Hey now that I got you attention sorry to mislead you guys but I am kinda new to the cam thing I have been a GM guy for a while but to a little side trip into Import turbo tuning. Anyways back to the question at hand sorry if this seems ignorant I was wondering

What is be best in you opinion street cam, trying to keep some what of a good gas milage round 15 or so.

I am pretty sure I dont have to change heads but do I have to go with headers or a new intake manni?

How hard is it to install a new cam shaft how much do you guys pay to get one installed, any one know some one good around the D.C. metro area or any one wanna help a poor airman out hehe?

well thanx for the help guys

Josh

<small>[ May 07, 2002, 08:20 PM: Message edited by: Jstyle ]</small>

 

Jason at fbody central does cams. and he;s a great guy. done plenty of work on my car give em a ring (410)551-9172. he's in severna park MD but worth the drive.

 

Dude I live in North Va how far is that roughly

 

It's about an 45 minutes to an hour with no traffic. He does all my work and is an awesome guy.

 

500 rwhp on stock heads? HELL NO! To reach your goal of N/A 500 rwhp through a 12-bolt (as a 10 bolt would be pointless) you're gonna need a big cube motor (ie 422 or larger) and a really big cam. You'll also need a serious set of Stage 3 LS6 heads to mount to the block. I haven't seen a non-power adder set up yet that puts out 500 rwhp.

Now if you could deal with 400 rwhp, then it is possible with stock heads and a decent came, such at the TR 230/224 111 LSA that was recently tested. Those in my opinion are more realistic goals.

- Matt <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" />

 

Oh, I re-read your post, and about the trick and stuff. Never mind my post above.

- Matt

 

Installing a cam in these cars in not very difficult. Looking at the motor might scare the average mechanic but its not a hard motor to work on at all. Installing a cam is a one day job if that. As far as cam selection, the 230/224 that Thunder Racing just installed pulls great horsepower(I just ordered one myself). But, this cam has a ruff idle and probably won't pass emisions (check out all the posts on it). Or maybe try a 224\224 with a 114lsa, this is a well powered cam with a good idle from what i hear. Maybe visit some of this sites sponsers and see what kind off selection they have to suit your needs. ps. ls1speed.com

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Magnus357:
<strong>I haven't seen a non-power adder set up yet that puts out 500 rwhp.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">FYI check out some of the MTI 422+ cars, most of the hydraulic cam cars are 500+ rwhp. and the solid cammed super strokers are well above the 500 mark.

 

I am doing the 422, stage 3 ls6 heads, R1 cam after I spun a bearing...going all out... <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Firebird]" title="" src="graemlins/formula.gif" />
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