Lawhead

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Well picking up the 355 on Thursday and thinking about a cam only build with maybe lil machine work done to the heads maybe gasket match and a little porting and polishing. But whats a realistic number to get out of an LT1 Cam only car........looking for a cc306 type cam so just curious on what to expect out of the new motor

97camaross

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there are better cams out there maybe consider a custom grind.

Lawhead

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Yeah im not set on that but want it still to be a Nice drivable street car as well as maybe rattle off some nice low 12 sec passes.

RamAir95TA

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A custom grind is definitely the way to go.

And there is a huge difference between a cam-only and a heads/cam car. Sounds like you need to establish a budget anyway. What are you starting with too? Supporting mods? Etc.

Lawhead

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Well the car now has all the simple bolts on like LT's cold air intake True duals 3.73's. and yeah i know that but Im wanting the money that i would spend on an LE package to go towards supporting mods like a stall and some suspension stuff.

97camaross

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low 12s are easy with a proper set up.... I would suggest getting 9in or 12 bolt with 3.70 or 4.10 gear so you dont have to tow your car back from the track(trust me lol).... you can hit low 12 with just a cam only car even a small custom grind....

Lawhead

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yeah i have heard the story about the 10 bolt ha. But there is a 50/50 group out there that says its fine with what im doing and other half is like you will blow it up as soon as you take it to the track

RamAir95TA

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No reason you couldn't have a low 12-second car with all of the proper mods and a custom cam setup PROPERLY.

Lawhead

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Well I guess I will throw Llyod an Email about a custom grind cam. hear he is a great guy and really does good work with the LT1

RamAir95TA

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Don't forget to look elsewhere. There are other companies too.

97camaross

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well my 10 bolt broke on the street with drag redials... I run mid 12 with draglights and about 330 to the wheels....

Edit: llyod is a stand up guy

Lawhead

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yeah but with the 10 bolt someone on another forum told me he had 192k miles on his and was running 11's with 1.6 short times and said ill be fine in an Automatic car but we will see. But just emailed Llyod i guess AI is another good company to Email as well?

97camaross

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well the 10 bolts tend to last a little longer in the auto cars....

MattSapp95_T/A

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Yea Lloyd is a great guy!

We had a 10bolt in a deep 10sec LT1 solid roller nitrous Camaro hitting it with a 200 off the line and pulling 1.4s......Still living to this day....

Some live some don't luck of the draw I suppose

Lawhead

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Yeah Emailed him guess we will see what he says....Not looking to be the fastest just want to beat the LS1's looking at my tail lights

killerz97

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What do you mean set up properly? Do you mean stall, valve springs, tune, gears, etc....?

LSWHO

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yes. all that.

RamAir95TA

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I mean just that, set up properly. With the proper gearing, suspension, GOOD dyno-tune (not just a mail-order), matched valve springs, and (most importantly) nothing done half-assed. Not to mention having your goals talked over with someone who knows a thing or two about LT1s.

gregrob

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Garbage cam, terrible plans for the heads..

Do yourself a favor and dont touch the heads, have an experienced porting shop do the work.

Lawhead

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man gregrob guy you seem like a total and complete ******* really. Please point out once where i said I was going to touch the heads myself? your over everyone elses stuff saying "it sucks" "its nots a good idea" Like really man who the hell are you? I'll be looking forward to you finding where I said I was doing the machine work myself.