LG G5x2 cam????
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LG G5x2 cam???? Just wondering if anyone is still using this cam? I am about to buy a cam for my car and have read up on this one to meet my needs. My car is a weekender with x pipe pacesetter long tubes and I am going to get a 3600-3800 stall. The posts I've read were all around the years 2003 & 2004. Just wondering if anything has happened or if these are still running strong.
What are the specs? I'd say that there are more modern versions of this cam out there now that are using new cam lobe technology. Everything I've ever seen about the LG cams was good, and they for sure put down the power. The LG cams paired with AFR or TFS heads is a winning combo.
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Ran this Cam in my old heads/cam Fbody. Street manners are fine, definitely not too big for a daily. Sounded good, made good power. It was a very popular cam in the early days of the LS1 when there wasn't as many options out there but nowadays with the significantly higher cost of LG Cams it isn't very popular.
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A 232/240 on a 114 has 8* overlap
My current cam is a 230/238 113 which is also 8* overlap and only 2* smaller in duration. It will be VERY comparable. In a 6.0 its a perfect driver cam.
But I previously ran an EPS version in a ls1 with 799 heads. If it hadn't been for the added compression of the heads I'm not sure I would have liked it. Took a good bit of idle tuning as well so you will need a good tuner. It goes "ok" with a 3600 converter, but you would really want a 4000.
If you aren't looking for the best ET possible and just want a strong weekend warrior that you could still daily drive if you needed to, I would back things down a hair. You'll get better drivability and more strong midrange.
My roommate ran a similar 230/238 cam in his daily driver m6 trans am and then switched to a Cam Motion Titan IV and the car actually drives better and even runs faster since he likes to shift in the 6200rpm range...the larger cam would need to be shifted in the 6600-6800rpm range for max results.
Bigger isn't always better.
Oh and for further reference I'm looking at going a little more wild with my LS2 and I'm looking at a 232/240 on a 112 to do it and am still a little curious if I'll lose enough low end to notice.
My current cam is a 230/238 113 which is also 8* overlap and only 2* smaller in duration. It will be VERY comparable. In a 6.0 its a perfect driver cam.
But I previously ran an EPS version in a ls1 with 799 heads. If it hadn't been for the added compression of the heads I'm not sure I would have liked it. Took a good bit of idle tuning as well so you will need a good tuner. It goes "ok" with a 3600 converter, but you would really want a 4000.
If you aren't looking for the best ET possible and just want a strong weekend warrior that you could still daily drive if you needed to, I would back things down a hair. You'll get better drivability and more strong midrange.
My roommate ran a similar 230/238 cam in his daily driver m6 trans am and then switched to a Cam Motion Titan IV and the car actually drives better and even runs faster since he likes to shift in the 6200rpm range...the larger cam would need to be shifted in the 6600-6800rpm range for max results.
Bigger isn't always better.
Oh and for further reference I'm looking at going a little more wild with my LS2 and I'm looking at a 232/240 on a 112 to do it and am still a little curious if I'll lose enough low end to notice.
I think the x2 will be just fine, especially if you are stalled and have some gears going in. Although I never tried that cam, I did run the x3 and x4 cam before. They sure run really good. It's your weekender, so have fun 
FYI....here is when I had the G5x4 with PRC 1.5 heads:
FYI....here is when I had the G5x4 with PRC 1.5 heads: