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Old 03-20-2003, 07:57 PM
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Hi All,

I'm new here so figured I'd ask a newbie question.

I want to do a cam swap on my 2001 Z06 but it has to have decent idle quality and pass a sniffer at a government run facility. Every last shred of HP isn't my goal but a good bump in power is. Cams are new to me so would you care to suggest a good cam choice? I have longtubes on the car already. I am hoping to get 400rwhp. If I got that and met my other goals I'd be happy. I just don't want to be idling at a light feeling like I'm in Joe Amato's dragster.

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M6 or A4?

look at
TR 220/220
MTI B1
TR 224/224
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A B1 or similar cam around 220 duration, w/ 114 or higher LSA should do it. BTW, you may have trouble passing a sniffer test w/ those LT's.
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by RUF SS:
<strong> M6 or A4?

look at
TR 220/220
MTI B1
TR 224/224 </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">he said it was a z06...ONLY come M6.
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Sspray is correct. The Z06 only comes in a 6 speed. Anyway, thanks for the tips. What HP expectation would be reasonable? I dynoed on a Mustang at 356rwhp the way it is now with the longtubes. Here's a dyno chart of before and after the headers. You think 400 is possible???
Also, what LSA on the cams?

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Ive heard of one guy running a TR227 in his Z06 and got a little over 400 with minor bolt ons and a "stock like" sound (you have long tubes so I dont know how much this will affect your sound) But this seems like a pretty good cam with a set of stock untouched LS6 heads <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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Put the 02 ls-6 camin it. My o2 ls-6 made 405 rwhp in my SS with bolt-ons.
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Any other suggestions out there?

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You might look at the new Comp Cams part number 54-424-11. The specs are 212/218 .558/.563 115 LSA. I'd think it should pass emissions, and it should idle great with the relatively low duration and 115 LSA, while giving you a broad powerband. I'm putting this cam in my car in a month or two. Just a thought. I've found it for $349 online... e-mail me if you want to know where I found it at that price. (I'm too lazy to scroll up & down our HUGE sponsor list on the right to see if the place I found it is a sponsor or not. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> )




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