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Old 09-14-2004, 10:23 PM
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I am looking for my next mod, all my mods are in my signature



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what are you looking for? you could go with something big like a cam or simple like a TB or intake.
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How much money do you have?
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You need to give more information. Most important being the price range. Finishing the bolt-ons would be a good, obvious start. New intake manifold, ported throttle body, subframe connectors...then either a cam kit or if you don't plan on major mods anytime soon go ahead and get a good dyno tune.
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Well I am not sure really I am looking for more power and of couse the best bang for the buck. I was thinking about going on the bottle but now I having a second thought as to what to do?¿?¿? I am looking to spend around 1,000 bucks



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A grand huh? Cam
A cam install kit is $700, give or take, more for dual springs less for single. If you do the install yourself and get, say a mail order tune for $200 you should be able to make close to $1,000...just slightly over. If you splurge and get the full dyno tune it will cost you a little more though.

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get a CAM!
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Cam!!!!!!!!!!!
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buy a used cam, some new springs and a tune...install yourself and you'll be under a grand
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What cam should I go with? what is the best all around power/torque cam out there but still able to have some drivability with a 3,200 stall and some 2.73's that I have to get rid of soon what springs the hole nine yards here? Can I keep my rockers or do I have to get new ones? Like I said the hole nine yards?



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Originally Posted by LS1999pewterZ
What cam should I go with? what is the best all around power/torque cam out there but still able to have some drivability with a 3,200 stall and some 2.73's that I have to get rid of soon what springs the hole nine yards here? Can I keep my rockers or do I have to get new ones? Like I said the hole nine yards?



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SEARCH! Read JRP's cam guide, it's in the bottom of his sig.

The basic bread and butter, does everything decent cam would be a 224. Several different sponsors have their own version. The two lifts I see the most are .563 or .581 I believe. Look up Texas Speed and Performance or Thunder Racing's cam swap packages. $600-$800, give or take, will give you everything you need except for tuning and the little extras you may want to do while you are in there. Yes you can keep your rockers. All you really NEED is the cam and new springs but you should get titanium retainers, pushrods........and spring seats if you get dual springs.
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You could get an entire suspension with a grand, too.

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call TSP, they will hook you up with something good. or check out my sig, he can get all kinds of goodies too!




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