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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 03:17 PM
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wanting to buid a 408
LQ4 6.0 liter iron block
4.03"bore
4" stroke
225cc ported ARE heads
lunati billet crank
lunati conecting rods 6.125"

Ok, now i need a cam
will have 300 Nitrous wet shot
I just dont know which one to go with, and i havent even narrowed it down. IF this was gonna be your street/strip car, and you wanted at least 525-550 NA rwhp, what cam would you go with?
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 03:29 PM
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You and I are looking at building the same motor. I bought a Cam Motion custom grind. 251/257 .628/.645 114lsa.
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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what is your RWHP expectation?
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 12:30 AM
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What kinda heads you guys going with and are your pistons reliefed and to what cc?
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 02:33 AM
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I am going with AFR 225's for heads. What do you mean pistons relieved?
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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For the valves
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 02:12 PM
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Stage III 6.0's. I'm hoping for about 520rwhp N/A and then shoot at it with a 250-300 direct shot.
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 06:21 PM
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Maybe a 24x/25x with 63x/64x and I would probably go with a 114lsa with that much bottle.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 06:52 AM
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Stage III 6.0's. I'm hoping for about 520rwhp N/A and then shoot at it with a 250-300 direct shot.
Who's heads?
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Patriots
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