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My dad had his A4 GTO with a crate LS3 and GM Hot Cam on the dyno this weekend.
Car has a CAI, P&P Throttle Body, 25% Underdrive Pulley, Stainless Works Longtubes and X pipe and an aluminum driveshaft.
Car is on a stock stall for the time being.

Cam specs are:
Camshaft Duration @ 0.050 in. I/E: 219 / 228
Camshaft Lift (in.) I/E: 0.525 / 0.525
Lobe Seperation Angle: 112

The car made 434rwhp@5700 and 429rwtq@4750.
The motor still has a little bit of breaking in to do.

Graph posted as attachment.
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Old 05-26-2009, 06:10 PM
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Nice. More cubes ftw.
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Originally Posted by Josh18Fan
My dad had his A4 GTO with a crate LS3 and GM Hot Cam on the dyno this weekend.
Car has a CAI, P&P Throttle Body, 25% Underdrive Pulley, Stainless Works Longtubes and X pipe and an aluminum driveshaft.
Car is on a stock stall for the time being.

Cam specs are:
Camshaft Duration @ 0.050 in. I/E: 219 / 228
Camshaft Lift (in.) I/E: 0.525 / 0.525
Lobe Seperation Angle: 112

The car made 434rwhp@5700 and 429rwtq@4750.
The motor still has a little bit of breaking in to do.

Graph posted as attachment.
Yea man that's pretty good numbers. You ought to get those LS3 heads CNC ported and polished and should put down at least 500hp or close to it the pavement.
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Talk about baby cam !! Nice results. Bet she drives like you got a stock cam in it !!
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Originally Posted by allngn_c5
Talk about baby cam !! Nice results. Bet she drives like you got a stock cam in it !!
I agree, the LS3 can use a lot more cam than that? but it's your car to each his own.
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Originally Posted by c6r
I agree, the LS3 can use a lot more cam than that? but it's your car to each his own.
You might have taken my comment incorrect. I actually support the OP's cam choice. Its pretty amazing what the ls3 can put down with a few boltons and a baby cam. The OP will be enjoying this big number mild combo for a long time. Won't have to worry about valve springs and other issues that come with running a big cam. Good job bro (TO the OP)
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It's actually my dad's car. The original LS2 broke a piston and cracked the block. His wife wouldn't let him go with anything that wouldn't be warrantied after the original was voided, and after talking to the GM dealers locally, they agreed to warranty a crate LS3 even with the cam. I agree though, it could use more cam.
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Originally Posted by Josh18Fan
It's actually my dad's car. The original LS2 broke a piston and cracked the block. His wife wouldn't let him go with anything that wouldn't be warrantied after the original was voided, and after talking to the GM dealers locally, they agreed to warranty a crate LS3 even with the cam. I agree though, it could use more cam.
GM warranteed it with a cam?!?!?! WoW !!

More cam more cam. BS !! It must be awesome to have 443 rwhp at your disposal without the issues of most 443 rwhp motors. 443 rwhp with the reliability/durability of a stock ls3 !! Just enjoy and don't do anything else to it.
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Nice numbers.
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Originally Posted by Josh18Fan
My dad had his A4 GTO with a crate LS3 and GM Hot Cam on the dyno this weekend.
Car has a CAI, P&P Throttle Body, 25% Underdrive Pulley, Stainless Works Longtubes and X pipe and an aluminum driveshaft.
Car is on a stock stall for the time being.

Cam specs are:
Camshaft Duration @ 0.050 in. I/E: 219 / 228
Camshaft Lift (in.) I/E: 0.525 / 0.525
Lobe Seperation Angle: 112

The car made 434rwhp@5700 and 429rwtq@4750.
The motor still has a little bit of breaking in to do.

Graph posted as attachment.
Nice numbers for so little mods! Were those numbers sae? Put a stall on that and some sticky tires and enjoy running 11's!
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Originally Posted by allngn_c5
GM warranteed it with a cam?!?!?! WoW !!

More cam more cam. BS !! It must be awesome to have 443 rwhp at your disposal without the issues of most 443 rwhp motors. 443 rwhp with the reliability/durability of a stock ls3 !! Just enjoy and don't do anything else to it.
It's the GMPP 376/480 - right from GM that way.
http://www.gmperformanceparts.com/En...1224&engCat=ls

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Originally Posted by jmilz28
It's the GMPP 376/480 - right from GM that way.
http://www.gmperformanceparts.com/En...1224&engCat=ls
Yea. In fact, any crate motor from GMPP can be ordered and comes with a warranty except for racing crate motors like the ZZ572/720R.
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Damn, that's a nice torque curve. Big cubes rock! You can't beat that kind of power with a warranty.
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Warrantied 430/430 power thats great. makes me think about having that for myself down the road. what did it cost your dad?
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Originally Posted by SilverBullet73
Nice numbers for so little mods! Were those numbers sae? Put a stall on that and some sticky tires and enjoy running 11's!
Not sure if the numbers were SAE or not. It was in Tampa, Florida after a week of rain. Lots of humidity, but at sea level.
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Originally Posted by WSsick
Warrantied 430/430 power thats great. makes me think about having that for myself down the road. what did it cost your dad?
I think the grand total was around $6000. Have to do little things like adapting the map sensor harness, getting the LPE 58x-24x box(Which was a real pain. Turns out his GTO was originally manufactured to be a holden model, and was changed over to a GTO while still in Australia. Evidently the cam and crank wiring are different, but LPE diagnosed it over the phone and sent a new box and it fired up fine.) It sounds very nice as well. There's no mistaking that it's cammed.
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Just in case you uys didn't know ANYTHING purchased and installed through the dealer (gm performance parts) is warrented....but THEY have to install it, if you order it and have someone else other than the dealer install it then it is not warranted unless its a crate motor which comes with a 3/36,000..but everything else that is purchased is warranted..just make sure tat your dealer is clear on everything....nice numbers by the way OP, I bet you and your dad will surprise alot of unsuspecting people when you pll next to them with a stockish idle and pull away effortless!!
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that motor has more potential with a bigger cam and some heads but I guess its cool having the warranty
you gonna post track times?
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nice powerful combo
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Originally Posted by PlatnumStatuz
that motor has more potential with a bigger cam and some heads but I guess its cool having the warranty
you gonna post track times?
It probably won't see track time for a while. It's mainly a weekend warrior. If it does see the track, I'll certainly post up the times.

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