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FWIW my bottom end let got @ 96k after bolt ons and old tr230