Cam only, waste of time?
Cam only, waste of time? I am trying to decide to just do a cam in the spring or just bank up for the next year and do cam and heads. I'm definately going to do a 3200 stall and 3.73 for now, not looking for a race car just a fast weekend toy
Considering there's about 9milliontrillionzillionkabillion threads on here about cam only cars making good power, I'd have to go out on a stretch and say no. It's not a waste of time.
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Doing a cam swap is also Alot less of a pain in the *** then doing the heads IMO. There's alot of healthy 400rwhp cam only cars out there so the stock long block can make good power with a decent cam.
I plan on beeing in the mid to low 11s next year ,mines a 99 ss m6,full bolt on,ms4,12 bolt 4.56 gears,and some suspension and tires,I have seen guys in the mid 11s with a ls6 cam,but its all it having it set up perfect,right gears,geeting it to hook up,and on a bigger cam or if your shifting higher rpms ,rods bolts is a good idea,you can say cam only but to get it running good there's more to it than just a cam, this is more for the people who think they can put a t rex in and run 10s lol
The more you do to move air in and out of your motor, the more fun it will be.
Do the cam only, and when you have a chance to do heads, it will be much more fun,
The down side will be the tuning costs
Do the cam only, and when you have a chance to do heads, it will be much more fun,
The down side will be the tuning costs
Yeah agree^ ,we have a lot of time in the tune on my car,wasn't all that cheap but some of the people that rag on the ms4 and about it not beeing streetable should drive my car,if your just looking for a quick weekend car,than bolt ons ,cam,3.73s,stall,and a good tune should make ya happy,
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Yes Definitely! Check out the cam only results I just posted (50 rwhp from cam & tune)
https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...241-heads.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamomet...241-heads.html
thanks everyone for all of the help i bought the car about a month ago. all of the mods that are done is how I bought it, i have all of the spohn suspension I took out of my old car going in over the winter. It looks like I'm going to do the cam and long tubes and ls6 intake for now, just have to pick a cam now!
Just make sure ya get what ya want,call texas speed,they will set ya up right,I don't know if its still going on but they had a really good sale on the cam kits,you will be happy with those mods for awhile,and then when that gets old you can do heads,and you should start thinking of a rearend at some point,