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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 12:55 AM
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what would you do if you had about 1600 to spend?

im going on a road trip from st paul MN to Phoenix AZ. I was thinking about spending this on replacing my distributor cap and rotor, electric water pump, tune and a cc503 cam.

car has 110000 miles, headers, intake, nitto tires and i replaced the fuel pump, spark plug wires, ignition coil, spark plugs, fpr and fuel filter over the winter.
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well if u are putting that cam in i hope you are also doing new springs pushrods rockers...the whole works in the valvetrain. how are your shocks? just me put if i was about to go on a road trip i wouldnt be throwing a cam in and doing too much...i would wait till after the road trip. nothing like getting stranded 1000 miles from home
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i think he is saying instead of going on the trip, what could he spend the $1600 he would be spending on the trip.
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Originally Posted by transamws6_97
well if u are putting that cam in i hope you are also doing new springs pushrods rockers...the whole works in the valvetrain. how are your shocks? just me put if i was about to go on a road trip i wouldnt be throwing a cam in and doing too much...i would wait till after the road trip. nothing like getting stranded 1000 miles from home
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OR do an le setup on the car.
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OR do an le setup on the car.
whats an le setup
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whats an le setup
good question! it sounds expensive.

the road trip would be in july so i have plenty of time to make sure the car is running fine.
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He cant do an le setup for 1600. I would hold off on the cam and save for an le setup. Or maby do some suspension stuff. Thats what i would do.
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an le setup is a lloyd elliot setup. he has head n cam packages and along with AI is one of the top two most popular lt1 guys to go to for heads n cam
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Originally Posted by transamws6_97
an le setup is a lloyd elliot setup. he has head n cam packages and along with AI is one of the top two most popular lt1 guys to go to for heads n cam
so he will suggest a good head and cam combo for my mods?
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What gears in the rear-end? Stock stall and 2.73's would defintely be less than ideal even for a moderate cam such as that.
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stock stall and 3.23's.
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Originally Posted by 93TAJ.C.
He cant do an le setup for 1600. I would hold off on the cam and save for an le setup. Or maby do some suspension stuff. Thats what i would do.
I was thinking the le set up was around 1200 plus rockers, guide plates, pushrods and injectors. So I guess your looking at around $1800, plus a tune. I was $350 off but it would be worth it if you have all the other bolt ons in place.
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