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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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I have an 02 z with about 47thousand on it. I want to cam the bitch to make it sound and perform better im going to get the heads done the same time i think. Which cam should i go with. she is a daily driver and i have the ls6 intake with slp cold air and slp lm exhaust. its a m6 i plan on doing lt's the same time i just dont know which lt's to chose as well. Any ideas??
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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I was thinking the texas speed magic stick 4 but dont know how well she will be running on that bad boy.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 02:40 PM
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Call up TSP they have awesome customer service, tell them exactly what you want and they get u hooked up
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 04:25 PM
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Yeah, i'd recommend reading as much as you can on these forums, then when you feel like you have a good understanding of everything for the most part, call up TSP or Patriot (or heck, a local Comp shop if you have one) and tell them EXACTLY what you want as far as how you want your car to perform.

If you're too lazy to do research or simply are in a hurry to get that thing cammed (i had to fight this), go w/ the Thunder Racing 224. Seems to be the one everyone shoots for who just wants a good, all around cam.

Understand that there are a few key supporting mods to go w/ a new cam/heads
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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Funny I just came from laguna niguel. Anyway I think a smaller cam will be better for a dd. I too was thinking of
going with a big cam till I heard of people hittin 11's with tr224 and similar cams. Any paticular reason why the ms4?
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 04:38 PM
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Rate the following on a scale of 1 to 10:

Do you want it to idle and drive like stock or like a top fuel dragster?
Do you want low end torque or do you want high end RPM?
Do you want a stock powerband or are your comfortable spinning RPMs high?
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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I like a rough idle and Well i think i want more low end torque im comfortable going to redline in my bitch.. IM not worried about a thing.. Its a Chevy Come one now! haha Im planning on throwin on some lt's and a good run through the heads and i will be happy.
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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i heard the Ms4 is the ****. I would love to get most hp out of a cam.
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 03:03 AM
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I have a torquer II on a 112 and new push rods for sale $400.00
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 05:50 AM
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im all about the ASA cam. lifter and spring friendly..60 bucks worth of Z06 spring kit and away we go. thumps like a fuel car , makes torque like a freight train and wont kill your valve train parts. .525 110 LSA. ordering mine up soon.
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 06:33 AM
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you dont have to get a mild cam for a daily driver my friend had a big custom grind cam from texas speed in his car that he daily drove for two years with out any problems my car isnt a daily driver but ive got an LG G5X2 ( 232/234 595/608) but these cams just as the ms4 are going to give you your power at high RPM's . you should really listen to Vrbas and do as much research about this as you can before you buy.. good luck man
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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by austin21
you dont have to get a mild cam for a daily driver my friend had a big custom grind cam from texas speed in his car that he daily drove for two years with out any problems my car isnt a daily driver but ive got an LG G5X2 ( 232/234 595/608) but these cams just as the ms4 are going to give you your power at high RPM's . you should really listen to Vrbas and do as much research about this as you can before you buy.. good luck man
G5X2 is a 232/240 .595/.608 112 or 114 lsa
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