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Old Jan 10, 2015 | 02:07 PM
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hey guys i just bought a 2006 silver ado with a 4.8 i have recently bought headers and a cold air for it I'm looking for suggestions for a stall and cam this truck is my daily driver hits stop and go traffic often i honestly know nothing about building engines i can work on then but as far as performance goes any help or suggestions would be awesome also i want to hear a good bump
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Old Jan 11, 2015 | 12:25 AM
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I'd go for 3200 rpm or so stall and a smaller torquey cam like a Cam Motion titian 1 or 2.
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Give us a call! We've done thousands of camshafts for the 4.8l & 5.3l guys over the years. We have complete packages that will give you everything you need to get going as well as we can help with a mail order tune if you need tuning done for a very reasonable price!!
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Also I have the perfect converter option for you! Yank helped build us a custom Texas Speed 3000 stall converter that is a awesome buy & has been working great for our customers!!

http://www.texas-speed.com/p-4482-te...converter.aspx
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Old Jan 11, 2015 | 11:34 PM
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