good cam for stock manifold?
good cam for stock manifold? Just wondering if there are any cams that make decent power with a stock manifold? Reason im asking is because im tight on funds. Shooting for 400rwhp..
For a tight budget you have a couple different options.
The Thunder racing cheater or old man cam made for this purpose, or the Edelbrock no tune cam.
The TR cheater or old man cam will require springs good to .650 lift and they recommend titanium retainers as well and this makes it a lot more expensive.
I offer the Edelbrock "no tune " cam with springs and pushrods for a real decent price as well as letting you use my cam install tools to do the job. It doesnt get any easier or cheaper than this.
The Thunder racing cheater or old man cam made for this purpose, or the Edelbrock no tune cam.
The TR cheater or old man cam will require springs good to .650 lift and they recommend titanium retainers as well and this makes it a lot more expensive.
I offer the Edelbrock "no tune " cam with springs and pushrods for a real decent price as well as letting you use my cam install tools to do the job. It doesnt get any easier or cheaper than this.
Both those cams listed by Fraser will require a good spring package and titanium retainers. That adds over $100 to the cost of things.
Thunder Racing has it in a package deal for 709.99 plus shipping
LPE cam.... LS1-GT11 215 / 231 .631" / .644" 1.7 ratio 118 Cant use the Patriot golds, you need a more expensive spring.
TR cam......"CheaTR" - 214/230 .601/.575 117 LSA. Can use the Patriot gold or the PAC 1518
Edelbrock cam....207° / 220° .573" / .580" E 118° Can use the PAC 1218 and stock retainers
TR and LPE will make more power but you have more expense associated with it.
Thunder Racing has it in a package deal for 709.99 plus shipping
LPE cam.... LS1-GT11 215 / 231 .631" / .644" 1.7 ratio 118 Cant use the Patriot golds, you need a more expensive spring.
TR cam......"CheaTR" - 214/230 .601/.575 117 LSA. Can use the Patriot gold or the PAC 1518
Edelbrock cam....207° / 220° .573" / .580" E 118° Can use the PAC 1218 and stock retainers
TR and LPE will make more power but you have more expense associated with it.
The CheaTR cam will typically give 35-40 more rwhp over where you are now. It's almost impossible to make over 400 rwhp with stock manifolds unless you have really killer cylinder heads or larger displacment.
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
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Verdad Gallardo you tricked the best, but I caught it. The intake manifold does not really affect your cam choice as much as the exhaust manifolds do. Pick the MS4 if you want to get close to 400 rwhp cam only. The ls1 manifold will be choking the cam, but it will make a lot of power even though.
Mods this needs to be moved to the Gen 3 internal also.
Mods this needs to be moved to the Gen 3 internal also.
Last edited by 52172; May 26, 2008 at 01:21 PM.
