ASA or Howards Cam Question
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ASA or Howards Cam Question
I know, I know. Another cam question. But I'v read through a lot of posts on different boards about these cams, and have not seen the answer to my question.
Stock '01 LS1 bottom end. Mostly stock 241 heads. A track only engine in a very light car.
When using the Howards version of the ASA cam, or the GM ASA cam, do you need to fly cut the pistons?
If not, how much can you shave the heads before PTVC becomes a problem with these cams?
Stock '01 LS1 bottom end. Mostly stock 241 heads. A track only engine in a very light car.
When using the Howards version of the ASA cam, or the GM ASA cam, do you need to fly cut the pistons?
If not, how much can you shave the heads before PTVC becomes a problem with these cams?
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Funny you mention Howards Cams, as I just realized the other day that's what I have. The specs on mine are pretty big, and i've heard nothing but great things about their cams. As for question i'm sorry but i'm not sure
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I have Howards ASA cam with PRC stage 1 heads milled .030 with .045 cometic head gaskets. Texas motor speed said I could go with .035.
When I measured I was .083 Exhaust and .121 Intake PTV.
I know the 241 and 243 are different, just thought I would give my two cents with the cam.
I would still check, every engine is a little different.
1999 LS1
When I measured I was .083 Exhaust and .121 Intake PTV.
I know the 241 and 243 are different, just thought I would give my two cents with the cam.
I would still check, every engine is a little different.
1999 LS1
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Correct me if I am wrong, but since the ASA cam is a GMPP product, it was meant to be swapped into Gen III/IV engines with minimal labor (besides the necessary LS6 valve springs). Since it is just a .525" "baby" cam, I think you'll be okay as long as your heads aren't milled a bunch.
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Prc stage 1 heads
Hey whats up buddy I wanted to ask you, I have the same howards asa cam and looking for some ls6 heads, whats the difference between the stage 1 and stage 2.5 ls6 heads prc from texas speed?
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The difference is valve size. Stage 1 uses stock 2.00 intake/1.55 exhaust valves while Stage 2.5 uses 2.02 intake/1.575 exhaust valves. That's it!
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Go to TS&P's website; all indications show porting is the same, as there is very little flow difference between stages. On a 5.3 the valves are shrouded so much on the 2.5 it isn't even worth the difference. An LS1 might show more difference.
Call TS&P, they'll set you down the right path.
Call TS&P, they'll set you down the right path.
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TS&P would be the ones to answer that. Stage I is probably best bang-for-the-buck, though.
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Both are the same head, the 799 came out later and is used on trucks on the 5.3L. You could get a pair of either type. But to be sure, call TS&P.
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Just thought I'd throw this out there since Howard's Cams is local (1.25 hours away) to me; Competition Products purchased them quite a number of years ago and began marketing a bunch of dinosaur profiles that were old *** 60s-70s type crap on old machines. I've seen the re-tooling process they've gone through where these newer profiles are all CNC "cut". It's great quality and I use ALOT of their Gen I SBC flat tappet stuff for circle track builds. NEVER had one fail during break in and they always make decent power. Plenty of their sales staff members are racers (both drag and CT) and do builds on the side so there is endless amounts of real world feed back.
Several TECH members swear by their ASA and Hot Cam profiles for the Gen III architecture
Several TECH members swear by their ASA and Hot Cam profiles for the Gen III architecture
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