We have a blessing and a curse on this site. There is a lot of intelligent, knowledgeable and proven results guys then we have the others........ I see a lot of people ask for recommendations and I also see a lot of people just toss them out to folks for ***** and giggles. Lots of..... you should have advanced or retarded that thing blah blah blah or even that is the wrong cam and you could have done this or that instead. Most of these come from folks that have pros spec their own stuff. Just be advised the camshaft is not the end all be all. It is the combination of the ENTIRE set up from the front of the car to the rear of the car. Weight of the car these days can vary significantly and play a huge factor in cam choice. Can you make a car fast with a big ugly bump stick..... you sure can. You also can do it with a stock cam too. Many ways to skin the cat. Hell some folks just want to sound bad *** in a parking spot at the local cars and coffee and care less about performance. Rant over and I am sure this thread will not make it 24 hours lol Hope the post helps some new member do some research when they ask for or are just told the cam they should be using is X.

 

It sure has helped me.
Great rant man.

 

I'm part of the retard club 🤣. Waiting on my crazy check now to come.

 

Good stuff Lazer! Also a firm believer in the COMBO! Apart from that, too many lose track of the importance of the heads. A cam should not be chosen until head flow is known, whether from an article or done yourself.
I saw a great video called "How to Properly Select a Camshaft". He (never caught his name) goes thru everything that is peripheral to the cam. It is done by Myvintageiron7512, if that means anything to any of you. I learned quite a bit, and it confirmed a lot of suspicions about the process.

 

You know who doesn't lose track of the importance of heads....CSA! CSA! I heard he made his own head from scratch.

 

I saw that video months ago too.
​​​It's a good one.
75%+ intake/exhaust flow ratio go well with single pattern camshafts.
It's common sense to not use a camshaft that produces more lift than what your heads flow.
Plus a lot more.

 

You would THINK it is common sense! But how many times don't we see .600 lift cams going into engines with 706 truck heads (OK, that IS extreme...)? Or similar...

 

I recommend a 3/4 racing camshaft with dual points and a double pumper *spits tobacco juice*

 

A member named Shirey97 would take you upon this! LOL
He thinks sbc's are still better than LS....

 

Here’s a great thread from our own Speedtigger from 7 years ago. Pay attention to who posted there. It’s a “who’s who” of builders. The problem with amateurs poorly attempting to spec cams on this site, and giving out bad advice, has been here for many, many years. It’s a big reason why a lot of pro builders went away. Stinks really. Anyhoo, give this thread a read. It’s pretty good...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-l...t-huggers.html

 

I vote we follow post #10 recommendations. This should be a sticky

 

Id surely be in the "salty dog" category...

Me being 63 years old my first cam swap was on my first car a 1969 AMX 390 CID.
Just wrenching on an AMC gives me salty dog status

 

Good one!

 

I get a kick out of this. It's a forum first and foremost second a bit of a community for the regulars. I'm as ignorant as they come but I welcome advice from all and try my attempt to sort through the bs as I see fit in my little ignorant simple mind. I think there's plenty on any given forum that truly believe they are way above and beyond any others. I have little that I feel that I can absolutely add value with certainty but when I do I try and remain humble. Bottom line, don't take yourself so God damn serious no matter how great you think you are.

 

Stock cams work pretty well. And the hardest part of the whole equation is getting the pcm to work with the big nasty thumpin cam erryone wants to recommend. The pcm sure works with the stock cam nicely tho.....and the pcm is the most important part of the motor.

I prefer making the car perform better. The motor is just part of the car.

 

I can see both sides of the fence on this because not all of the people that you call to get a cam ground are truly professionals.....sometimes the guy on the other end of the phone is just salesmen looking for a commission. In my case last year Darth did a much better job designing the cam for my 447 than the previous cam that was designed by a big name "professional" and it paid dividends on the dyno and the race track.

 

I'm still waiting to find out how my Camaro will run with the small cam upgrade I made not long ago. If you're looking to daily drive your muscle car then a mild cam is likely a better choice, but some people want to have a noticeable cam lope at idle. I think heads come before cam choice and GM produced some awesome heads for the LS1/LS6. Once you have that squared away then looking at cams is a good idea.

 

I’d add some less LSA to the lift to make it more explosive

 

darth specs for HorseCock Cams BTW

 

I have the my little pony version of his for LS3