2000 z28 cam help
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Staging Lane
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From: Maine
2000 z28 cam help Hey I have a 2000 z28 Camaro , as of now I have multiple mods done to it , I have , SLP cold air intake, slp smoothe bore bellows,vported the throttle body, 160 thermastat, pace setter long tube headers, texas speed duel cat y-pipe, magnaflow cat back exhaust, removed extra egr tube hanging down into the throttle body mouth, went fom 3:42 gears in the rear to 4:10, and a diablo sport predator programmer . I'm wondering what cam I should run in it, and anything else I'll need to do it right . I want a nice aggressive idle and power low-high rpm .
If you are looking for an aggressive street cam I would recommend you look at the torquer v.3. That cam has an agressive idle because of the LSA but it has a broad powerband because it doesn't have a ton of duration to it. We have a number of customers running around with that cam in thier DDs with no issues.
We don't have a kit that includes all of that. Our cam packages include the cam, pushrods, and valvesprings priced at $690 for that cam. You can get the ported oil pumps for 170, and the timing chains range from $42 to $110.
I don't think cam installs are very difficult as long as you have some mechanical experience. There is a great write up on LS1howto.com on the cam installs which I would read before doing the work. Everything can be done with the motor in the car, just make sure you find a way to support the lifters when pulling the cam out.
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^^i've never done a cam, but have read this (ls1howto) write-up several times and i'm confident i could slap one in as well as upgrade the oil pump/timing chain/vavle springs without even having to refer back to it....it's very detailed....wooden dowel rods will work to hold the lifters up, or pen magnets
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Verdad Gallardo ^^i've never done a cam, but have read this (ls1howto) write-up several times and i'm confident i could slap one in as well as upgrade the oil pump/timing chain/vavle springs without even having to refer back to it....it's very detailed....wooden dowel rods will work to hold the lifters up, or pen magnets
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Staging Lane
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From: Maine
Should I get just the LS2 Timing chain, http://texas-speed.com/shop/item.asp...d=620&catid=53
or ,http://texas-speed.com/shop/item.asp...d=621&catid=53
or ,http://texas-speed.com/shop/item.asp...d=621&catid=53
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I would get the torquer v.2 cam kit and a ls2 timing chain.what tranny do you have?do you have a ls6 intake?also consider upgrading your rocker arms with some comp cam trunnion bearings.maybe sell the hand held tuner and get a mail order tune from frost.
I second the Torquer 2. With mods similar to yours and no cats I put down slightly over 400hp/tq
