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Old 08-01-2009 | 04:25 PM
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What LS engines cam with 3 bolt cams? What engines came with 1 bolt cams? Lookin at picking up a 6.0 soon and wondering what bolt cam it would take.
Old 08-01-2009 | 09:00 PM
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Old 08-03-2009 | 07:43 PM
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dude i dunno what you are refering to. LS1 cams and 6.0 cams interchange.
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Crank has 1 bolt? :wtf:
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Maybe its the motors with vvt? But i heard there was three bolt cams and one bolt cams. I imagine its where the gear bolts to it. Never had one apart. Just don't want to get the wrong cam when im ready to build.
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idk my 03 6.0 has 3 bolts holding the sprocket to the cam and 4 bolts on the cam retainer
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3 bolts in LS1's
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at the end of the actual cam itself its 3 bolts....
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Originally Posted by kidcamaro98
at the end of the actual cam itself its 3 bolts....
Except for LS3's and VVT engines.
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The cams are interchangeable. A lot of guys go to the 3 bolt setup when they delete the D.O.D/VVT stuff in the engines with a 1-bolt setup. You can run just about any cam you want in your 6.0L shortblock, just make sure you have the correct cam gear for it.
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