New cam going in... anything else to do?
New cam going in... anything else to do? Well, i decided to take the plunge and drop in a new cam. I'm doing a few other things, but just wanted to double check with you guys to see if I'm missing anything... or if I should do anything else while I'm in there.
Current mods:
Blackwing, Ported TB, LS6 Intake, Kooks 1.75" w/ cats, Borla Stingers, LS1Edit, TNT F1, TR224, Hardened PRs, CC918s.
Here is what I'm doing so far...
FM-14 232/234 .598/.598 112
PRC Spring Kit (springs, ti retainers, seats, seals)
LS2 Timing Chain
LS6 Oil Pump
LS6 Valley Cover (for better pcv)
GMPP Wires and TR6s
28# injectors(low miles out of a 2002 z06)
Without doing heads, the only thing thats really left is a waterpump, pulley, and off-road x-pipe. The waterpump doesn't seem to be cost effective, while I cant go with an underdriven alt so the pulley is out. I may add the off-road x-pipe by the time I do the install... stillup in the air on that one.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks,
Mike
(Edited: mistakenly typed h-pipe... changed to x-pipe)
Current mods:
Blackwing, Ported TB, LS6 Intake, Kooks 1.75" w/ cats, Borla Stingers, LS1Edit, TNT F1, TR224, Hardened PRs, CC918s.
Here is what I'm doing so far...
FM-14 232/234 .598/.598 112
PRC Spring Kit (springs, ti retainers, seats, seals)
LS2 Timing Chain
LS6 Oil Pump
LS6 Valley Cover (for better pcv)
GMPP Wires and TR6s
28# injectors(low miles out of a 2002 z06)
Without doing heads, the only thing thats really left is a waterpump, pulley, and off-road x-pipe. The waterpump doesn't seem to be cost effective, while I cant go with an underdriven alt so the pulley is out. I may add the off-road x-pipe by the time I do the install... stillup in the air on that one.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks,
Mike
(Edited: mistakenly typed h-pipe... changed to x-pipe)
Last edited by Mike00FRC; Feb 27, 2005 at 11:39 PM.
I'd use Comp 918 springs even on the new cam; they're the best spring for anything up to a .625 lift. I don't understand why you can't go with a pulley; I've not had any charging issues with mine. X-pipe is supposed to be better than an H-pipe. You might want to consider some aftermarket rockers for reliability, not power. Electric waterpump is pricey by sure nice to cool the engine between runs. If you aren't doing heads because of cost, consider hand-porting them yourself. If you educate yoursefl first, you can do a good job.
Definetely get the x-pipe instead of the h-pipe. When i do my cam swap here in a few weeks i plan on doing a lil porting and polishing myself being very conservative. The prc do not have to be shimmed to get the necessary pressure(what i heard from Futral) and thats what i plan on using with my cam swap.
Kyle
Kyle
Originally Posted by Mike00FRC
Well, i decided to take the plunge and drop in a new cam. I'm doing a few other things, but just wanted to double check with you guys to see if I'm missing anything... or if I should do anything else while I'm in there.
Current mods:
Blackwing, Ported TB, LS6 Intake, Kooks 1.75" w/ cats, Borla Stingers, LS1Edit, TNT F1, TR224, Hardened PRs, CC918s.
Here is what I'm doing so far...
FM-14 232/234 .598/.598 112
PRC Spring Kit (springs, ti retainers, seats, seals)
LS2 Timing Chain
LS6 Oil Pump
LS6 Valley Cover (for better pcv)
GMPP Wires and TR6s
28# injectors(low miles out of a 2002 z06)
Without doing heads, the only thing thats really left is a waterpump, pulley, and off-road h-pipe. The waterpump doesn't seem to be cost effective, while I cant go with an underdriven alt so the pulley is out. I may add the off-road h-pipe by the time I do the install... stillup in the air on that one.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks,
Mike
Current mods:
Blackwing, Ported TB, LS6 Intake, Kooks 1.75" w/ cats, Borla Stingers, LS1Edit, TNT F1, TR224, Hardened PRs, CC918s.
Here is what I'm doing so far...
FM-14 232/234 .598/.598 112
PRC Spring Kit (springs, ti retainers, seats, seals)
LS2 Timing Chain
LS6 Oil Pump
LS6 Valley Cover (for better pcv)
GMPP Wires and TR6s
28# injectors(low miles out of a 2002 z06)
Without doing heads, the only thing thats really left is a waterpump, pulley, and off-road h-pipe. The waterpump doesn't seem to be cost effective, while I cant go with an underdriven alt so the pulley is out. I may add the off-road h-pipe by the time I do the install... stillup in the air on that one.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks,
Mike
There are overdrive alternator pulleys that you can also get that take care of the charging issue.
H-pipe was stuck in my mind for some reason... its actually an X-pipe. As far as the pulleys are concerned, I'm running a pretty decent system in the car, and the alternator is barely able to keep up as it is. Getting some dimming of the headlights when the bass hits. Any idea how much difference between the standard underdriven pulley setup and using an overdriven alt/underdriven pulley setup will be in hp?
With the 918s, I've been seeing some pretty good comments on them lately with regards to some larger camshafts. The thing is I already have the PRC kit. I still have some time to think this over and may end up selling the PRC kit and going with another set of 918s. This is probably the main thing I have to decide on.
Oh well, thanks for the input guys.
Mike
With the 918s, I've been seeing some pretty good comments on them lately with regards to some larger camshafts. The thing is I already have the PRC kit. I still have some time to think this over and may end up selling the PRC kit and going with another set of 918s. This is probably the main thing I have to decide on.
Oh well, thanks for the input guys.
Mike
Originally Posted by Mike00FRC
With the 918s, I've been seeing some pretty good comments on them lately with regards to some larger camshafts. The thing is I already have the PRC kit. I still have some time to think this over and may end up selling the PRC kit and going with another set of 918s. This is probably the main thing I have to decide on.
Oh well, thanks for the input guys.Mike
Oh well, thanks for the input guys.Mike
Bill
Originally Posted by Mike00FRC
H-pipe was stuck in my mind for some reason... its actually an X-pipe. As far as the pulleys are concerned, I'm running a pretty decent system in the car, and the alternator is barely able to keep up as it is. Getting some dimming of the headlights when the bass hits. Any idea how much difference between the standard underdriven pulley setup and using an overdriven alt/underdriven pulley setup will be in hp?
With the 918s, I've been seeing some pretty good comments on them lately with regards to some larger camshafts. The thing is I already have the PRC kit. I still have some time to think this over and may end up selling the PRC kit and going with another set of 918s. This is probably the main thing I have to decide on.
Oh well, thanks for the input guys.
Mike
With the 918s, I've been seeing some pretty good comments on them lately with regards to some larger camshafts. The thing is I already have the PRC kit. I still have some time to think this over and may end up selling the PRC kit and going with another set of 918s. This is probably the main thing I have to decide on.
Oh well, thanks for the input guys.
Mike
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