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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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Well im about to finish up my bolton list of mods. And been thinking of adding a cam over the winter. Im just a little scared, the last Ls1 i had i put a ASA cam in it and in less than 3 months spun a few rod bearings. Don't want to go down that road again. Anyway mods are in sig. what cams do you guy recommend or go custom?

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I assume you are M6.... Somethng in the upper 220's/lower 230's makes for a nice street car. Mine is a 230/234 XFI/X-ER 111 and has nice bottom making for a good DD.... I hit G-vegas pretty often so I'll keep an peeled out for ya... The GF likes to party around 5th street.....OP's Lucky's, PB's etc......
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Naw im A4. Size doesn't really matter to me i just want the most power without having to pull my 853's off, i just had one off to remove a header bolt. dont want to be replacing springs every 3 months or anything like that. But i only drive it to work about 5 miles away and maybe a road trip of 20 miles every now and then. Yeah man keep your eye out of me and i will for you. Were you live at ?
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el torro great street cam
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You didnt spin a few rod bearings bc of the asa cam. Something else had to be wrong....
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Originally Posted by 01ssreda4
You didnt spin a few rod bearings bc of the asa cam. Something else had to be wrong....
Yeah i know that. But i have seen a few bearings go bad after cam install due to oil passages or something like that. But wondering what will work best with mods i have

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