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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 06:07 PM
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i have a 5.3 in a 1999 silverado. what cam will give me the most power. looking for the highest numbers.
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 11:55 PM
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can you be any more vague?

say it with me A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 12:14 AM
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Application will be for the track but i do drive it on the street quite often. the only thing is i have a stock convertor
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well then ixnay (sp) the big cam unless you plan for a bigger TC. i'd be willing to bet you'd get your *** kicked by someone who had a small cam a decent sized stall vs your big cam stock stall setup.
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driving around today i think my converter is slipping now, now i have an excuse for getting a stall converter. what cam now?
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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Did you post this in the truck section? A lot of the guys over there can help you out. There's so many camshaft threads in this section, people are just damn near tired of looking at them.
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hmm. sounds like you just need to start MODDING YOUR TRUCK.

you can't hope to get high numbers with a big cam unless you have all the supporting mods. with any automatic vehicle, a stall is a crucial component, as it is veritibly one of the most integral parts to laying that power to the ground. your engine works as a system, if you do not upgrade this system as a whole, then it will not function well as a whole.

what mods do you have so far? this will help narrow the playing field, b/c w/o supporting mods, the bigger cams simply won't perform like you want them to.
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Originally Posted by SportSide 5.3
Did you post this in the truck section? A lot of the guys over there can help you out. There's so many camshaft threads in this section, people are just damn near tired of looking at them.


had a few ahem, techinical difficulties while posting my reply, didn't see yours during that time.
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