Anyone LS6'ed their car?
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Originally Posted by 02silvaZ
$1800 for LS6 kit from Summit, not really a bad price I thought, but I don't know alot
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i'm tryin to stay a pretty reliable daily driver but with good power, it is currently breathing thru a SLP Flo-Pac cold air kit, descreened stock MAF, and ported stock t/b, it has a LS6 intake manifold already i.e. 2002 stock piece
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A 224 cam will make more power than the LS6 cam and LS6 heads. You've got the best LS1 heads ever on your car already, 241's, might as well exploit that.
224 cam and some CNC'd gm heads would make much more power and be perfectly streetable, you could get them alot cheaper too. You'll need valvesprings and a tune also.
224 cam and some CNC'd gm heads would make much more power and be perfectly streetable, you could get them alot cheaper too. You'll need valvesprings and a tune also.
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i just threw a ls6 cam in my 99 vette and i like the increase. cost me a grand total of 450 bucks.. 175 for cam 50 for springs 150 for oil pump/chain and gaskets and another 75 on fluids etc. i think for the money it was a very nice gain.. i am contemplating on putting a set of stock 243's on (400 from patriot) or the CNC 243s (~800) .
For stock idle/driveablility the ls6 cam is great. i enjoy driving it more then my 236/236 cam / stage 3 heads camaro.
For stock idle/driveablility the ls6 cam is great. i enjoy driving it more then my 236/236 cam / stage 3 heads camaro.
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There are better packages out there. Go with a bigger cam and some patriot heads. I have a set of patriot stage 2 heads for sale I can get you if your interested. Or look at new ones but don't go with the LS6 kit as it is not gonna put up good numbers in comparison.
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guys gotta realize not everyone wants to go the route of aftermarket cams/ big heads... from throwing h/c on the camaro i got real tired of the valvetrain noise REAL quick... thats the only reason i put the ls6 cam in. its a decent improvement and it has no negative effects.
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I have a 2002 Z28 M6, thinking of buying LS6 cam and head kit, wondering if anyone else had done it and if they liked it?
minimum cam of like TR224 114
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id say get the 224 with a set of 5.3 heads from TSP with springs and everything which i think is 1575 right now...you are in the same position as me...i want area under the curve rather than peak power and while i haven't researched a ton yet, the AFR 205's seem like a great match although they are 2 grand by themselves. i think the sale at TSP is a damn good deal and considering its cheaper than what you are lookin at now, will give you a very similar curve, just the line will be higher up the graph (more hp/tq everywhere) you should do that
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so i guess from what everyone is writing, no one has used the LS6 combo or no one likes it, I agree with AGGIE, I am not dragging the car so I am looking for good power under the curve, when I get on it I want people to be kinda shocked and impressed, kind of a sleeper so to speak a little noise but pretty quiet. The Blur says I have the best LS1 heads ever, I don't know much about the stock heads so I don't know the difference between 98-02, please shed some light on it and I would love to know more.