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Mar 27, 2007 | 05:55 PM

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Will i need anything crazy with this? What are the little brass washer looking things in the hotcam kit picture? Not retainers? Are they shims?

They were spring shims that came with the hotcam kit originally, the new Z06 springs you are getting shouldnt need them if you have the one piece seals/shim on your heads.

Nothing wrong with a hotcam, they sound a lot meaner then they are but they make decent power over stock.

Mar 27, 2007 | 05:56 PM

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This might sound lika a stupid question...but do i? Stock 98 heads.

Mar 27, 2007 | 06:54 PM

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This might sound lika a stupid question...but do i? Stock 98 heads.

Stock 98s dont have the 1 piece seal/shims. Honestly I dont remember if they just gave you the shims in the hotcam kit to bump up the spring pressure a little or what the deal was. I'm pretty sure you will be OK with the newer Z06 springs with no shims. Maybe someone else remembers but I just plain forgot, I put a hotcam in my 2000 and if I remember I didnt use the shims.

Mar 27, 2007 | 07:02 PM

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The LS6 springs that i am getting are the .550 lift springs from SDPC for something like $52 for the set. These with the hotcam and stock PRs should get me through to my next engine?...not make me get a new engine, lol.

Mar 27, 2007 | 07:23 PM

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I would think the newer springs with the hotcam would be just fine, worse it will do is float the valves a little at high rpm but I doubt it with that cam.

Mar 27, 2007 | 07:59 PM

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so the .550 lift springs are the new ones? I dont know why i thought they got more lift as they got newer, like the new ones had like .570 lift

Mar 27, 2007 | 08:01 PM

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Heres the spring kit that i am going to use.
http://www.sdparts.com/product/12499...ringSet16.aspx

Mar 27, 2007 | 08:43 PM

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They only sell the 'newer' z06 springs now. Couldnt buy 01 z06 springs if you wanted to. Actually they are LS2 springs. Tell ya what, paypal me 55.00 and I'll send you a brand new set of those springs in the box from SDPC I never used PLUS a set of PSI 918 style springs I used with a .525 lift cam for only 100 passes. If the z06 springs arent enough the PSI ones will be for sure. I have a bunch of stuff I was going to list for sale but havent done it yet - hard to beat a set of PSI beehive springs with very little use for free..

Send me a PM if interested.