So my friend, [ A mechanic] ........
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So my friend, [ A mechanic] ........ is willing to help me install my cam this next weekend.
The thing I worry about, is that I won't be able to get a tune till the first week of February.
The cam is a GM hotcam, going into my '01 Z-28 with an a4 tranny.
Will I be able to drive this thing around w/o it bucking and dying everytime I come to a stop?
What do you guy's think?
The thing I worry about, is that I won't be able to get a tune till the first week of February.
The cam is a GM hotcam, going into my '01 Z-28 with an a4 tranny.
Will I be able to drive this thing around w/o it bucking and dying everytime I come to a stop?
What do you guy's think?
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I am glad to hear that.
Yeah, I have the LS-6 springs that cam with the cam that will go in with it.
I'm pretty pumped about this.
Just was concerned you know, about driving it around for a few weeks w/o tuning.
Thanks for the input.
Yeah, I have the LS-6 springs that cam with the cam that will go in with it.
I'm pretty pumped about this.
Just was concerned you know, about driving it around for a few weeks w/o tuning.
Thanks for the input.
i put my 232/230 580/580 110 in without a tune. ran it for a few days.
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You should be ok but I would wait to do the swap until you have everything ready. It might try to push through your bakes without a stall although as mentioned its not a very big cam. Be sure to buy red thread locker for you cam retainer and camshaft bolts.
I ran my car with an ms3 and PRC heads for about 3-4 months tuned with just diablo handheld, which honestly isn't anywhere close to a real tune. I prob put around 1500-2000 miles on it. It prob helped that my car is an m6 but i found my car livable and actually romped on it a few times, but you prob won't find anyone telling you to do that lol.
I had the hotcam for about a month before I got it tuned in my old 98 z28 auto with a stock stall. It will sound absolutely nasty (awesome) and it will buck a little and surge some, maybe even die occasionally, but not very much and not all the time. Its not that bad, but it is a little rougher than some people on here are telling you. With your looser converter, it should be alot easier on you though. But you will definitely need a tune!