ls6 Cam
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It is...I think I paid 90 bucks for the last one I bought...
That being said...I don't think it gets enough credit when building on a super tight budget.
I built a super budget 5.3L for my 1972 Chevelle wagon.
I would have liked to use a "custom" $350-$400 dollar cam...Morel lifters...a nice set of BTR springs...(and I will somday when I decide to go "big") but that's not very budget friendly in my book. I used an LS6/Z06 cam...55 dollar "blue valve springs...LS7 lifters...
This thing is a barrel of fun...knocks down over 23 MPG and idles like a stock Corvette...
(Which I think with that cam made 405 HP stock.)
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LS6 Cam They usually go for 125-200. Good cam for mild build. Ill buy everyone you can find for $90.00. They actually will lose a lil bit down low vs stock cam but will rev up past 6500 easily with correct springs so work alot better than stock and they love Nitrous. Ive done it and know.
That cam is hardly noticeable in exhaust sound and will get great fuel economy.
That cam is hardly noticeable in exhaust sound and will get great fuel economy.
Last edited by Footlead; Jan 17, 2015 at 05:26 PM.
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Stock crate '04 LS6 longblock here, which of course means LS6 cam & heads. I put down 400.1 RWHP with it and all the basic bolt-ons (shorty headers too I might add)...not too shabby IMO...
Near LS1 idle quality, pulls hard all the way to 6600 RPM, and no one has a clue from its sound...I'm a fan of the LS6 cam...
Near LS1 idle quality, pulls hard all the way to 6600 RPM, and no one has a clue from its sound...I'm a fan of the LS6 cam...
Not trying to talk you out of it as the LS6 cam is a proven performer but as some have mentioned it does sacrifice a bit of low end even in the 346 incher. FWIW that magazine test recently found the best upgrade GM cam for the 325 incher is the 02-04 LS1 cam. It lost nothing as far as torque @ 2500 and only continued to gain as the rpms went to 6500. Proper valves springs and pushrods assumed.
It is lazy down low, I had 3.42's out back and it definitely liked RPM's. C5z's come with 243's and m12 t56's and only weigh 3000 pounds so it's different for them. But my stock 2000 cam does just fine right now. Plus you can find them dirt cheap, if not free in the pay it forward thread.
I had one many years ago in a 2000 Trans Am.I saw some good gains with it,got it for like $100.00,upgraded to the yellow ZO6 valve springs. It worked very well, for what I needed at the time.Gas was about $4.00 a gallon then, too.
Stop injecting common sense and a chance for this guy to save another buck as the LS1 cam is surely cheaper.
You should try and tell us how great it worked in your 408 with rectangle port heads that way you make sure to really compare apples to oranges.
You should try and tell us how great it worked in your 408 with rectangle port heads that way you make sure to really compare apples to oranges.
Last edited by 96capricemgr; Jan 18, 2015 at 09:12 PM.
He definitely needs the .700 lift Manley doubles because of the ramp rate, that much we do know.
Would you happen to remember which magazine had that article...???
I have one of those 02 LS1 cams also...I'd like to see how it compared...
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Have it reground on 112 LSA then it will have a strong midrange. Katech did the same with their original torquer cam.
Hot Rod did a test years ago with both the 01 and 02+ LS6 camshafts reground on tighter LSAs and they both made strong midrange.
Hot Rod did a test years ago with both the 01 and 02+ LS6 camshafts reground on tighter LSAs and they both made strong midrange.