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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 12:06 PM
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I have a 408 going into a nova. The bottom end is built well with eagle crank, diamond custom pistons, eagle rods, studded through out. I have a thunder racing stroker cam, I believe the specs are 244/248 .625 .625 on 112lsa. I was going to use cnc ls3 heads with a victor jr carb setup and msd 6010. Should be around 11:1 compression. Will this cam work well with these heads? Shooting for about 500whp. I already have everything but the heads. Any opinions would be great.
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 12:20 PM
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Wrong cam for the heads, and even moreso with a carb intake. Look into getting a custom cam made, but for what you're after I'd be looking at something high 230s/low 250s on a 108lsa with a carb.
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 12:21 PM
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If you go with an l92/ls3 head get a custom specd cam. Period.

I learned that the hard way.
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Old Jan 21, 2014 | 12:40 PM
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Carb and ls3 heads make it a wild card.. Wider split and events for heads and low lsa for Carb.
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I have some patriot stage 2 ls6 heads, would they work better or too small? I am on a very limited budget for sure and I am trying to use what I already have. Thanks again.
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Yep.. Id use those heads with that cam vs the ls3 heads.
I have patriot ported ls6s on my car.. Large stalled auto and Im a solid bit over 500rwhp and 480+tq. They can perform.

What intake will you be running if you go that route?
Is this a street or track car?
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Yep.. Id use those heads with that cam vs the ls3 heads.
I have patriot ported ls6s on my car.. Large stalled auto and Im a solid bit over 500rwhp and 480+tq. They can perform.

What intake will you be running if you go that route?
Is this a street or track car?
street and track car, 4l80e. I had the same motor with the patriot heads and a torquer v2 cam and it made around 460-470hp. Propelled my 3700lb in the very low 7 second range in the 1/8 mile. I figured with the stroker cam swap it would pick up some. I would still use the victor jr and a Mighty Demon carb. Thanks for all your input lemons.
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If you already have that intake it won't work on an ls3 head. The port designs are different.

The strokes will definitely make more a difference. I wish i would have made the change longer ago than i did.
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And no problem
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if you are on a budget you can reuse your current valve train.
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I was waiting to buy the intake because I didn't know which head I was going to use. Thanks for all the info guys.
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