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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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I am in the midst of having a 408 built, it is the 6.0L iron block out of an escalade, the bottom end is going to be a callies dragonslayer crank, lunati rods, lunati pistons, and the hellfire rings since it will be a nitrous motor aswell (300+ shot)


my question is this... i have the MS3 cam and the PRC Stage 2.5 5.3L cylinder heads from texas speed in my old motor, along with LS6 intake... is this heads/cam combo going to work well with the 408 im having built? compression im hoping will be right around 12.0:1, just safe enough for 93 octane, but there will be a racefuel tune aswell for the track.


i need some opinions on wether i should get a larger cam for the larger motor, or stick with what I have? anybody have any experience with this setup on a 408?

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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 08:12 AM
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Sell the ms3 and buy the Texas giant. The heads and intake should be fine.
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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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Sell the ms3 and buy the Texas giant. The heads and intake should be fine.


where is this cam located?
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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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he texas giant is form tsp but go with a nitrous cam if your spraying a 300+ shot. talk to some sponsors or predator or patrick g on here and they will send you in the right direction more than anyone else
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Car will be more motor then anything else, nitrous for insurance.
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Texas Giant is a good cam for a 408.

But you could always do like transamfreak01 said and ask patrick g, he knows his ****.
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