LS6 Cam install.....Do I have to degree?
LS6 Cam install.....Do I have to degree? Stock LS6 cam-Just as the title says, do I have to degree the cam or can I just line up "the dots"?
I'll do what I have to, but am just curious.
I'll do what I have to, but am just curious.
I want a smog legal (sniffer) cam for California without the worry of "will it pass". I'm not looking for all out peak power but rather drivability and idle.
If you guys can tell me what the next best cam would be and will do all the things I want it to, let me know- but as for now I just want a stout smog legal SS.
And thanks for the replies
If you guys can tell me what the next best cam would be and will do all the things I want it to, let me know- but as for now I just want a stout smog legal SS.
And thanks for the replies
I made 376rwhp and 361rwtq with simple bolt ons and stock 241 heads. I could have opened up the cutout and made more to boot. Hardly a waste of time. I did not degree that cam. You should be fine not degreeing but if you want to verify your ICL then degree it. The LS6 cam is all topend with it's valve events. If you want a broader less peaky powerband with more topend then go for a TR 224 114LSA. With a good tune it will easily pass smog.
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Contact one of the sponsors from here and tell them what you need, and they can easily recommend something smog legal for you. There are a few decent cams that will easily make more power than the LS6, and still be able to pass the sniffer test.
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Originally Posted by CAMAROZ28AQUINO
whats the point of degreeing a cam then and what does "degreeing" do anyway?
You ever seen a cam with an LSA of 112+4?
That means it is advanced 4 degrees.
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Originally Posted by TheLS1Kid
I just advances your timing.
You ever seen a cam with an LSA of 112+4?
That means it is advanced 4 degrees.
You ever seen a cam with an LSA of 112+4?
That means it is advanced 4 degrees.
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yeah im thinking of doing a ls6 cam swap in my car also. my car is a 02 z. i know i could get a bigger cam and so on but right now my budget says this is my best bet. will i have to use the pushrods and vavle springs from the donor car? the car this came out of has less then 40k on the clock. anything i should look for. sorry to thread jack but it seems like we are in the same boat. any other help would be great as this is my first pushrod motor.
Originally Posted by CAMAROZ28AQUINO
yeah ive seen that lots but i thought that was +4 degrees ground into the cam but i guess now...i understand now, i just needed a bit of clearing up..which u did simply
A 112+4 has 4 degrees of advanced timing already ground into it, that way you just have to install the cam dot to dot and not worry about advancing it.
Originally Posted by racerx17x
yeah im thinking of doing a ls6 cam swap in my car also. my car is a 02 z. i know i could get a bigger cam and so on but right now my budget says this is my best bet. will i have to use the pushrods and vavle springs from the donor car? the car this came out of has less then 40k on the clock. anything i should look for. sorry to thread jack but it seems like we are in the same boat. any other help would be great as this is my first pushrod motor.
For as cheap as it can be done, the LS6 cam is a good improvement and hardly a waste of time. Mine picked up over 40 rwhp at 6000 rpm when the stock cam was about done.. I had plenty of people in my town that told me it was a waste of time.. until I outran them..
Times in sig.
PS, I didn't degree mine either, just dot to dot.
Times in sig.
PS, I didn't degree mine either, just dot to dot.
Originally Posted by racerx17x
yeah im thinking of doing a ls6 cam swap in my car also. my car is a 02 z. i know i could get a bigger cam and so on but right now my budget says this is my best bet. will i have to use the pushrods and vavle springs from the donor car? the car this came out of has less then 40k on the clock. anything i should look for. sorry to thread jack but it seems like we are in the same boat. any other help would be great as this is my first pushrod motor.
If you go with the LS6 heads with stock valves then you can run the stock LS1 pushrods, but Scoggin Dickey tech said if using the LS1 heads/valves you'll need a longer pushrod.
As far as springs I'm not sure if you can use your existing springs with that cam, even from the factory they upgraded the springs.
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will i have any problems just running the stock setup from the donor car such as stock pushrods,springs ect. im getting all of it for 100 bucks. would just like to know before i have my car torn down and find out that i will need something else
The pushrods and rockers are the same between the motors as far as I know. The difference is that the LS6 cam has a smaller base circle which was compensated for by making the valves a little taller on the 243 heads. If you can pull assembled 243 heads off an LS6 then it would make your whole project a lot easier.
Originally Posted by racerx17x
will i have any problems just running the stock setup from the donor car such as stock pushrods,springs ect. im getting all of it for 100 bucks. would just like to know before i have my car torn down and find out that i will need something else