I am planning to buy cams for my 98 z28, but I need to know an average on how much will I be spending.I also heard that I can buy a cam for under $400
but what is expensive is installation and tunning.Can someone give me some information on putting cams on price and best bang for the buck. Thanks

 

How and who tunes this cams,I called my local performance parts dealer and said that for some Comp cams installed and tuned will run for about $2200.00.Does that sound about right.

 

Sounds like a rip off..

 

I paid $800 for my cam and to have it installed. A tune will only cost you $450.00 for the good ****, a basic tune would be cheaper but trust me you don't want that.

 

My cam swap with dual spring kit, pushrods, ported LS6 oil pump, rollmaster double timing chain and dyno tune (self install) cost me roughly $1,350. Labor would have been $400-$600 from a shop.

 

Contact thunder racing which is one of the sponsors. They have a cam sale going on right now and you can get the T-Rex which is a real badass cam for about 395.00 or less. They do dyno tunning to.

 

this might sound crazy, but why do you need to have them tuned and what does it do when you get them tuned, I dont really know anything about cams.Thank you

 

SEARCH. Idle speed, air/fuel ratio, timing............big cam will run like **** until tuned. Tuning gets the power potential as well.

 

Thanks I seen a cam on thunder racing website tahat says it doesnt need computer tunning ,is this a good cam for a daily driver or what would you recommend, I dont plan on adding any major mods probably headers and Torque converter and do I need to buy springs and lifters?

THIS IS THE CAM

Thunder Racing Custom "Old Man" Camshaft - 214/220 .600/.523 115 LSA

 

You need to do a lot of searching, read the stickies in the internal section and the new enthusiast section, and read the links in JRP's sig. There are just too many variables until you know more about what you want.

 

I'll have about $1400 tied up in my 224 which includes:

7.4" pushrods, LS6 oil pump, ASP underdrive pulley w/belts, 618 springs, titanium retainers, custom 224 grind cam, JWIS timing chain, install, and WB tuning.