Cam recommendation for 6.0L TBSS
02-05-2009, 10:35 PM
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Houston, Tx.
For the 5000lbs application I have, small is the way to go. TQ is more important for this beast unless you either are just going for 1/4 mile ET (saying to hell with 60' time etc) or your are just looking for dyno numbers.
This truck is a daily driver with a very mild converter and stock heads and manifolds. Stock heads flow maxes out about .575 lift and from people that have dealt a lot with these specific trucks, the duration max out for the TBSS stock manifolds is right about 220 (intake) before you can no longer get more power as the cam is too choked.
With headers it is better apparently, but I am not doing them so baby cam it is. Anything big either wont make more power due to the choked manifolds or will make the power to high up in the RPM range and even though it makes good numbers the real world driving will actually be slower.
This is just what I have heard from several builders with a lot of experience with the TBSS specifically.
- Mark
For the 5000lbs application I have, small is the way to go. TQ is more important for this beast unless you either are just going for 1/4 mile ET (saying to hell with 60' time etc) or your are just looking for dyno numbers.
This truck is a daily driver with a very mild converter and stock heads and manifolds. Stock heads flow maxes out about .575 lift and from people that have dealt a lot with these specific trucks, the duration max out for the TBSS stock manifolds is right about 220 (intake) before you can no longer get more power as the cam is too choked.
With headers it is better apparently, but I am not doing them so baby cam it is. Anything big either wont make more power due to the choked manifolds or will make the power to high up in the RPM range and even though it makes good numbers the real world driving will actually be slower.
This is just what I have heard from several builders with a lot of experience with the TBSS specifically.
- Mark
