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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:54 AM
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I have been searching for awhile and can't find the info I am looking for. Hopefully I didn't miss it but here is what I am looking for info on:

I have been looking at getting a cheater cam or and ls6 cam. My mods are 3500 stall, cutout, lid, smooth bellows and a 100 shot. I want the motor to look stock and sound close to stock that is why the cheater cam. I would like to keep on the stock exhaust manifolds for now. Has anyone ever done this with nitrous on their car as well. I have seen people running cheater cams with stock manifolds but really haven't come across any that are running nitrous as well. Maybe I missed them. Also, would a hot cam be to much of a cam with my setup? I can get one for a really good price but I don't know how well it would perform with the stock exhaust manifolds plus the lope would be more noticeable but maybe not as much with the stock exhaust.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 08:54 AM
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Howabout go to Patrick G and get a custom cam spec'd out and tell him exactly this that you say above.

I bet you will make more power and have what you want with him.

look at my STS build in my signature, the last few pages. I did my cam swap and my car just barely barely sounds like it has a cam. sleeper
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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There's several supposed cheater cams online that are easy to hear once installed in the car. I've done a couple small camshafts that idled really close to stock with typical power gains right at about 30rwhp. If we can help you spec a custom camshaft for this application give us a call, I'd be glad to help anyway I can!
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I agree with you going with a custom cam from Patrick G, I was in a similar situation as you last year and I never looked back after getting a cam custom spec'd for my mods..
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