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Dec 21, 2004 | 09:55 PM

BoomerSooner

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I am at a crossroad

I am thinking of purchasing eith a cam or lontubes.I have some funding from the financial advisor(wife). I am considring MTI's stealth 2 cam and pullies, btw hows the pullies? I have Hooker shorties, and Random Tech catted Y. should I do the cam then longtubes? or longtubes first? I know I am leaving power on the table but its one or the other for now, tuning will be last, followed by heads. any advice?

99 T/A M-6
full boltons, 4:11's
BMR suspension

Dec 21, 2004 | 10:00 PM

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If tuning is LAST, then do the Long Tubes, then the cam.

Dec 22, 2004 | 12:07 AM

santino04

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AGREE WITH ABOVE

Dec 22, 2004 | 12:27 AM

LSWannabe

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All I've ever heard is longtubes before cam.

Dec 22, 2004 | 07:55 AM

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let it breathe

Dec 22, 2004 | 08:07 AM

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Long tubes first, then cam.

Pullies are great for freeing up some power and the MTI cam is one of the best making sleeper cam out there.

Have fun!

Dec 22, 2004 | 08:18 AM

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Yeap good cam.404rwhp/383 rwtq. cam only.

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Dec 24, 2004 | 02:22 AM

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long tubes!!! my friend put in a cam and i still smoked him and all i had was free mods and a lid! how did u get ur name? biter!

Dec 24, 2004 | 08:56 AM

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You already have shorties, go cam. If you need more power you can add the longtubes later.

Dec 24, 2004 | 10:09 AM

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If you could tune soon, I would go with a cam since you have shorties which help a little, but if tuning is last, go with the LT's.

Dec 24, 2004 | 02:12 PM

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What are your plans with the car? If this is a real mild build-up you could always go with the LS6 cam, because that doesn't even require tuning.

Dec 24, 2004 | 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Another_User

You already have shorties, go cam. If you need more power you can add the longtubes later.

Thats what I was thinking.....

Dec 24, 2004 | 05:32 PM

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get the cam first. If you had stock manifolds , i'd say LTs first. You'll still see some gains from longtubes but you've freed up the flow already somewhat by having the shorties.Not a lot , mind you , but somewhat.