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Old 05-20-2009, 07:05 PM
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Default Changing lsa on a cam from 116 to 118.

Hey fella's I'm going to buy the cam I have for the second time but I'm getting it on a 118lsa instead of a 116lsa so how much will I lose doing this and will I still have to tune the car to use it?

cam info 218 224/550 550/116 -old cam
218 224/550 550/118 -new cam
Old 05-20-2009, 07:13 PM
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It will idle a fuzz better, and move your power band higher a fuzz. Im too lazy to figure out overlap and valve events, if PZ wants to more power to him...lol

Why do you have to change LSA?
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I hate the pop corn sound it runs of races and I can't find a good tuner for it I've gotten a tune from a friend and it smell like gas I wanna know will the other cam do that to?
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don't waste money on another cam, get it tuned.
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get it tuned right or put the stock one back in. It will smell like gas with any aftermarket cam.
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What about the ls6 cam would it do that?
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anything untuned or with a crappy tune will smell bad.
Old 05-20-2009, 08:23 PM
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Can I do it with a diablo predator?
Good tunes are hard to find here in New Orleans I have a tune from this guy tuned it and I still smell gas its cool though.
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Originally Posted by Blk_Ws6
Good tunes are hard to find here in New Orleans I have a tune from this guy tuned it and I still smell gas its cool though.
as others have said, leave it as is. get a mail order tune from Charlie@RPM Motorsports. He is the top guy to go to for mail order tune. He can tune the car without even driving it and it is 99% accurate with any LSx combination known to man.

Here is his contact info

Sales@RPM-Motors-Inc.com
Phone: 1-888-755-5391
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Not worth the swap at ALL. If you don't have cats that's where the smell is coming from. And that mild of a cam should be a piece of cake to tune and should sound about like stock on a OEM exhaust. You just NEED a good tune. How far is Thunder Racing from you. Or... Alvin at PCMforless would give you a very good mail order tune.. Tick on here can hook you up with Alvin...
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Thunder racing puts you on hold to long if I need pcm adjustments so I'll stick with the diablo programmer.
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Originally Posted by Blk_Ws6
Thunder racing puts you on hold to long if I need pcm adjustments so I'll stick with the diablo programmer.
then you stick with the gas smell
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There are SEVERAL good shops in the Nawlins area...?
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There all by appointments an ,very funny Nastychevelle
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What about Futral Motorsports? Allan is not far at all from New Orleans.
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Originally Posted by 5.3LJimmy
What about Futral Motorsports? Allan is not far at all from New Orleans.
I forgot about Futralmo good going buddy.



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