Which Cam with Stage 2 5.3 heads??

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Jul 15, 2002 | 10:14 PM

doc2121

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Which Cam with Stage 2 5.3 heads??

What cam is working best with a set of ported 5.3 heads, and what kind of nubers are you seeing? Im looking at the TR224 for my 02SS. Its a A4 with a VIG3200, FLPs, etc. Let me know
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Jul 16, 2002 | 12:37 AM

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Re: Which Cam with Stage 2 5.3 heads??

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by doc2121:
What cam is working best with a set of ported 5.3 heads, and what kind of nubers are you seeing? Im looking at the TR224 for my 02SS. Its a A4 with a VIG3200, FLPs, etc. Let me know
Thanks
Andy <img border="0" alt="[Corvette]" title="" src="graemlins/corvette.gif" /> <hr /></blockquote>I'm about to add a TR 230/224 cam to a set of stage 2 TEA 5.3L heads myself in about 2-3 weeks...if you can wait that long I'll have a good answer for you!!! I'm shooting for at least 430rwhp....I'll keep ya posted <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

[ July 16, 2002, 12:38 AM: Message edited by: verbs ]

Jul 16, 2002 | 01:55 PM

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Re: Which Cam with Stage 2 5.3 heads??

Who's doing your heads? That is the most important part..

Jul 16, 2002 | 02:15 PM

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Re: Which Cam with Stage 2 5.3 heads??

Thunder racing cams are doing very well with any heads.You cant go wrong with them.

Jul 16, 2002 | 02:15 PM

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Re: Which Cam with Stage 2 5.3 heads??

The guy is a A++ on head work but he is not a sponsor here, he does top of the line work. I can twait!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Firebird]" title="" src="graemlins/formula.gif" />

Jul 16, 2002 | 04:25 PM

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Re: Which Cam with Stage 2 5.3 heads??

Here is a dyno graph comparing the additon of stage 2 GTP 5.3L heads and a Thunder 224 cam. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

http://www.thunderracing.com/images/chris_gtp1.jpg

Justin

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